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=**INQUIRY GOAL: __I__ //__ntegrate Technology in the teaching of French in an Inquiry-based learning environment.__// **=


 * MY QUESTIONS:**

3. How can Inquiry help sustain students' interest and motivation for learning French?
Kindly find below what I learned.

Tuning In
In search for answers to the above questions, I was first led to find out what certain terms actually mean. Those terms are mostly related to technology. I thus found out that social networking sites could be used by people to share or collaborate, among other things. What I was really excited about finding out was the definition of the following terms: websites: a location of webpages belonging to individuals or groups Wikis: a collection of websites on a web page Blog: comes from the words web & log put together; what gives us blog. Podcast: it's an audio blog

Finding out
My search here led me to wonder how many types of Inquiry-Based Models exist.

But I was attracted to a presentation on the Student & the Teacher's role in an Inquiry-Based classroom.

And I also looked at what Inquiry would look like in a French classroom

And what technology tools were available to support such a teaching and learning model.

Sorting Out
"Technology is an important part of inquiry-based learning, since so much of today's information technology is aimed at answering questions and providing up-to-date information. Technology like the Internet is interactive, which helps engage students in inquiry". http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/explor_sub4.html

Reflecting & Acting
What I would like to say is that the search was not as straight forward as it might look in this report. I went back and forth a lot. And I spent a lot much more time than I would have thought on Wikipediae, looking for definitions of technology terms. But in all it's a rewarding experience.

__**Resources**__ http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/explor_sub4.html http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html