Constructivist Learning

This week my goal was for students to be more involved in discussion and questions. During one of our lessons we started discussing uses for rocks and I asked for students to give examples. Some students were able to tell stories about their houses etc and when they have used rocks. It also started some students to ask some questions. I thought them asking questions was great because they were thinking about what we were discussing and it left them with more questions. I embraced the questions but I felt like I couldn’t answer some of them and it left us at a dead end. I have one computer in my room but I wasn’t about to stop and start researching some questions because I know a lot of students would have just been sitting their. Maybe next time as we are discussing I could write down the questions and then the next day we could go to the computer lab and they could do some research. With constructivist structure in mind sometimes I find it hard for the students to drive instruction because I can’t prepare a whole lot a head of time. I love that the students are more involved and finding things out on their own and it is leading them to more questions. The one thing I am struggling with is being prepared for their questions and direction and have answers for them or a way for them to find answers.