Tools and Resources Supporting Effective SearchPresentation Transcript
Tools and Resources
Supporting Effective Search
Lucy Gray
Connecticut Educators Computer Association
Conference
October 18, 2010
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Guiding Thoughts
• Search is the essential 21st century skill.
• The responsibility of teaching search to
kids lies within the entire school
community.
• How can educators help students to
organize, access, and leverage their
collection of information in useful ways?
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Agenda
• Leveraging Google Search Tools
• The Art of Search
• Scaffolding Searches with yolink
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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
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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
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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
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Did You Know?
http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories
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About Search Tools
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• Everything is searchable.
• Control + F is incredibly useful.
• Nothing stays constant on the web.
• Advanced Search and Preferences are
available with each product.
• RSS feeds are usually also available.
• Just about every product has a team blog.
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Understanding Search
Options
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Everything
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Options
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Images
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Teal Images
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Videos 15
Maps
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News 17
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Shopping 18
Books
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Blogs
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Twitter
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Nearby
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Related
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Timeline
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Translated
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News
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News
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Headlines
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Share
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Images
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Fast Flip
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Customized
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Local
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Advanced
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Search
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Custom Range
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RSS & Email Alerts
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Scholar
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Advanced
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Preferences
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Preferences
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Book Search
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Search
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Advanced
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Advanced
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Book
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About This Book
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About This Book
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About This Book
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About This Book
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About This Book
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WorldCat
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My Library
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Bookshelf
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Google’s Search
Curriculum
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Dan Russell
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Control + F
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Creative Commons
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http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/creative.jsp
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The Art of Search
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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 … ?)
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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
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Other Search Tips
• Use specifiers
• Example: [Connecticut population 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 to find a particular sequence of words
• Example: “Daniel M Russell” or “Palo Alto Library”
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Help
• Google Search Basics
• Advanced Search Tips
• Explore Google Search
• Google Guide Quick Reference
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yolink
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yolink search does the work so you don’t have
to.
Let me tell you what that means…
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Applies logic, and goes to work.
Unstructured and structured
content
Reveals key information from
unwieldy results
Multiple steps executed at once
Share and Create
Save Time – Find Better Information.
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From Searching To Doing
Keywords Content in Context
10 Blue Links Blocks of Information
Multiple Clicks Actionable in one-click
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yolink API, Widgets
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yolink Resources
• Main site
• http://yolinkeducation.com
• ISTE Lessons, Slideshows & Resources
• http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/
• Find yolink on Facebook, Twitter, Slideshare, Blogger,YouTube
• http://www.facebook.com/yolink
• http://twitter.com/yolinkeducation
• http://www.slideshare.net/yolinkeducation
• http://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/
• http://www.youtube.com/user/yolinkVideos
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Conclusion
• Plan on learning new skills.
• Nothing stays constant on the web.
• Search engines are continually improving.
• New search tools are always being developed
• Make research to be a part of everything that you do in the
classroom. Teach and model this attitude to your students.
• Help students and colleagues develop a research stance across
content areas using News, Scholar, and Book Search.
• Encourage your school or district to adopt search tools and
strategies globally.
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Lucy’s Resources
• High Techpectations: http://lucygray.org
• Google in Education Diigo
• Find me on delicious, diigo, etc: elemenous
• Email: elemenous@gmail.com
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