“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.”  Samuel Johnson

This page includes the materials shared and referenced in the Heartland AEA class Developing More Curious MInds. It has been created to assist each who accesses it in becoming more curious, pursuing his/her ponderings, and creating a classroom environment that promotes curiosity and inquisitiveness.

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PowerPoint Days 1-3

PowerPoint Day 4

Course Requirements

Study Guide Developing More Curious Minds

Developing More Curious Minds EtherPad

The Goals of Education

Characteristics of Effective Instruction - definitions

These links are also bookmarked in the Curious Minds Diigo group.

Iowa Core Curriculum - Characteristics of Effective Instruction

The Essential Cognitive Backpack, Levine

Rigor Redefined, Wagner

What is Curiosity? 

Developing Our Curiosities 

Acquire, Make Meaning, Transfer

Teachers are the Key, USA Today

Models of Inquiry 

Habits of Mind, Costa & Kallick  

Inquiry-Based Learning: a workshop from Concept to Classroom

Assessing Inquiry - John Barell

Questioning Models

Questioning Toolkit

Socratic Method

Bloom's Taxonomy

Costa's Three Story Intellect

Questioning Strategies

Questioning Texts - "Banana Thinking"

Framing a Researchable Question

Diigo

Overview of Diigo

Creating a Diigo Account

Installing the Diigo Toolbar

Resources

Flip Cards

Bibliography

50 Reasons Why It Won't Work

Do Schools Kill Creativity? - Sir Ken Robinson

More of Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity

AEA 267 Thinking Skills

Four A's Protocol

Ology Educator's Guide (.pdf)

Web sites

Edutopia

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus

How Stuff Works

WolframAlpha

Live Science

Instructables

World Trek

Blue Zones

Center for Creative Learning

Ology

World of Media Heartland AEA

WebQuests and Virtual Field Trips

i4c Virtual Field Trips

UEN Virtual Field Trips

WebQuest.org

TechTrekers

Reflection