1st Edition
From Curiosity to Deep Learning Personal Digital Inquiry in Grades K-5
Part I: Building an Understanding of Personal Digital Inquiry Practices, One Layer at a Time 1. Understanding Personal Digital Inquiry 2. Varying Levels of Supported Inquiry 3. Laying the Foundation for Personal Digital Inquiry 4. The Nuts and Bolts of Creating a Culture of Inquiry 5. Teaching with Intent to Promote Learning with Intent 6. Planning for Personal Digital Inquiry Part II: Integrating Personal Digital Inquiry into Teaching and Learning 7. Personal Digital Inquiry Planning in Action 8. Intentional Practices to Foster Personal Digital Inquiry 9. Implementing Personal Digital Inquiry—Stories from the Field Afterword: Looking Back and Thinking Ahead
Biography
Julie Coiro has taught for 30 years, first with PreK–8 students and now, as a professor of reading and digital literacy at the University of Rhode Island. Julie conducts research in online inquiry and works with educators to support their understanding of digital inquiry as part of comprehension strategy instruction.
Elizabeth Dobler has been an educator for thirty-three years, in the roles of an elementary classroom teacher, library media specialist, resource center director, and university professor.
Karen Pelekis has been an elementary school educator for more than 20 years and is currently a first-grade teacher at Greenacres School in Scarsdale, NY. For the past ten years, she has created a digital inquiry curriculum to teach her young students.
“In an era where personalized learning has often come to be associated with isolated one-to-one device technology, we thirst for this personal, constructivist, collaborative approach to digital inquiry.”
— Stephanie Harvey
