Adult Connections

Hello!  I hope that you are all enjoying the beginning of summer.  I am Marci D’Onofrio.  I work at Westborough High School in Westborough, MA teaching ninth grade science.  Up

Don’t Sit Still

  This is where we are now. In the coming year there will be two grades who have gone through a Guided Inquiry Design unit.  I will be working with

Reflections on a Unit

Today I’m going to tell you about a unit I worked on with 4th Graders that was designed to address the societies of Native American tribes and their influences on American

Call Me a Covert Operator

Before I begin you need to know 5 things. Everybody learned something. Mistakes were made. Lessons were learned. No students were harmed. Battles did ensue. I am a covert operative.

Greetings from Norman, again!

My name is Stacy Ford and I am the Teacher-Librarian at The John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Norman, Oklahoma. I have been an educator for 11 years.  Four of

GID Coaches

Hi Happy GID followers! We’re having summer here in the US and lots of professional development in GID. As I mentioned in my last post, this week was the fourth

Norman GID Institute – Reflections from Day 2

Here are some Numbers from the GID Institute June 13-16, 2016 in Norman Public Schools In just this institute alone GID is touching 12 Schools, 41 teachers, 7 librarians, creating

The Guided Inquiry Design Institute

Gearing up for the Guided Inquiry Design Institute is always a time of exciting inspiration for me.  Each time, I think about the audience, consider the perspectives and as I

GIDesign @ BCPS: Challenges and Next Steps

As we begin our fifth year of using the GID model for student research and inquiry in BCPS, we have some goals for expanding and enhancing its use, and some

GIDesign @ BCPS: Moving Forward

Hello again from Baltimore County Public Schools!  Since adopting Guided Inquiry Design as the process for our Online Research Models (ORMs) in 2012, we have provided professional learning for school