What I loved about this activity is that we got our questions up on the wall and they immediately went from private to public. I had these ideas scooting around in my head and had just started to get them down on my computer screen, when POW! Before we could question our questions, we had to grab one, take it up to the wall and invite our colleagues into our heads.
Like so many of the other activities we've done in here, Don and Sherrie take us right to the heart of a difficult or personal issue, but it's through the back door. Suddenly we are smack in the middle of a big idea, and we don't realize what we've just done until, TA DA! Our tentative inquiry paper question suddenly has 15 fantastic questions and ideas below it and we feel like we are off and running. Very cool.
Cathy, I like how you articulated this. I agree with you, but I worry if I will be able to provide the same guidance for my students this fall as modeled by our team.
ReplyDeleteAwesome way to look at this. Took the worry out of deciding if the question was a "good enough" one or not.
ReplyDeleteYou are exactly right! I don't even realize what I am getting myself into and how I am exposing my insecurities before I do it! I have to agree with Judy will I be able to carry this over to the classroom, with such ease and comfort?
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