Podcast Kidcast

I tuned into a podcast named Kidcast by Dan Schmit. The name of the podcast was "Questions Make the World Go Round". Dan emphasized how in an extended academic conversation by students a wonderful tool is questioning one another. He called it a form of the Socratic method, answering a question with a different question to provoke further thought. With each new set of questions the challenge level should rise, so that the types of questions are more analytical. This will encourage students to think beyond the norm and have new questions ready for the next class meeting.