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What Are You Wondering?

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@joe_edtech

If the mark of a good blog post is brevity, this one is already marked for the Ed Tech Blog Hall of Fame. But, I think it might be worthwhile.

Just in the last two weeks I was introduced to Wonderopolis.org. Since then I have seen it on Twitter, Facebook, read about it in Grad School, heard about it from a trusted colleague, and saw my daughter using it on her own. 

Wonderopolis.org is literally a site designed around questions. Are you wondering about Daylight Savings Time? If so, you can find a video and a written web post about it on Wonderopolis.org. Here is the Wonderopolis.org introduction video:

Ways to Wonder - Wonderopolis.org from Wonderopolis on Vimeo.

So, Wonderopolis.org is a great place to waste some time looking up useless information, right? Well, maybe. And I'm guessing k-8 classrooms will find many more applications than we will. But it can be a great place to go for "bell ringers" to start conversations in your class. Or you can choose a topic and flip the content introduction. Better yet, you can encourage your students to start here when they begin their own inquiry projects - or if they ask questions you can't answer.

Wonderopolis.org is not a broad content delivery service, but it is a great place to begin conversations. To get started, you don't even need an account. Just navigate to Wonderopolis.org and start asking questions.

What are you wondering?