Resources
The following links will guide you through the evolution of Investigative Learning at Ormondale:
- The Big Picture: The Evolution of Investigative Learning (.pdf)
- Beyond California Content Standards: 21st Century Learning Standards (.pdf)
- Teacher and Student Responsibilies Venn Diagram (.pdf)
- Essential Elements of Investigative Learning (.pdf)
- What does it look like? Typology (.pdf)
- What does it look like? Vignettes (.pdf)
Here is your chance to see Investigative Learning (IL) in action.
Short Videos:
Structures of the Past, 2nd Grade 2010
Dragon Parade, Kindergarten 2010
Green Gingerbread Houses, Kindergarten 2010
Bird House Investigation, First Grade 2010
Mini Documentaries:
The Creek Project
June 2007: Investigative Learning 2006-07 Retrospective
May 2007: Learning through a Theatrical Production
April 2007: Technology and Learning
March 2007: Literature and Learning
January 2007: Outhouses, Greenhouses and Cabins
December 2006: Dynamic December
November 2006: Sound and Water
October 2006: Plants, Pirates, and Buddies
September 2006: What is Investigative Learning?
Additional Resources
Feel free to explore any of the work that has guided our Investigative Learning journey. We are evolving in our understanding of Best Practices and continually adding to our professional resources.
Books:
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink
Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding
by Linda Darling-Hammond
A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine
Motivated Minds: Raising Children to Love Learning by Debra Stipek
Collaboration & Comprehension by Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels
Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed-Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students by Denise Pope
PDF Resources:
A Guide to Investigative Learning at Ormondale School (.pdf)
Partnership for 21st Century Skills (.pdf)
Websites:
IDEO
http://www.ideo.com/
D School – Institute of Design at Stanford
http://www.stanford.edu/group/dschool/
Intel Education
http://www.intel.com/EDUCATION
Edutopia: The George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.edutopia.org/
Challenge Success
http://www.challengesuccess.org/