Google Web Search: Classroom Lessons and Resources

Google Web Search: Classroom Lessons and Resources Lucy Gray University of Chicago Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education

Resources • High Techpectations: http://lucygray.org • Bag The Web (links) • Google in Education Diigo • Find me on delicious, diigo, etc: elemenous • Email: elemenous@gmail.com

Google’s Mission To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Online content Ofﬂine content Billions of web pages Billions of items becoming indexed

Our Mission • How can educators help students to organize, access, and leverage THEIR collection of information in useful ways? • Think about how to help students and colleagues develop a research stance using News, Scholar, and Book Search.

A New Digital Divide • Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those don’t. • Those who know how to validate soft information vs. those don’t. • Those who know where to ﬁnd information in new “hot” channels vs. those don’t. • Those who understand the current culture of informal languages vs. those don’t

A New Digital Divide • Those who know how to get information to travel to them vs. those who still chase it. • Those who have the knowledge and skills to create and re-mix digital media vs. those who don’t. • Those that understand that learning is a continual process vs. those that view learning as achievement. -Helen Blowers, Columbus Metropolitan Library

Did You Know? http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories

The Art of Search

Organizing a Search • What is it I’m looking for? • (think about common keywords) • How would someone else talk about it? • (what words would they use? how would THEY describe it?) • Which of those terms would be most common? • Which of those terms would be very specialized to this topic? • What kind of thing would make me happy? (do I want a single web page, a deﬁnition, a collection, an image.... or … ?)

Keyword Choice • Think about what you are trying to ﬁnd • Choose words that you think will appear on the page • Put yourself in the mindset of the author of those words • Use synonyms • Start broad and use just a few words, then go deep • Use contextual terms

Other Search Tips • Search collections • Use specifiers • Example: [Vancouver Olympics wikipedia] • Try an image search when normal means fail, you might find something that will be useful or spark your interest in a different way. • Word order matters—when it’s not working one way, try another. • When searching for common phrases, don’t leave out the “stop words.” (e.g., [ Lord of the Rings] ) • Use double quotes properly, and only when you need them (to find a particular sequence of words) • Example: “Daniel M Russell” or “Palo Alto Library”

About Search Tools

• Everything is searchable. • Nothing stays constant on the web. • Control + F is very useful. • Advanced Search and Preferences are available with each product. • RSS feeds are also available.

Search Options

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Search Curriculum

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Conclusion • Help students and colleagues develop a research stance across content areas using News, Scholar, and Book Search. • Plan on learning new skills. • Nothing stays constant on the web. • Search engines are continually improving. • New search tools are always being developed

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Google Web Search: Classroom Lessons and Resources

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