Brooklyn School has done a lot of thinking about using ICT within the inquiry process. The following is from their school website:

Learning through ICT

The fourth and final linking pillar is ‘learning through ICT’. The potential for ICT to enhance learning and teaching across a number of domains and learning areas is well established. Provided that ample ICT infrastructure is available, that teachers themselves are sufficiently capable, and provided they have an awareness of the pedagogical potential of ICT, then it is more than probable that they will be able to support students to achieve by learning through ICT. The CHaOS model assumes that schools will embrace and promote the use of ICT as a key learning and teaching tool.

The first domain for learning through ICT at Brooklyn school is the use of ICT to support inquiry, problem solving and experimentation. Students at Brooklyn school are encouraged to use a range of information and communication technologies during all the stages of the inquiry process. Technologies such as the internet, cdroms, audio conferencing, faxes, library catalogues, videos, etc can be used to gather information. Technologies such as spreadsheets, databases, word processors, video editing, etc can be used to process information. Technologies such as publishing software, drawing programmes, photo editing, etc can be used to publish information. Technologies such as ohps, videos, multimedia presentations, etc can be used to communicate information.

Students at Brooklyn school are also encouraged to use ICT to enhance the development of student problem solving capability. As with the inquiry process, teachers can enhance the capability of students to solve problems by providing opportunities for them to use a range of information and communication technologies during all four stages of the problem solving process. Technologies such as the internet, cdroms, audio conferencing, video, etc can be used to identify problems or issues. Technologies such as databases, mind mapping software, spreadsheets, etc can be used to develop possible solutions to the problems or issues. Depending on the learning area, technologies such as CAD, drawing programmes, publishing software, video recording, etc can be used to design possible solutions. Technologies such as databases, multimedia presentation software, publishing software, etc might be used to implement, evaluate and present a report regarding the effectiveness of a chosen solution.