Inquiry Learning and ICT

Inquiry is a theme and direction in the New Zealand Curriculum connecting our school Vision, Values, Key Competencies and Principles. Teaching through inquiry integrates multiple literacies including ICT, learning how to learn and life-long learning across the curriculum. Research suggests that this approach promotes students learning in a vibrant school learning community.
At the moment teachers are building knowledge on how to plan, teach and assess a staged inquiry process.
Some ICT applications lend themselves particularly well to inquiry learning. These include, information and learning experience resources available through the internet, data gathering and analysis tools and the use of ICTs for recording and presentation. Our students need to be taught how to use these tools effectively.
I've recently read an interview with Jamie McKenzie called 'Avoiding the screen savers disease" which discusses the need to explicitly teach children to be researchers. Have a look at:

http://www.4teachers.org/keynotes/mckenzie/index.shtml