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Over the past few weeks I have learned more about inquiry-based learning from the content within the course and through discussions with my peers.  I have learned about the alignment of standards, facts and concepts (and investigable and non-investigable questions), and several ways to incorporate technology.

The most beneficial information I learned was about the language involved with inquiry based learning.  I would say that week 4 gave me a better understanding about what it is we are learning about.  I feel like I understand the standards well, but it was nice working with the “big picture” concepts in the curricular framework page within the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Standards Aligned System website.  I learned how linking facts creates concepts and how different types of questions lead to different types of action.  Investigable questions are generally hands-on and based upon facts.  Non-investigable questions are based upon over-arching concepts.

I feel like I have a good grasp on technology and it was nice to see other suggestions from my peers.

The only “burning question” I have is in regards to the “Facts versus Concepts” cards that we had to review and decide upon in week 4.  I am curious to know which are which as all of the students had varying answers within their discussion posts.