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Crissy Casey-green
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Chosen audience: 8th grade students
 * Audience: ** Middle School Students, Teachers, or both? Middle school teachers, librarians, administrators


 * Relevance: ** We will show how the inquiry process can help students select a college.


 * Persuasion: ** We will use technology such as ??? (Jing and Piktochart) to show that this process relates to students' lives outside of school.

Link to Collaborative Google Presentation

 * ** What? ** || ** Images/Text ** || ** Sound ** || ** Relevance ** ||
 * Choosing a college || Here we will each copy links to images that we find that we might want to use in the presentation || Links to possible uses for sound || ??? ||
 * || @http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/159540 (college building)

@http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/159646 (college building)

@http://pixabay.com/en/carleton-college-northfield-142708/ (college campus)

@http://pixabay.com/en/book-bored-college-education-15584/ (college student)

@http://pixabay.com/en/reading-books-learning-college-216862/ (college student)

@http://pixabay.com/en/browsing-computer-female-floor-15824/ (student on computer)

@http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/122530 (graduates in cap and gown)


 * Microsoft Clip Art always has good photographs.

[] (middle school student researching on computer) [] (cool job-astronaut) [] (money) [] (nice car-from creative commons) [] (teenager being free and independent-creative commons)

(Texas A&M sign) (Baylor seal) (UT Austin) (Texas Tech) (female graduate) ||  ||   ||


 * ==**Slide #**== || ==**Text**== || ==**Voice**== || ==**Picture**== || **Topic of Slide** || ==Step in the inquiry process (TLC)== ||
 * || Here we will type the text that we want on the slide (if applicable) || Here we will write the script || Here we will put a link to the image(s) we want for the slide ||  ||   ||
 * 1 ||  || Is this your goal? (is this referring to the picture of the graduate...i.e. graduating? __** YES **__ ) Then, you have to choose the right college. How will you choose a college that meets your needs and interests?

Hello! Today we will be using The best way do this is by using a n inquiry process to help you select a college you might want to go to in the future. But what is an inquiry process?

An inquiry process is a way of researching that lets us decide what we want to learn about and ask and answer questions that we may have along the way. || picture of graduate The quality of this picture is not very good. Here's another one:

Question mark: @http://pixabay.com/en/meadow-grass-green-environment-sky-63987/

@http://pixabay.com/en/interrogation-onomatopoeia-147799/

@http://pixabay.com/en/question-mark-question-response-96285/

Thinking girl: http://pixabay.com/en/adult-cute-face-female-girl-15814/

Put a question mark above her head: @http://pixabay.com/en/question-question-mark-symbol-help-145416/

Or this: @http://pixabay.com/en/head-outline-people-man-thinking-28741/ || Intro, what is inquiry ||  || @http://pixabay.com/en/google-search-engine-browser-search-76517/ || Why use inquiry processes? ||  ||
 * 2 ||  || So now you're probably thinking, "what is inquiry and why on Earth do I even need to use an inquiry process? Can't I just google it?" That's a really good point. Google is a great tool for finding facts quickly, but just finding facts doesn't help you to dig deeper and get to the really important parts of a problem. You wouldn't want to take short cuts when it comes to something as important as what college you are going to spend four years at. It's a big decision that is worth investigating. || Google:
 * 3 ||  || Inquiry just means that you are investigating a topic that is important to you and getting beyond the surface facts. There's a great inquiry process called The Learning Cycle (TLC). Do you want Let me to explain how to use it to find your perfect college.

It's simple! By following these steps, you will have selected the best college for you, and you will have learned a valuable method of inquiry in the process! || Girl with magnifying glass: @http://pixabay.com/en/eye-female-funny-glass-holding-15699/

Magnifying glass: @http://pixabay.com/en/magnifying-glass-question-mark-globe-68207/ || What is TLC? (Brief overview) ||  || (pick me, creative commons) || TLC steps || Choose a broad topic || (Texas A&M sign) (Baylor seal) (UT Austin) (Texas Tech) (Oklahoma State Univeristy)
 * 4 ||  || You have already completed the first step of the process already decided because you've chosen your topic: Choosing a college that's right for you! || []
 * 5 ||  || Now that you have your topic, you need to get an overview of it. Sounds easy, right? But where do you start? There are over 4,000 colleges in the United States. It is important to look at the big picture here. College is your topic, but saying you are researching colleges is just the tip of the iceberg. You need to see the whole picture before you can start to narrow your topic down. || Create a collage of colleges on PowerPoint and save as a jpg:

(iceberg above and below water, cc) || TLC steps || Get an overview of the topic ||
 * 6 ||  || Once you've looked at the big picture and understand the true size and scope of the topic of "colleges," you can begin to focus your search. You won't be able to research every all of these college, so you will need to narrow your topic down . Since you're a student in Texas, you could research schools which are located in Texas. That would be a great place to begin! || Map of Texas? || Narrow the topic. Reflection point: Is my topic a good one? ||
 * 7 ||  || Next you want to focus your research by writing a purpose statement for your topic. For example, you might say, "The purpose of my research is to use reliable sources to help me find a college that meets my needs and interests."

After you've written your purpose statement, reflect on it. Does it represent an effective concept for my research? If it doesn't, then make changes to the purpose statement. || ??? student thinking? || TLC steps || Develop a thesis statement or purpose. Reflection point. ||
 * 8 ||  || Now you're ready to begin your research, but how do you know what information you need to make the best decision? Think about what you want from a college. Do you want a 2-year or 4-year degree? Do you want a college that offers online classes? What about student life? Are you looking for a college that has sororities and fraternities? Do you want to be a student in a large school or small school? What majors interest you? Consider your needs and interests and write research questions that will help guide your research.

After you've written your research questions, reflect on them. Will the questions help you find the information about colleges that you want to know? || Picture of a college with the questions appearing one at a time on top of the image???

Possibly a series of images, computer (for online classes), some frat guys amd soroity chicks, a large lecture hall filled up, a small class debating, and then a question mark. || TLC steps || Formulate research questions. Reflection point. || @http://pixabay.com/en/browsing-computer-female-floor-15824/ || TLC steps || Find, analyze, evaluate sources. Reflection point. ||
 * 9 ||  || Now it's time to figure out the most important questions you want to answer and make a plan. How are you going to research the information? Should you use a database, a book, a search engine? What is the best way to find the information you need to answer your questions? Once you decide what resources you will need, it is a good idea to reflect on your choices. Do your questions make sense? Will you be able to find the information you need using the resources you chose? || Collage of pictures: libraries and computers. || TLC steps || Plan for research. Reflection point. ||
 * 10 ||  || Once you've decided that you are ready to begin your research, go ahead and find that information you've been looking for. This is the fun part. This is where you get answers to the questions you came up with earlier. Make sure that the information you find is valid and credible though. The internet is open to everyone. Because of this, it is really important that you analyze and evaluate the sources you are using. Can you trust the website where you found your information? How do you know? Typically, trustworthy websites look professional. There are no blinking titles or banner ads. The website may be from a nationally recognized newscompany, like Time, or have .edu or .gov at the end, indicating that it is a school or government run website. If you use online journals, check to see if they have been peer-reviewed. It is important to make sure the answers to your questions are coming from a reliable source. || Picture of a girl researching:
 * 11 ||  || Once you know you have solid, reliable information, it is a good idea to check back and make sure the info you found will help you to answer your original research questions. At this point you should start taking notes about the most important information and create a bibliography. The librarian will help you to understand how to format your bibliography by showing you examples of work cited in an MLA format and answering your citation questions as they arise. It is important that you don't just copy someone else's words without using quotations and giving them credit. After all, if you made something, you wouldn't want others to take credit for it, would you?

Before preceding to the next step, ask yourself: Is my research complete? If you feel that you don't have all the facts, continue researching until you do. ||  || TLC steps || Evaluate evidence, take notes, compile bibliography; reflection point. ||
 * 12 ||  || Now that you have finished researching about a variety of colleges, you will need to make some conclusions about the information you gathered. This will involve organizing your information. You might consider using a web, table, or other graphic organizer to arrange the information visually to help you make sense of all of the facts. || Here we could have a web that we create that shows information about colleges organized by subject: degree programs, student population size, student life, etc. || TLC steps || Establish conclusions, organize info into outline; reflection point ||
 * 13 ||  || Congratulations! You've used the TLC inquiry process to choose a college that is right for you! The final step is to present your information. Before creating a final product, consider your audience. Is your presentation being viewed by your teachers, your parents, or your peers? Choose a method that helps you present your information in a way that is easy for your audience to understand. ||   || TLC steps || Create and present final product; reflection point ||
 * 14 ||  || Now that you've learned an inquiry process, you can apply it to many other situations where you need to use research to find information, such as researching a debatable issue for a persuasive essay for English class or researching information about the most impactful president in U.S. history. You could even apply this process of inquiry when you need to buy a new cell phone or when you’re old enough to start driving and want to buy a car. The ideas are limitless! ||   ||   || How this process can be used in other ways... ||
 * 15 || (We can add more slides as needed.) || What's great about using the learning cycle is that as new questions come up, you already have established a baseline of knowledge and can easily add to what you know by researching your new questions. When you use TLC, you have the opportunity to develop a depth of knowledge on a subject because the process in a cycle and the learning never truly ends. I hope you will give TLC a try! ||  ||   ||   ||

Sample Projects for use in school: Middle school science fair project, 8th grade persuasive research paper, Junior research paper, senior project, science fair competition, Mock Trial competition

And why is this process important throughout your life?

Lifelong learning, independence, long after "school" is over...

Learning to find information makes learning on your own easier, especially in college or if there is a teacher who has a style that doesn't work with yours