Hello and welcome to today’s blog post where I will be sharing my group’s inquiry project we have been working on all term! We explored the question of “how can online learning systems like Zoom be used to enhance student learning and participation in schools?” We had many group meetings where we discussed the pros and cons of online learning through the platform zoom. Our inquiry is aimed at elementary level students. We felt like that hasn’t been explored as much as say highschool students, and it’s already a common theme in post-secondary, so how would it work at an elementary school level? We had many good conversations as to if elementary students could completely be moved to online learning like how we saw during covid, and what that would look like if we continued that way. However we decided we didn’t feel that was practical, and instead we looked at how online learning like zoom can enhance learning under certain circumstances such as sickness, mental health and traveling. We looked at three main concerns; 1. If students are always sick, or need a lot of mental health days, a parent needs to be around that kid at that age, so does that cause problems?  2.How would students stay motivated and stay responsible for their learning? And 3.Would zoom cause  a lack of socialization and face to face interactions with other classmates? All these doubts are answered with solutions during this 10 minute podcast style conversation, take a look! 

Our group did an excellent job of collaborating and working as a team. My role in the creation of our inquiry project was contributing to the pros and cons of zoom as a learning tool. We all brought knowledgeable information to the project which was all shared in a google docs. Another role of mine during this project was to sum up the ideas into a two minute presentation for when we show it to our class! I also contributed my non-singer voice to our song we created that can be heard below.

Here is our artifact that incorporates a multimedia presentation in a fun and engaging way, I hope you enjoy our off tune singing!