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.

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• How do these ideas tie into and bridge back to the focusing questions?

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