Good Morning,
So often we expect students to search for things on the Internet that will assist them in their education. My belief is that many students think that they are effective at searching on the Internet, but are not as effective as they could be. Please see some of the resources listed below to increase Internet search effectiveness. Giving students access to these tools will make them much more effective at their research:
Google Search Shortcuts: Here are the top Google Shortcuts that any savvy Googler should have under his or her belt.
Alexa.com: Free web traffic metrics, top sites lists, site demographics, hot urls, and more
Power Search Tool: The Power Search Tool enables you to search the Internet more effectively and easily. It will help you find websites, different types of files, beautiful images, all sorts of videos, documents and pretty much anything you want.
Teaching Search In The Classroom Webinar: Earlier this month Google hosted a webinar on teaching web search techniques. If you weren't able to participate in the webinar, you can now watch the whole webinar in this video of the event. It is 54 minutes in length.
Web Search Strategies In Plain English: 3 minute video from Common Craft
Please remember that the 50% completion mark is one week away. Let me know if you have any concerns with meeting this completion point.
Have a great week!
Amy
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