Unfortunately, I was unable to make it on the field trip to George Jay elementary school. However, I did have the opportunity to review the slides and videos provided. Through this media, I remembered the instructor talked about the importance of relationships and engaged in those interactions during my practicum. She explains that all children are curious, its just our job to help them get them exploring their curiosity. We need to be aware that children aren’t ready to share and speak and we need to give them time. I found this quote that she shared to be inspirational,

” The most powerful shift you can make in adopting is to begin learning with a question” -Trevor Mackenzie.

She explains the difference between structured inquiry, controlled inquiry, guided inquiry, and free inquiry and how we model and structure information and how we can implement it personally and in a classroom.

We use provocations to help students without experience or previous knowledge in a subject by using three questions: what do you see, what do you know and what do you wonder. We practice by making connections.

I made use to the technological competency “social media” by being active on twitter and using that application to follow and be updated by her.