Enhancing Inquiry with

Google Blog Search & Translate

Session 4 of 4

Get Going with Google Research

Focusing Questions

• What are the components of the inquiry process?

• How can Google Blog Search be used to enhance the learner’s ability to use the inquiry process to enhance understanding?

• How can Google Translate be used to enhance the learner’s ability to use the inquiry process to enhance understanding?

Instruction

Framing The Session

• Learn how to use Google Blog Search

• Learn to use Google Translate

• Think about it’s application in the inquiry process

• Use a Google collaborative doc to record findings

Google Blog Search

• Select Google Blog Search from the list and select “About Google Blog Search”

About Google Blog Search

• Explore the different features of Google Blog Search

Google Translate

• Click on Google Translate and explore the different features

Sharing Findings

• Findings will be shared in the collaborative document

Guided Practice

• Let’s watch a video on Google Blog Search

Google Blog Search

3 min 10 sec - Jul 22, 2007

Description: How to use Google Blog Search

Work Time

Getting Started

• Assign roles in your group, learn about and explore, and then discuss and record information about these Google Apps.

• You will given a ten, five and a one minute warning when it is time to switch to your inquiry component group.

• You may decide to explore just one or both of the applications while you are working in your group.

Work Time

• Assign roles within the groups so that the group has members assigned to focus on the final area of either Connect/Wonder, Investigate/Construct, Express/Reflect.

• Learn about and explore Google Blog Search and Google Translate

• Designated group members discuss how Google Translate can be used in each stage of the inquiry process.

• Switch into groups by inquiry area.

• Discuss how Google Blog Search and Google Translate 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