Wrapping and Waving

I was lucky enough to have my mom, aunt and grandma down to visit my sister and I this weekend, so I made sure to use them during my Wrapping and Waving phases! It was great to bounce ideas off them (all educators). The Wrapping and Waving phases together are similar to the Research Cycle's Evaluating and Reporting steps. Quite a bit of reflection is involved in Wrapping and Waving. Which I've learned is very important to information inquiry and my life-long learning!

Wrapping

I put all my findings together in a PowerPoint. I was glad to have it all put together in one place. I was interested in the topic of organic eating because I would like to take the best care of myself that I can as well as helping to take care of the environment. I will definitely use this information to share with students and family. As a science teacher, organic farming can certainly add to our discussion of ecology and the environment. The ladies in my family are always quite interested in the newest health news (not that we always apply it), so they will all be very interested in my information. I'm sure we'll be taking trips to the local farmers market quite often!

Waving

I will definitely be using my PowerPoint to share my research with students and my family. I'm not sure it is something I would consider posting for the public to see, just because there are so many great sources out there already. I will use the information that is now stored in my brain to share with people though. I feel like I have some new information to contribute to a conversation about lots of different topics related to organic eating. My final product as well as my concept map and outline are located at:

https://oncourse.iu.edu/portal/site/%7Esbneff/page/865d5153-7e06-4c6f-a7d1-3a9e7659a59b

If you're interested in organic eating, please take time to visit the websites listed at the end of the presentation.

I definitely felt like a student who was new to a process during this activity. I certainly related to the description Carol Kuhlthau gave about the need for "phases of student adjustment, both in terms of feelings about the process and in assimilation of new information". She mentions also that "new interactions between teacher and learner become critical". As a teacher, I have a new appreciation for the role I need to take to guide my students in the information inquiry process.