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Disclaimer

The Inquiry Page makes no claim as to the safety or the effectiveness of the information, products or processes linked to this site. However, feedback from teachers concerning Inquiry Units is welcome and will be made available along with the resources. Feedback can be sent to: jrobins@uiuc.edu.

Protecting Teacher's Privacy

Teachers can become members of the Inquiry Page collaboratory by filling in the form. This form is linked at the top of our home page. When teachers become members of the Inquiry Page, information about their professional interests will be collected at this site. Teacher profiles will be password protected. Teachers will be able to view, edit, or delete their own profiles at any time. Deleting a profile means a teacher is no longer a member of the collaboratory. Teachers can designate whether or not they wish to share profile information directly with other teachers. Collaboratory administrators use teacher profiles to find information and resources tailored for individual teachers and, if the teacher so desires, to introduce them to others with similar interests and needs. Only professional information will be collected in the profiles (number of years teaching, subjects taught, name and location of school, etc).

Correspondence between teachers and collaboratory administrators is considered public (similar to "letters to the editor" in newspapers), unless a member specifically requests otherwise. Correspondence will include, but is not limited to, requesting additional information about Inquiry Units that might be used to update units automatically, forwarding positive feedback about units, and notifying members regarding events that might be of interest.

Administrator activities in this collaboratory are the focus of dissertation research. The effectiveness of these activities is under study in order to determine future administrative roles for sites such as this. Psuedonyms for teachers, schools, school districts, etc. will be used in all discussions and reports that result from this research.

Note: Members decide whether their own units are private (for use only by other collaboratory members) or viewable by the public. Members can edit or delete their units at any time.

Protecting Student Privacy