Donna F's List: Searching

two main functions: collecting linked content and sharing it with others, visually.

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on 2009-08-22

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on 2009-08-20 and saved by 2 people

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internet_safety information_literacy on 2009-08-19 and saved by 6 people

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interactive on 2009-12-13 and saved by 30 people

School's Out and Your Kids Are Online:\n\nDo You Know What They've Been Searching For This Summer?

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on 2009-08-23 and saved by 7 people

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on 2009-08-13 and saved by 2 people

Web 2.0\n\nDistance Learning 2008\n\nSCORE! Rubrics for Assessment\n\nHow Secure Are You?\n\nCopyright and Plagiarism Prevention\n\nIntegrating Technology\n\nLessons and Activities\n\nWeb Searching\n\nWeb Credibility\n\nStaff Development Programs\n\nTeacher Productivity\n\nDigital Photography

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on 2009-08-23 and saved by 23 people

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google search resources education on 2009-09-22 and saved by 434 people

With the advent of the World Wide Web and the huge amount of information that is contained there, students need to be able to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability. The ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age.\n\nTo help you get started with this process with your students, I have designed a series of evaluation surveys

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information_literacy resources on 2009-08-23 and saved by 189 people

WSI: Web Site Investigator\nInformation Forensics\n\nIt takes special investigative skills and practice to tell whether information online can be trusted. Almost anything can be made to look real using deceptive wording and PhotoShop.\n\nAn Information Forensics Specialist knows how to find clues and tell if a web site can be trusted or not. By becoming an Information Forensics Specialist you will much less likely be tricked into believing false information or being scammed.

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on 2009-08-23 and saved by 6 people

Evaluating Internet Resources\n\nHow do I evaluate the quality of websites?\n \nHow can I teach students to evaluate websites?\n \nWhere can I find checklists for evaluation?

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on 2009-08-23 and saved by 56 people

Internet Search Teacher Worksheets / Printables\nsupposedly critical thinking

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on 2009-08-23 and saved by 2 people

Challenge the Walkers

Challenge the Walkers is an online game that introduces you to some of the things you can do on the internet - things which might be useful for you and your family.

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on 2009-08-30

The Chromomulator takes the top 100 Google searches at the moment (from Google Trends) and scours the web, collecting related news, blog posts, pictures, and videos for each search. If you need to know everything about what's hot on the net right now, the Chromomulator can tell you. Updated several times daily.

The Chromomulator pulls in information from the following sources:

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google on 2009-09-07 and saved by 18 people

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search google tools on 2009-09-07 and saved by 458 people

Lesson Plans for Teaching Web Search Strategies

If your students will be doing any research on the Internet this year, you should take some time to teach or review with them how to conduct searches.

www.freetech4teachers.com/...s-for-teaching-web-search.html - Preview

resources google on 2009-09-07 and saved by 22 people

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on 2009-09-07 and saved by 8 people

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on 2009-09-18 and saved by 3 people

EMBED SEARCH:
enter your search criteria in Oamos the search engine returns news, images, synonyms, music and video related to your inquiry. Search results are streamed in “audiovisually more or less objective or entertaining, with or without sound, with or without links.” You can try this search tool for up to three minutes (per search). You will probably want to set up an account so you can stream even longer.

The search tool also includes advanced search features that will refine your outcome and make it more relevant. For example, you will definitely want to put quotes around your search criteria terms if you are searching for more than one word (as in my “swine flu” search embedded below). You can also perform geographic searches using the maps link. In addition, you can adjust your search to favor objective or entertaining results and modify and experiment with different templates. This search tool is highly responsive to your interaction and input.

So, how would this work in a classroom? I’m not sure that it would if your school has blocked Google images. If the search tool does work, I think it would be a great way to introduce a current event or new topic. The imagery, sound clips, and textual presentation of search results offers a unique interactive cultural experience that could serve as an interesting opening to a new discussion about almost any topic. Students could watch a three minute stream and jot down quick responses related to the streaming search prior to opening a classroom discussion about a given topic. This search tool is probably best suited to students 9-12 or at the college level since the user does not have control of imagery that appears in a streaming search.

I have embedded a search below to give you a snapshot of what a Oamos search might look like. I turned off the sound, but there are several adjustments you can make prior to embedding a search on a website or blog. I wish I could better control the speed of the items that appear in a stream, but I have not found a setting fo

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on 2009-09-19 and saved by 2 people

Guess-the-google is an addictive guessing game based on Google's image search. It turns the mental activity of searching into a fun, visual and engaging game where people can enjoy the challenge of being the fastest and most efficient at making that connection between search terms and their results.

The game requires version 9 of the Flash player or higher to run, you can get the latest version here.

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google game search interactive on 2009-09-20 and saved by 199 people