Tools and Resources Supporting Effective Search

Tools and Resources Supporting Effective Search Lucy Gray Connecticut Educators Computer Association Conference October 18, 2010 Monday, October 18, 2010 1

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? Monday, October 18, 2010 2

Agenda • Leveraging Google Search Tools • The Art of Search • Scaffolding Searches with yolink Monday, October 18, 2010 3

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 Monday, October 18, 2010 4

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 Monday, October 18, 2010 5

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 Monday, October 18, 2010 6

Did You Know? http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories Monday, October 18, 2010 7

About Search Tools Monday, October 18, 2010 8

• 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. Monday, October 18, 2010 9

Understanding Search Options Monday, October 18, 2010 10

Everything Monday, October 18, 2010 11

Options Monday, October 18, 2010 12

Images Monday, October 18, 2010 13

Teal Images Monday, October 18, 2010 14

Monday, October 18, 2010 Videos 15

Maps Monday, October 18, 2010 16

Monday, October 18, 2010 News 17

Monday, October 18, 2010 Shopping 18

Books Monday, October 18, 2010 19

Blogs Monday, October 18, 2010 20

Twitter Monday, October 18, 2010 21

Nearby Monday, October 18, 2010 22

Related Monday, October 18, 2010 23

Timeline Monday, October 18, 2010 24

Translated Monday, October 18, 2010 25

News Monday, October 18, 2010 26

News Monday, October 18, 2010 27

Headlines Monday, October 18, 2010 28

Share Monday, October 18, 2010 29

Monday, October 18, 2010 Images 30

Fast Flip Monday, October 18, 2010 31

Customized Monday, October 18, 2010 32

Local Monday, October 18, 2010 33

Advanced Monday, October 18, 2010 34

Search Monday, October 18, 2010 35

Custom Range Monday, October 18, 2010 36

Lo of cate an da ew t th ss eb ea rch ottom pa ge RSS & Email Alerts Monday, October 18, 2010 37

Scholar Monday, October 18, 2010 38

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Monday, October 18, 2010 Preferences 43

Preferences Monday, October 18, 2010 44

Book Search Monday, October 18, 2010 45

Monday, October 18, 2010 Search 47

Monday, October 18, 2010 Advanced 48

Book Monday, October 18, 2010 50

About This Book Monday, October 18, 2010 51

WorldCat Monday, October 18, 2010 56

My Library Monday, October 18, 2010 57

Bookshelf Monday, October 18, 2010 58

Google’s Search Curriculum Monday, October 18, 2010 59

Dan Russell Monday, October 18, 2010 60

Control + F Monday, October 18, 2010 61

Creative Commons Monday, October 18, 2010 70

http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/creative.jsp Monday, October 18, 2010 72

The Art of Search Monday, October 18, 2010 73

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 … ?) Monday, October 18, 2010 74

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 Monday, October 18, 2010 75

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” Monday, October 18, 2010 76

Help • Google Search Basics • Advanced Search Tips • Explore Google Search • Google Guide Quick Reference Monday, October 18, 2010 77

yolink Monday, October 18, 2010 78

yolink search does the work so you don’t have to. Let me tell you what that means… Monday, October 18, 2010 80

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. Monday, October 18, 2010 81

From Searching To Doing Keywords Content in Context 10 Blue Links Blocks of Information Multiple Clicks Actionable in one-click Monday, October 18, 2010 82

yolink API, Widgets Monday, October 18, 2010 84

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 Monday, October 18, 2010 85

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. Monday, October 18, 2010 86

Lucy’s Resources • High Techpectations: http://lucygray.org • Google in Education Diigo • Find me on delicious, diigo, etc: elemenous • Email: elemenous@gmail.com Monday, October 18, 2010 87

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