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In this example, you will see how eTrekker is used to support a variety of

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A still of two male students sitting at computer stations with an educational web developer observing.

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students as they work on developing skills to carry out Internet inquiry projects.

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Two photos, placed diagonally from each other. The one in the upper left corner is of a female student, receiving guidance. The one on the lower right, is of a male student also receiving guidance.

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As students meet with their teachers to jointly develop learning goals, their teachers also consider potential barriers their students may encounter and how eTrekker can help students overcome these barriers.

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For example, although Kyle has experience using the Internet, he has difficulty staying focused on his research questions and selecting key terms. eTrekker scaffolds Kyle

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A screen shot of eTrekker in action.

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by allowing him to type and then spell check his research questions, as well as enabling him

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to select key terms directly from his questions.

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A still of Kyle.

KYLE:
It's easy because this you can just type in the key words, and it holds the key words for you. On the search engines it just wouldn't work. Usually it would work on eTrekker.

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A still of a female student receiving guidance.

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Another student, Danielle, is new to the Internet and so needs different supports than Kyle as she works on gathering information in this complex environment.

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eTrekker supports Danielle by allowing her to take notes from different web sites,

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A screen shot of the notebook function in eTrekker.

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automatically organizing her notes under her research questions and citing the source of the information.

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A still of Danielle.

DANIELLE:
I really liked it. It was easier because the notes were like right there, and you could save them right away, and everything was like right in front of you.

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A pictue of a male student typing on a computer.

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The use of eTrekker in this example illustrates the potential of interactive media to adjust to

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A picture of a male student sitting in front of a computer.

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a variety of learners while helping teachers steer students down different paths toward a common goal.