Build students' question-asking skills around media and primary sources. In honor of Global Media and Information Literacy Week and, in the United States, Media Literacy Week.
Teaching + Learning
The Right Question Institute will develop a free online learning opportunity for K-12 teachers across the United States to enhance the library's Teaching with Primary Sources program.
In news from around the web, Nicole Bolduc, a seventh-grade teacher, and Dan Perlman, a college professor of biology and environmental studies, talk about the importance of asking better questions in science and why they use the Question Formulation Technique.
Learn four new ways to use the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to immediately engage all students on Day One of a new school year. The syllabus becomes a learning tool, classroom rules spark lively discussion, and you get to know your students on a deeper level.
Whether you’re new to the QFT or want a quick refresher, here are some top guides, tools, and videos. Your students will be asking and learning from their own questions right away.
On Twitter, educators are asking questions about empowerment, engagement, democracy, and rules.