What is GATHERING?
_The next stage of inquiry learning is what we call "Gathering."
Students being investigating ideas. They begin to develop team strategies and journaling their progress. They will take the plans they made in the stage before and further define task and roles. Also most all of the information gathering is done during this stage.
It is MOST IMPORTANT to remember that during the "climb" students should feel the freedom to move back and forth to any stage for re-direction from the teacher and peers. It would be during this "Gathering" stage that group leaders' input and effort would be closely monitored by the teacher.
Students being investigating ideas. They begin to develop team strategies and journaling their progress. They will take the plans they made in the stage before and further define task and roles. Also most all of the information gathering is done during this stage.
It is MOST IMPORTANT to remember that during the "climb" students should feel the freedom to move back and forth to any stage for re-direction from the teacher and peers. It would be during this "Gathering" stage that group leaders' input and effort would be closely monitored by the teacher.
Gathering - Online Resources
Teachers may feel the need to model good gathering behaviors. Mini lessons on Primary Resources and Copyright/Creative Commons would be important.
Weebly - design a web quest with recommended links for students to begin their searching and gathering.
Google Earth - have students "zoom" into live geography to become better connected with their ideas.
PrimaryPad - free, collaborative note taking space (from EtherPad), no email required,compatible with iPads, and can be added to the teacher's web quest page
joliprint - Turn a website into a PDF on the iPad. Students can then highlight and annotate web text in PDF reading apps such as Notes, Notability, PaperPort or iAnnotate PDF
dotEPUB - Transform a website into an EPUB with this handy online tool.
Weebly - design a web quest with recommended links for students to begin their searching and gathering.
Google Earth - have students "zoom" into live geography to become better connected with their ideas.
PrimaryPad - free, collaborative note taking space (from EtherPad), no email required,compatible with iPads, and can be added to the teacher's web quest page
joliprint - Turn a website into a PDF on the iPad. Students can then highlight and annotate web text in PDF reading apps such as Notes, Notability, PaperPort or iAnnotate PDF
dotEPUB - Transform a website into an EPUB with this handy online tool.
__Gathering Apps
Collecting data, recording observations, and taking notes are some of the essential elements of gathering project information. Below are Apps that will support this phase of project development. We have broken this section up into "General Gathering Apps," "Notebook," and "Interviewing Apps."
Click here for specific NOTEBOOK APPS
Click here for specific INTERVIEWING APPS
Click here for specific NOTEBOOK APPS
Click here for specific INTERVIEWING APPS
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