This document discusses searching the web and adhering to copyright. It provides an introduction to searching the web and outlines important considerations around copyright. It describes different search engines like Google and Yahoo and how to perform effective searches using strategies like Boolean operators. The document also discusses issues around searching with students and controlling access to inappropriate content.

1. Searching and Copyright
on the Web
An Introduction to
Searching the Web and
adhering to copyright
LUZ N. PINGOL
ICT Coordinator

2. Activity
• What do you know of the
following?
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3. Email ex. Internet ex. Google,
Explorer Yahoo
ex.
pingolluz@gmail.com
INTERNET
Uniform
Resource
Locator
world wide
web
hyper text transfer
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4. As someone once said, the web is like
one great big, wonderful library. You
enter the front door, and there are all
the books…piled in the middle of the
floor!
Quote from: Bush M. (1996) “Internet
Mania World Tech: What’s hot & what’s
not!” Multimedia Monitor Newsletter
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5. How do you search?
• What do you typically search for?
• What search engines do you use?
• What search strategies have you
experimented with?
• What frustrations and successes have you
had and why?
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6. Starting to search
• What things shouldn’t you search for?
• Is it easy to get audio/visual materials on the
Web?
• What’s the most important thing to think
about when beginning a search?
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7. How to use google search?
1. Display current local time anywhere
ex. time in paris
2. Currency Converter
ex. 8.99 usd in gbp
currency of china in american money
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8. 3. Find documents of the specified file.
ex. ms word tutorial filetype:pdf
4. Site Specific Search
ex. pingolluz multiply.com
space travel site:edu
space travel site:org
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9. 5. Days Weather Forecast
ex. weather london
6. Use Google to Calculator & Unit Conversion
ex. 3* (3+3)
3ft in meter
2^10+7*98+500% 13
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10. 7. Phrases Searches
ex. “actionscript lessons”
“actionscript lessons” for beginners
8. Music and Lyrics
ex. holy night mp3
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11. 9. Images/Pictures
ex. (click the images menu) Christmas
10. Books
ex. (type) books google
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12. 11. News
ex. (click news menu) philippines news
12. Maps
ex. (click map menu) ayala cebu city
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13. Boolean Searching
Three Boolean Logic Operators
• OR
• AND
• NOT
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14. Boolean Logic: OR
Question: I need information about cats.
Search: cats OR felines
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15. Boolean Logic: AND
Question: I’m interested in dyslexia in
adults.
Search: dyslexia AND adults
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16. Boolean Logic: NOT
Question: I’m interested in radiation, but
not nuclear radiation.
Search: radiation NOT nuclear
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17. More search engines
• Yahoo!
This is quite nice as there is also a safe search option
for kids. There are also many regional versions:
www.yahoo.com
• Ask
This search allows you to ask questions in “real”
English, e.g. How can I improve my English?
www.ask.com
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18. Meta-search engines
These simultaneously search multiple search engines.
These are useful when:
• You have an obscure topic
• You are not having luck finding anything when you
search
• You want to retrieve a relatively small number of
relevant results
Examples:
Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com
Metacrawler http://www.metacrawler.com
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19. Other good places to search
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki.Main_Page
For a quick introduction to a topic
http://video.google.com/ and
http://youtube.com
For video search
http://www.searchenginecolosus.com/
For list of search engine in our region

20. Safe Internet Web Searching for Kids

21. Searching with Students
• Should we allow students to search
freely?
• How much control should we take of
student searching?
• How do we deal with students
accessing pornography?
• How do we deal with students who are
more proficient at searching than
teachers?
(Answer activity No. 2-3)
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22. What is the connection of the
internet, research and as a
school teacher?
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23. As a school teacher, it’s a big part of our duty
to challenge answers or solutions searched
the needs or problems related to teaching and
learning.
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24. Thank you and have a nice day!