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Integrating Technology Outcomes Into The Inquiry
Process
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The
Process |
Managing
the Process |
Curriculum
Correlation for Div IV |
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Identify and Focus On A Topic
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Select
a curricula sub-topic |
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Develop Research Questions |
Identify a
problem
Brainstorm for relevant
questions
Establish study groups
Assign
questions to groups and team members |
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Plan and Schedule
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Create a plan
Begin a work schedule (Log)
Revise questions as necessary
(ongoing)
Revise plan as necessary
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C.4
- Students will use organizational processes and tools to manage
inquiry. C4 - 4.1 use calendars, time management or
project management software to assist in conducting an inquiry
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Gather and Organize Data
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Use CD ROM and library facilities
Refine searches from multiple sources
Students collect data from URLs on the
Internet
(student-friendly
search engines)
Electronic webbing (Inspiration,
MindManager and/or Word AutoShapes)
Participate in moderated forums
and/or discussion groups |
C.7 - Students will use electronic research techniques to
construct personal knowledge and meaning.
C.7 - 4.1 use
appropriate strategies to locate information to meet personal needs
C.1 - Students will access, use and
communicate information from a variety of technologies. C.1 - 4.1
plan and perform complex searches, using more than one electronic
source C.1 - 4.2 select information from appropriate
sources, including primary and secondary sources C.1 -
4.3 evaluate and explain the advantages and disadvantages of
various search strategies
C.2 - Students will
seek alternative viewpoints, using information technologies. C.2 -
4.1 consult a wide variety of sources that reflect varied
viewpoints on particular topics C.2 - 4.2 evaluate the
validity of gathered viewpoints against other sources
C.3 - Students will
critically assess information accessed through the use of a variety of
technologies. C3 - 4.1 assess the authority, reliability
and validity of electronically accessed information C3 -
4.2 demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically
accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic
C.5 - Students will
use technology to aid collaboration during inquiry. C.5 -
4.1 use telecommunications to pose critical questions to
experts C.5 - 4.2 participate in a variety of electronic
group formats |
| Analyze And Evaluate
Data |
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.6 - Students will
use technology to investigate and/or solve problems. C.6 -
4.2 investigate and solve problems of organization and
manipulation of information C.6 - 4.3 manipulate data
by using charting and graphing technologies in order to test inferences
and probabilities
C.7 - Students will use electronic
research techniques to construct personal knowledge and
meaning. C.7 - 4.1 use appropriate strategies to locate
information to meet personal needs C.7 - 4.2 analyze and
synthesize information to determine patterns and links among
ideas |
| Synthesize data |
Apply critical thinking skills to investigate possible solutions
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C.6 - Students will use technology to investigate and/or solve
problems. C.6 - 4.1 investigate and solve problems of
prediction, calculation and inference |
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Resolve issue
Create a
presentation |
Demonstration of
knowledge, recommendations for solutions
Word Pro
document, PowerPoint presentation or kiosk, Web Page, Overheads, Slides,
Video and/or Audio project, Multimedia
presentation |
C.6 - Students
will use technology to investigate and/or solve problems. C.6 -
4.4 generate new understandings of problematic situations by
using some form of technology to facilitate the process
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Apply The
Decision/Solution
Give Presentation |
Present to a relevant
audience
Deliver
presentation of knowledge (media listed
above) |
C.7 - Students will
use electronic research techniques to construct personal knowledge and
meaning. C.7 - 4.3 use appropriate presentation software
to demonstrate personal understandings
C.1 - Students will access, use and
communicate information from a variety of technologies. C.1 - 4.4
communicate in a persuasive and engaging manner, through appropriate
forms, such as speeches, letters, reports and multimedia presentations,
applying information technologies for context, audience and purpose that
extend and communicate understanding of complex issues |
| Evaluate The Decisions, The Actions,
The Presentation and/or The Process |
Students self evaluate
Teacher evaluates
Set
new goals |
C.6
- Students will use technology to investigate and/or solve
problems. C.6 - 4.5 evaluate the appropriateness of the
technology used to investigate or solve a problem
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