Pinterest Board: Inquiry Learning Curation I have decided to use Pinterest to curate my research to answer my first, and most interesting (to me) question: In what way do our emotions either support or hinder student learning experiences, and how can we harness them during inquiry learning? First things first, I needed to add the…

Due to the nature of social media, I will limit my discussion of using it as tool for expert searching to just a couple searches per platform. The two social media platforms I will be using are Twitter and Pinterest. I have also decided to limit my search to basic terminology often used around inquiry…

I was at first, a little astonished by the number of databases offered by ProQuest. Obviously for the purpose of this blog I shall be using the Education database, however I am intrigued to return at a later date to explore the other databases. To demonstrate expert searching techniques using ProQuest Education, I shall be…

I am now feeling a little deflated after my experience with Google Scholar. I didn’t realize that my quest for answers to my initial questions would be so involved. However, from what I have heard about A+ Education, I am quietly optimistic! To demonstrate expert searching techniques using A+ Education, I have decided to research the…

The difference between Google and Google Scholar is clearly discernible from the difference in their names. While Google searches a wide variety of sources, including blogs, journals, webpages, social media, etc., Google Scholar is restricted to works of academic importance, such as books, journals, and reports, to name a few. I am not a regular…

I am a regular user of Google; I don’t think a day goes by without me using Google for a quick answer or some in depth research. I like to think that I’m an expert Google-er and often come away from my searches with the information I had set out to find. I was excited…

Social media can be an overwhelming source of information. Anyone and everyone can have an opinion and share information using social media. This means that there is a number of unreliable sources, as well as highly useful academic resources, the trick is navigating between what is useful and what isn’t, while staying on track and…