Inquiring Minds Want to Know-Resources

INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW

Helping to build great minds for the future.

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Resources

Text References:

●Boethel, M., & Dimock, K. (1999). Constructing knowledge with technology. Retrieved June 17, 2006, from http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tec27/constructing.pdf (PDF File, 203KB)

●Blumenfeld, P.C., Soloway, E., Marx, R., Krajcik, J.S., Guzdial, M. & Palincsar, A. (1991). Motivating project-based learning: Sustaining the doing, supporting the learning. Educational Psychology, 26(3&4), 369-398.

●Dewey, J.(1916). Thinking in education. [Electronic version]. Democracy and Education. Retrieved June 26, 2006, from http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/Projects/digitexts/dewey/d_e/chapter12.html

●Dodge, B. (1997a). Some thoughts about WebQuests. Retrieved July 5, 2005, from http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html

●Dodge, B. (1997b). The WebQuest Page. Retrieved July 5, 2005,

from http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/Professional.html

●Educational Broadcasting Corporation. (2004). Concept to classroom: Inquiry-based learning. Retrieved July 5, 2005, from http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html

●Education Development Center (2001-3). Teaching techniques: The art of asking good questions. Retrieved April 17, 2006, from http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/teaching/questions.asp

●Getting America’s Students Ready for the 21^st Century: Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge

●Gove, P.B. (2002). Webster’s third new international dictionary of the English language, unabridged (3^rd ed.)Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc.

●Hoover, W.A. (1996, August). The practice implications of constructivism. SEDLetter, 9(3). Retrieved June 30, 2005, from http://www.sedl.org/pubs/sedletter/v09n03/practice.html

●Jakes, D. (2003). Creating virtual workspaces: New models for developing online curriculum. Retrieved June 28, 2006, from http://www.jakesonline.org/virtual_workspaces.pdf#search='Creating%20Virtual%20workspaces%3A%20New%20Models%20For%20Developing%20Online%20Curriculum (PDF File, 203KB)

●Kidspiration Software http://kidspiration.com/productinfo/kidspiration/index.cfm

●Learning for the 21st Century: A Report and Mile Guide for 21st Century Skills

●McKenzie, J. (1998). Teach the teachers: Integrating Web-based resources—Essential Questions. Retrieved April 17, 2006, from http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/teched/using/mod2less 2quest.html

●McKenzie, J. (2002, August). The importance of essential questions. [Electronic version]. Heritage Education, Retrieved April 17, 2006, from http://www.edheritage.org/HE_02aut/essentialquestions.htm

●Owens, R.F., Hester, J.L. & Teale, W.H. (2002). Where do you want to go today? Inquiry-based learning and technology integration. The Reading Teacher, 55(7), 616-625. Retrieved July 3, 2006, from Wilson SelectPlus database.

●Shaw, E., Bagget, P., & Sayler, B. (2004). Kidspiration for inquiry-centered activities. Science Activities, 4(1), 3-8. Retrieved July 15, 2005, from Wilson SelectPlus database.

●Wells, G. (1992). Language and the inquiry-oriented curriculum. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED355539). Retrieved January 2, 2006, from ERIC E*Subscribe database.

Search Tools:	News/Weather:
●Specialized Search Engines and Directories	●Time for Kids: News
●AltaVista	●Scholastic News For Kids
●Dogpile	●Pitara.com: News for kids from India and abroad
●Google	●CBBC Newsround: News for Kids for the U.K.
●Yahoo!	●Augusta Chronicle Online
●Yahooligans: A Web Guide for Kids	●The Weather Channel
●Metacrawler (Search the Search Engines)
●Ask Jeeves for Kids

References: Graphics/Clip Art:

●Encyclopedia Britannica Online ●Pics 4 Learning

●Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus Online ●Awesome ClipArt for Educators

●Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition Online ●Kaboose: ClipArt

●How Stuff Works

●50States.com John Dewey:

●Children's Authors and Illustrators on the Web ●John Dewey- American Pragmatist

●Write to an Author ●John Dewey- My Pedagogic Creed

●My Wonderful World- Geography ●John Dewey- Democracy and Education

●American Museum of Natural History (On the John Dewey links above, if asked for a password and username, just press CANCEL to continue to the website.)

●Mt. St. Helens Volcano- watch a volcano "live"

●National Library of Virtual Math Manipulatives

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