Powerful inquiry

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grok (v): to understand thoroughly and intuitively

What is

What the research says

▫ Students are easily overwhelmed by information.▫ They don’t use nearly enough sources.▫ They’re unable to judge the credibility of those

sources.

Pew Research Centre: How do teens do research in the digital world

Some great features

Slider determine

s result difficulty

level

Search box

Interactive web

Pinned items go straight

to Journal

Results in many forms

Quizzes for

understanding

Accessing

• Free

• Advantages of a class sub (around $30)

▫ create multiple class groups

▫ track quiz answers

▫ access to student Groks

▫ graph activity

• via Edmodo

Why is sogood?

Three things students are bad at:

1. Students are easily overwhelmed by information

2. They don’t use nearly enough sources.

3. They’re unable to judge the credibility of those sources.

and Inquiry

• helps scaffold students in inquiry.

• helps students understand how to search, narrow a topic, use keywords, and

evaluatewebsites.

• It is a great differentiation tool.

Demo video

It’s that good ... Edudemic predicts that Google will buy Instagrok in under one year!

Let’s try it out ....

http://www.instagrok.com/.

References:

• www.instagrok.com

• http://edudemic.com/2012/04/instagrok-the-search-engine-made-just-for-education/

• http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Student-Research.aspx