CLASP
Using the Internet to Harness the Power of Questions

November 29, 2001

Facilitator: Marguerite Lukes, LAC

Objectives

By the end of the session, participants will:

9:30
Introduction

9:45
Identity & culture

Draw a symbol that represents yourself. Ask each other questions to come to an understanding of what the symbol means.

    • What do we have in common?
    • In what ways are we different?
    • Why did we choose the symbols and images that we did?

Debrief: Would you do something like this with your class? When and why?

10:15
Questions in the classroom

Cartoons "I don't have an answer, but you have sure given me a lot to think about."

  • How are questions relevant in the classroom?
  • What challenges do they present?
  • Do adults embrace questions?

McKenzie: The Questioning ToolKit

Questions, the most powerful technologies of all

McKenzie says, "Questions are the most powerful technologies of all."

What do you say?

  • How do you use these principles already in your program?
  • Which are particularly challenging? Why?

11:00
Harnessing the power of questions: Webquests

http://train.rps205.com/tift2/index.html

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html

  • How do we use what we learned?
  • How does it fit in to a participatory approach?
  • How do you develop your own webquest?
  • How else can you use questions in the classroom?

1:00
Wrap-Up

Other resources

  • Interesting Things - ways to check learning and reading skills
    Go to Site Menu to see the materials available.
  • Backflip
    A free tool for saving web pages to access from anywhere on the web.