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Upgrade your KWL Chart to the 21st Century

Upgrade your KWL Chart to the 21st Century | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
One of the take aways from the Curriculum Mapping Institute this past week was that it brought an upgrade to THE trusted KWL (Know, What to Know and Learned) Chart to the forefront. It seems a no b...
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Not too long ago I posted an article that suggested we move from the KWL chart to the KWHL chart...and here is another post that suggests we make it more in-depth by adding the letters A and Q.

What do all these letters stand for?

K - What do I know?

W - What do I want to know?

H - How do I find out?

L - What have I learned?

A - What action will I take?

Q - What new questions do I have?

More in-depth discussions of these new letters are included in the post.

The Rice Process's curator insight, April 24, 2014 6:55 AM

Taking the KWL chart to the next level.

Kate JohnsonMcGregor's curator insight, April 24, 2014 8:43 AM

I love this idea - it fits beautifully with the concept of Inquiry-based learning and students assuming ownership of the research process - Yay ACTION! The idea that learning and research are ongoing - and active - is a key element to new learning models. Very exciting!

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What Does it mean to be Learned? Four Ways Play Inspires Learning | SmartBlogs

What Does it mean to be Learned? Four Ways Play Inspires Learning | SmartBlogs | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

David Warlick shares a wonderful post about inspiring others, asking the questions "What meaning might there be in education?"  to which he responded "To learn and be learned."

He then goes on to look at the word learned - is the goal to create "graduates who are learned (learn’•ed), with two syllables — an adjective"?

What would happen " if we change learned to a one-syllable intransitive verb, where the learner is an unstated object, then the experience starts to reflect and is reshaped by the behavior of the learner. It becomes an exchange between the learner, what has been learned, and what is to be learned, and it provokes an active and deliberate investment by the learner. It becomes personal."

Read on to learn how play inspires learning in four ways. How can we take this information and use it in our classrooms?

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