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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

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. 
C4 - 3.1 Create a plan for an inquiry that includes consideration of time management.

C.5 - Students will use technology to aid collaboration during inquiry.
C5  - 3.2 Use networks to brainstorm, plan and share ideas with group members. 

C.6 - Students will use technology to investigate and/or solve problems. 
C6  - 3.1 Articulate clearly a plan of action to use technology to solve a problem.
C6  - 3.2 Identify the appropriate materials and tools to use in order to accomplish a plan of action.

Gather and Organize Data

Use CD ROM and library facilities

Students collect data using  student-friendly  search engines

Electronic webbing (Inspiration, MindManager  or Word AutoShapes)  

Use spreadsheets & databases to analyze and organize data

C.1 - Students will access, use and communicate information from a variety of technologies. 
C1 - 3.1 Plan and conduct a search, using a wide variety of electronic sources.
C1 - 3.2 Refine searches to limit sources to a manageable number.
C1 - 3.3 Access and operate multimedia applications and technologies from stand-alone and online sources.
C1 - 3.4 Access and retrieve information through the electronic network.

C.2 - Students will seek alternative viewpoints, using information technologies. 
C2 - 3.1 Access diverse viewpoints on particular topics by using appropriate technologies.
C2 - 3.2 Assemble and organize different viewpoints in order to assess their validity.
C2 - 3.3 Use information technology to find facts that support or refute diverse viewpoints.

C.4 - Students will use organizational processes and tools to manage inquiry. 
C4 - 3.2 Develop a process to manage volumes of information that can be made available through electronic sources.
C4  - 3.3 Demonstrate the advanced search skills necessary to limit the number of hits desired for online and offline databases; for example, the use of "and" or "or" between search topics and the choice of appropriate search engines for the topic.

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.1 - Students will access, use and communicate information from a variety of technologies. 
C1 - 3.5 Analyze and synthesize information to create a product.

C.3 - Students will critically assess information accessed through the use of a variety of technologies. 
C3 - 3.1 Evaluate the authority and reliability of electronic sources.

C.6 - Students will use technology to investigate and/or solve problems. 
C6 - 3.3 Evaluate choices and the progress in problem solving, then redefine the plan of action as appropriate.

C.7 - Students will use electronic research techniques to construct personal knowledge and meaning. 
C7 - 3.1 Identify patterns in organized information.

Synthesize data  Resolve issue

Create a presentation

Word Pro document

PowerPoint presentation

Web Page

C.6 - Students will use technology to investigate and/or solve problems. 
C6 - 3.4 Pose and test solutions to problems by using computer applications such as computer- assisted  design or  simulation/modeling software.
C6 - 3.5 Create a simulation or a model by using technology that permits the making of inferences.

C.7 - Students will use electronic research techniques to construct personal knowledge and meaning. 
C7 - 3.2 Make connections among related, organized data, and assemble various pieces into a unified  message.

Apply The Decision/Solution

Give Presentation

Word Pro document

PowerPoint presentation

Web Page

C.6 - Students will use technology to investigate and/or solve problems. 
C6 - 3.5 Create a simulation or a model by using technology that permits the making of inferences.
C6 - 3.4 Pose and test solutions to problems by using computer applications such as computer- assisted design or simulation/modeling software.

Students self evaluate

Teacher evaluates

Set new goals

C.3 - Students will critically assess information accessed through the use of a variety of technologies.
C.3 - 3.2 Evaluate the relevance of electronically accessed information to a particular topic.