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Introducing Us
Welcome to the Digital Daze Inquiry Learning wikispace home page. We are an EHSAS cluster of six Hawke's Bay schools:
 * Taradale Intermediate
 * Arthur Miller School
 * Reignier School
 * Meeanee School
 * Porritt School
 * Eskdale School

We are collaborating together to develop school-wide inquiry learning approaches that support and enhance student learning.

On this wikispace you can see our cluster inquiry learning story as it unfolds.

Please feel free to post any content or feedback that you think will inspire our group and help us to move forward on our journey.

2009 ICT-infused Inquiry
All our cluster schools are exploring Web 2.0 tools to support our inquiries this year. Our wiki is taking a back seat to all the amazing class blogs that are springing up all over the place. Check out links to these blogs as they appear on the class blog page and see what each class is up to.

=NEW!! = [|google-montage] I've just had some fun with this and I think it would be a really easy and effective visual tool to use with students. All you have to do is enter a topic and google-montage does the rest.

=Inquiry Practice - Examples from NZ and Around the World=

Inquiry and ICT use in an Intermediate School
Students from Bucklands Beach Intermediate have created this wiki that focuses on Community Rights. It is an excellent example of the Inquiry process and the way ICT can be an essential part of it.

Waipahihi School Inquiry Model
[|Waipahihi School] has developed an inquiry model similar to those we are developing in our cluster schools. I really liked the language they used for each phase - see what you think.

Ohopo School
[|Ohopo School] have developed an inquiry learning model that suits their junior students - take a look.

Curriculum Integration
[|Opunake Primary] Principal Lorraine Williamson discusses Curriculum Integration and Inquiry Learning at Opunake Primary.

Inquiry in Junior Classes
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[|Learning Kits] These are a collection of inquiry units that have been used with junior classes.

Inquiry as a Disposition
Sharon Freisen talks about inquiry being a disposition cultivated during teaching and learning, rather than a process that “gets done” by students. She talks about successful inquiry leading to deep understanding, giving examples from her own experiences. media type="custom" key="2081559"

For more talks by Sharon go [|here].

Inquiry learning - so what is new?
An interesting and thought provoking article from [|Bruce Hammonds blog]. Some challenges too.

Learning Stories
Learning Stories set out around the walls of a classroom are a good way of showing the learning and thinking the children have done. A story can contain children's work, class thinking, photos of visits/visitors, children's questions and answers and anything else that shows the learning and thinking of the children. This is something they do well at Island Bay School. The following slideshow shows a learning story form Room 03 at Porritt School around the big idea of sustainability with a focus on rubbish.

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