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Raising Questions
As well as giving children more control over an image, QuickTime VR may also be useful in that it enables the teacher to raise a greater range of interpretive and evaluative questions. It may also prompt children to raise more "interesting" questions, i.e.ones which lead to further enquiry and research.
Task
This final task can be completed in two ways.
- Look at Image 4 (link on the right) - it shows a reconstruction of a Victorian classroom - and again identify 6 - 8 questions you would ask children about it. Again try to use the full range of questions and keep your preferred age-phase in mind. Use the Back button to return to this page.
Next look at Pano 1 (link on the right - you will need to have the QuickTime plug-in installed). It shows the same reconstruction as a 360 degree panorama. Use your mouse pointer to pan around the image and the SHIFT & CTRL keys to zoom in and out.
As before, note down 6 - 8 questions you would ask children - for example, if you had the image displayed on a classroom interactive whiteboard.
For a better view of the panorama, download it to your computer's Desktop by right-clicking on the link and selecting Save Target As ...
Once it has been saved to your Desktop, double click on the file and, if you have QuickTime installed, it will open in QuickTime Player. You can then view the panorama at different sizes and even in full-screen mode.
Look at your two sets of questions - Has the QTVR panorama provided more scope for interpretive and evaluative questions? Does your second set of questions give more scope for the development of skills of deduction and/or empathy?
- Carry out the process described above with a group of children (5/6) from your preferred age-phase. Print copies of Image 4 and show Pano 1 on as larger screen as possible. Instead of asking questions yourself, encourage them to raise questions they would like to find answers to. Note down their questions (or get older children to record the questions themselves).
In this case, consider the quality of the the questions prompted by the two images. Has the QTVR file prompted a greater range of questions? Are they questions which would lead to further enquiries and research? Are they interpretive or evaluative?
If you are able to carry out this task with children, please email the following information to a.pickford@chester.ac.uk:
- Number, gender and age-range of children
- Brief description of the setting
- Sample list/s of questions raised using the two images
The information will be used anonymously and purely for reserach purposes. Thank you.
Further Reading
The development of children's questioning skills has been explored by Baumfield and Mroz (2002) in their article, "Investigating pupils’ questions in the primary classroom". It is available on the Chester College IBIS Intranet in Modules > CU3626 ICT and Literacy > Online Learning.
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