Finally, it's happening to me...

In my quest to synthesize the information I have gathered, and formulate 'new' information for me as a teacher librarian and teaching team member, I feel I have moved from uncertainty and doubt towards clarity (Kuhlthau 2007). To follow Branch and Olberg's (2004) recommendations, I realise the need for scaffolding. A successful inquiry is largely dependent on questions (McKenzie 2000) and in future I hope to use a combination of McKenzie's questioning.org site, the Alberta Model and Brunner as important references and resources to scaffold our students learning.

If the following YouTube video, entitled Iles Elementary IB Unit of Inquiry is an example of what young students can accomplish using Inquiry as an essential pedagogy, then enough said!

Moving right along...

As I am about to go back and revise my draft, thanks to the wonderful peer feedback I have received from members of the Awesome Foursome and Marvellous Mandy, I feel very apprehensive. This makes me think I haven't come along very far along the inquiry process. So far, I have only managed to research and reproduce some different models, and I need to compare and contrast them to really move further in the inquiry process to produce new meaning.

So far, I am what McKensie describes as an information gatherer, rather than a producer. In the terms of my favourite model, "Focus on Inquiry" by Branch and Olberg (2004), I need to now go and process, create and share!