Primary Source Information:
We want as much primary source information as possible. We are not after a Chinese whispers, internet driven, copy and paste assignment. Discussions and encouragements have been around the pursuit of talking to people who experiencing the issues or are experts in the fields covered.
Preparing to Inquire:
With newly established Lines of Inquiry, it is time to allocate/align questions to those lines as well as the key concepts being covered. Once this has been achieved, a brainstorm takes place to come up with primary sources that will help us find, locate and answer our questions. (Who can we speak to, where can we visit.)
Presentation Ideas:
- Video (documentaries, animations, zoom recordings, Ted Talk style, adverts, news reports, interviews, virtual tours, Plays, etc.)
- Audio (interviews, music)
- Diagrams (graphs, info graphs, technical drawings, labelled diagrams, cross-sections, before and after, etc.)
- Pictures (photos, artworks, provocations)
- Surveys
- Quizzes (Kahoot)
- Links
- PDF printouts
- Stories (picture books)
- Journals, Diaries
- What else can you think of?
Below is a Ted Talk example that we watched in class that also shows and ins-ire’s what is possible if you are passionate about an issue and your willing to make an effort to see change.
We looked at Padlets and Website design as a way of colllating and presenting our inquiries. Students all seemed pretty keen to use a Padlet as the chosen format for this role. it will be interesting to see what other formats they include within their Padlet to demonstrate their findings.
