00+The+Big+Question+Dr+Jenny+Nayler

27 April 2008 Hi everyone The ICT Symposium highlighted so many ICT applications that can support the Ways of working (key dimension of the //Essential Learnings// in the Queensland Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Framework). I'm supporting teachers at my QSA workshop later this week to explore 'reflecting' (a key aspect of the Ways of working) and indeed strategies for teams of professionals to share specific strategies related to inquiring and responding--the other key constructs on which the WoWs are based. Hope you enjoy the WoW Factor! Jenny = Food for thought and action... =  //If being an educator in the 21st century centrally involves the capacity to inquire into professional practice, then the notion of inquiry is not a project or the latest fad. **It is a way of professional being**. The question that needs to be asked is not whether educators should be inquirers into professional practice, but how they can improve the learning and wellbeing of children and students by continuing to build their inquiry capacities throughout their professional lives. // (Reid, 2004, p. 3 emphasis in original) //Talk does not cook rice. // (Chinese proverb)

=The BIG question: How can ICTs be used to improve student learning? =

Sub-questions

 * What are Web 2.0 technologies?
 * How can Web 2.0 technologies be used to support student //inquiry//?
 * How can Web 2.0 technologies be used to support student //creativity//?
 * How can Web 2.0 technologies be used to support student //communication//?
 * How do the above uses serve the Models of Contemporary Learning (MCL)?