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Integrating Alberta Technology Learner Outcomes 
Into The Inquiry Process

The Process

Managing the Process

Curriculum Correlation for Div II

Identify and Focus On A Topic

Select a curricula sub-topic

Develop Research Questions

Brainstorm for relevant questions

Establish study groups

Assign questions to groups

Identify a problem

C.5 - Students will use technology to aid collaboration during inquiry.
C.5 - 2.2  Record group brainstorming, planning and sharing of ideas by using technology.

Plan and Schedule

Create a plan

Begin a work schedule (Log)

Revise questions as necessary

Revise plan as necessary

C.4 - Students will use organizational processes and tools to manage inquiry.
C.4 - 2.1  Design and follow a plan, including a. schedule, to be used during an inquiry process, and make revisions to the plan, as necessary.
C.4 - 2.3  Reflect on and describe the processes involved in completing a project.

Gather and Organize Data

Use CD ROM and library facilities

Students collect data from previewed URLs on the internet

Electronic webbing (Word AutoShapes)  

C.1 - Students will access, use and communicate information from a variety of technologies.
C1 - 2.1  Access and retrieve appropriate information from the Internet by using a specific search path or from given uniform resource locations (URLs).

C.2 - Students will seek alternative viewpoints, using information technologies.
C.2 - 2.1  Seek responses to inquiries from various authorities through electronic media.

C.4 - Students will use organizational processes and tools to manage inquiry.
C.4 - 2.2 Organize information, using such tools as a database, spreadsheet or electronic.
C4 - 2.3 Describe the process involved in completing  a project.

C.5 - Students will use technology to aid collaboration during inquiry.
C5 - 2.3 Extend the scope of a project beyond classroom collaboration by using communication technologies, such as the telephone and email.
C5 - 2.1 Retrieve data from available storage devices, such as a shared folder, to which a group has contributed.

C.6 - Students will use technology to investigate and/or solve problems.
C.6 - 2.2  Use data gathered from a variety of electronic sources to address identified problems.
C.6 - 2.3  Use graphic organizers, such as mind mapping/webbing, flow charting and outlining, to present connections between ideas and information in a problem-solving environment.

Revise questions periodically

Organize data into a diagram or chart

Identify missing, or controversial data

Phone or e-mail an expert to fill in the gaps

C.3 - Students will critically assess information accessed through the use of a variety of technologies.
C.3 - 2.1  Identify and distinguish points of view expressed in electronic sources on a particular topic.
C.3 - 2.2 Recognize that information serves different purposes and that data from electronic sources may need to be verified to determine accuracy or relevance for the purpose used.

C.6 - Students will use technology to investigate and/or solve problems.
C.6 - 2.5  Solve problems requiring the sorting, organizing, classifying and extending of data, using such tools as calculators, spreadsheets, databases or hypertext technology.
C.6 - 2.6  Solve issue-related problems, using such communication tools as a word processor or email to involve others in the process.

C.7 - Students will use electronic research techniques to construct personal knowledge and meaning.
C7 2.1 Use a variety of technologies to organize and  synthesize researched.

Synthesize data  Resolve issue

Create a presentation

Word Pro document

PowerPoint presentation

Web Page

C.1 - Students will access, use and communicate information from a variety of technologies.
C1 - 2.2  Organize information gathered from the Internet, or an electronic source, by selecting and recording the data in logical files or categories; and by communicating effectively, through appropriate forms, such as speeches, reports and multimedia presentations, applying information technologies that serve particular audiences and purposes.

C.6 - Students will use technology to investigate and/or solve problems.
C.6 - 2.1  Select and use technology to assist in problem solving.
C.6 - 2.4  Solve problems, using numerical operations and such tools as calculators and spreadsheets.
C.6 - 2.7  Generate alternative solutions to problems by using technology to facilitate the process.

C.7 - Students will use electronic research techniques to construct personal knowledge and meaning.
C7 2.2 Use selected presentation tools to demonstrate connections among various pieces of information.

Apply The Decision/Solution

Give Presentation

Word Pro document

PowerPoint presentation

Web Page

C.1 - Students will access, use and communicate information from a variety of technologies.
C1 - 2.3 Communicate effectively: speeches, reports, and multimedia presentations to serve particular audiences and purposes.

Students self evaluate

Teacher evaluates

Set new goals

C.4 - Students will use organizational processes and tools to manage inquiry.
C4 - 2.3 Describe the process involved in completing  a project.