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Guess what... while you are having fun, being challenged, and finding answers to the InfoQuest question of the week you are also doing the following

Did you know:

"60% of today's Grade 2
children will enter careers that currently don’t exist
involving technology which has not yet been invented"
Classroom 2000

 

Inquiring: During this step you are determining the keywords and related topics which will help you with the InfoQuest Question of the week.
Searching: During this step you are selecting and utilizing the library and internet resources to gather information which will help you answer the question.
Organizing: Here you are organizing the results of your research, discarding unrelated results and only keeping pertinent information which will help you get the right answer to this weeks InfoQuest Question
Sharing: This is the fun part, you are communicating with friends, classmates and fellow students who also are part of the weeks challenge.
 

 Library and Information Technology Specialists  have a  fancy name for this:
S.T.A.I.R.S: Steps to Achieving Independent Research Skills

Learning is more than fun it is COOL

Monday, April 03, 2006

Monday, April 03, 2006

Facilitator: Wouter Laleman