Enhancing Inquiry with Google Scholar & Books Session 3 of 4 Get Going with Google Research Apps
Focusing Questions What are the components of the inquiry process? How can Google Scholar be used to enhance the learner’s ability to use the inquiry process to enhance understanding? How can Google Books be used to enhance the learner’s ability to use the inquiry process to enhance understanding?
Instruction
Framing The Session Find out about Google Scholar Find out about Google Books Think about their applications in the inquiry process Use a Google collaborative doc to record your findings
Google Scholar “Open Google Scholar and select “About Google Scholar.”
About Google Scholar Explore the features of Google Scholar
Google Books Open Google Book Search and at the bottom, click on “About Google Book Search”
About Google Book Search Explore the features of Google Book Search
Guided Practice After exploring the features, enter findings into the collaborative document
Work Time
Getting Started Now assign new roles in your group, and learn about and explore, then discuss and record information about these Google Apps. You will get a ten, five and a one minute warning when it is time to switch to your inquiry component group..
Work Time Assign roles within the groups so that the group has members assigned to focus on a new area of either Connect/Wonder, Investigate/Construct, Express/Reflect. Learn about and explore Google Scholar and Google Book Search Designated group members discuss how Google Books can be used in each stage of the inquiry process. Switch into groups by inquiry area. Discuss how Google Scholar and Google Book Search can enhance your area of inquiry and record your findings.
Share
Representative from each inquiry group will report the findings they recorded in the Google collaborative document. Share
How do these ideas tie into and bridge back to the focusing questions? Share