The facilitator records participants' comments on chart paper. Databases are all around us. Every time we use a phone book or a web search engine, we are using a type of database to find information we need.
Databases provide a way of organizing, finding, and analyzing information.
All of those index cards put together could be considered a type of manual database. In database terms, each individual index card would be a record of each student. The facilitator indicates the small groups for the participants. Participants work with their small group of 3 at a computer. If the participants are using an Internet-enabled computer, the facilitator asks them to open their web browsers and go to the web site address.