5+CC+20.1

Team Members:

 * 1) Michelle Megenbir - "33" Central
 * 2) Iris Warren - Pangman
 * 3) Margie Gibson - McNaughton

5 CC 20.1 Indicator d. Bullets 8, 14, & 15.
Conduct and present an extended inquiry/research based on a topic of the course that: ELA 20
 * accesses information using a variety of tools, skills, and sources to accomplish a particular purpose
 * gathers relevant information from a variety of print and digital sources as well as from direct observation, interviews, and surveys
 * makes distinctions about the credibility, reliability, consistency, strengths, and limitations of resources, including information gathered from website

Create a range of visual, multimedia, oral, and written texts to explore: • identity (e.g., Relationships with Family and Others); • social responsibility (e.g., Evolving Roles and Responsibilities); and • social action (agency)(e.g., The Past and the Present). Conduct and present an extended inquiry/research based on a topic of the course that: __ Resources that are useful for each of the indicator points __ 1) Accessing information using a variety of tools, skills, and sources to accomplish a particular purpose - [] an Alberta based document talking about inquiry-based learning - Google search: Gr. 10 ELA Inquiry Project : a PowerPoint that walks students through how to format an Inquiry Project
 * Outcome: 20.1 **
 * Indicator d. Bullets 8, 14, & 15 **
 * accesses information using a variety of tools, skills, and sources to accomplish a particular purpose
 * gathers relevant information from a variety of print and digital sources as well as from direct observation, interviews, and surveys
 * makes distinctions about the credibility, reliability, consistency, strengths, and limitations of resources, including information gathered from websites

2) Gathering relevant information from a variety of print and digital sources as well as from direct observation, interviews, and surveys - [] Katie Couric explains how she prepares for an interview and what skills good interviewers possess - Google Docs – students or teachers can create forms and surveys, which they can use to collect data from other students - [|https://bitly.com] a website used to shorten long, ugly URLs - [] The process of conduction a survey and interpreting the results 3) makes distinctions about the credibility, reliability, consistency, strengths, and limitations of resources, including information gathered from websites - Media Awareness [] A website with many resources that focus on learning how to authenticate web resources - [|www.whois.net] a website that can help students find out who published a website in order to authenticate the information

-Waybackmachine - [] Browse through over 150 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago.

Resources:
Poll Everywhere [|http://www.polleverywhere.com]

Media Awareness Network List of Lesson, Games, Etc on Authenticating Online Information []

Whois services let one identify the owner of a particular website. []