1. Working with Galileo to engage students in learning.

• "this was my most challenging group of kids"
• "Then the miracle happened: They got engaged"

2. Using io to plan an inquiry

• "io was an invitation to think deeply about inquiry"
• " activities and project grew out of a connection with the discipline, questions that matter"

3. Ongoing Professional Development support

• "The whole inquiry is supported by professional dialogue."

4. The four inquiry questions that drove this study

• What makes Canada a democracy and Iraq an evil dictatorship?
• Why is Iraq an enemy and Egypt and Saudi Arabia allies?
• Do states have the right/obligation to invade foreign states for humanitarian reasons?
• Is the international environment democratic? Should it be?

5. Working with an expert in middle east history and politics

• "that was a highlight. To be able to work with this person from the university and discuss politics."

6. Engaged student learning

• "it really intellectually engaged the kids. They became curious and had a desire to understand the world they live in."

7. Calgary meets Edmonton through video conferencing technologies

8. Students were on everyday.

• "It encouraged them to approach learning with the attitude that ‘we work, we study, we research rather than we goof around until the teacher tells us to calm down and get our books out’."

9. Living and learning in a Knowledge Society

• "it required them to exercise judgment, to think critically, and to explore multiple forms of literacy."
• "They had to defend their ideas and communicate their understanding to an audience that went far beyond the classroom walls"
• "So it wasn’t something artificial where they just repeated something that they talked about with their peers."
• "I find this process is truly transformative"
• "I'm on a journey… I’m looking differently at my practice… even the way I interact with the students in the classroom is different from before. I truly have a collaborative learning environment and community. We’re all in there together and we’re figuring it out together sometimes on a daily basis."