Inquiry In The Classroom Reflection

Supporting Information Literacy and Online Inquiry in the Classroom
The knowledge and experienced gained in this course has helped me realize the importance of teachings and instilling 21st century literacy skills throughout my curriculum in the form of inquiry-based learning. Now, I believe I possess the skills necessary for exercising new literacy skills and activities in my classroom in the form of searching, evaluating, and synthesizing information from the internet. My students are now more familiar with different strategies and web-based application to utilize in their inquiry process.

The most striking revelation I had about teaching new literacy skills were the different ways of teaching these skills to my students, as well as the sequential steps to take when performing inquiry-based research. The strategies presented in this course showed me how to be even more creative and think of ways to present information to my students. I was able to discover new media tools such as a Screencast, which was a success in the classroom; the students also easily picked up how to utilize this tool.

A professional development goal I would like to pursue which builds upon my learning in this course and develops my own technology skills would be continual use of many multimedia tools; not only for my manipulation but also my students. Obtaining this goal will enhance learning and maintain collaborative problem-solving in our digital information world.