Neuf's+Inquiry+Page

This page was created to host the variety of questions I will be exploring over the next few semesters of Inquiry based focus.

Question Ideas: In what ways can I use technology to help students discover and show their own learning journey? How can an educator use Web 2.0 and other technologies to allow students to improve, increase, and develop their own personal stories? How can BASES students achieve a writing voice? How does sharing these stories help build our community? (This is based on my personal belief that one of the common human experiences and needs is to share our life stories. It is also the essential basis for my teaching practice, as the best way I have found to become a "door opener" for students is to help them find ways to tell their own stories, and in doing so discover new meaning and new paths to explore.)

* I think you may have difficulty getting started on your project as you have too many choices. I would suggest a few good questions is more effective than a number of ambiguous questions. Julia Poole

Focused Question: How can I assist BASES students (ex. autistic, MID students) to grow and develop social skills in a variety of settings, reducing the number of inappropriate behaviors and increasing the number of situationally successful behaviors? Can digital video and the opportunity to reflect on a personal wiki page help them make connections between their behavior, body language, and words with the reactions of those around them? Will this help them to modify the number of outbursts of poor behaviors in the future? Will the chance to reflect on these videos help them establish their own voice in their learning, increasing the number of student driven conversations and engagement? What will it teach us as instructors about our students and they way they perceive the world?

Lesson Plan Idea in Inspiration- What are the common mistakes and keys to success in a job interview? How will students share their own knowledge/experience? How can they internalize/remember these habits/skills?



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