Connecticut Educators Computer Assocation Conference October 18, 2010

1. Tools and Resources
Supporting Effective Search
Lucy Gray
Connecticut Educators Computer Association
Conference
October 18, 2010
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2. 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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3. Agenda
• Leveraging Google Search Tools
• The Art of Search
• Scaffolding Searches with yolink
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4. Google’s Mission
Online content
Billions of web pages
Offline content
Billions of items becoming
indexed
To organize the world’s information and make it
universally accessible and useful.
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5. 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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6. 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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7. DidYou Know?
http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories
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8. About Search Tools
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9. • 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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10. Understanding Search
Options
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11. Everything
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12. Options
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13. Images
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14. Teal Images
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15. Videos 15Monday, October 18, 2010

16. Maps
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17. News 17Monday, October 18, 2010

18. Shopping 18Monday, October 18, 2010

19. Books
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20. Blogs
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21. Twitter
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22. Nearby
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23. Related
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24. Timeline
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25. Translated
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26. News
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27. News
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28. Headlines
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29. Share
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30. Images30Monday, October 18, 2010

31. Fast Flip
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32. Customized
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33. Local
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34. Advanced
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35. Search
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36. Custom Range
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37. Located at the bottom
of a news search page
RSS & Email Alerts
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38. Scholar
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42. Advanced
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43. Preferences43Monday, October 18, 2010

44. Preferences
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45. Book Search
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47. Search47Monday, October 18, 2010

48. Advanced48Monday, October 18, 2010

49. Advanced
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50. Book
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51. About This Book
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52. About This Book
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53. About This Book
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54. About This Book
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55. About This Book
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56. WorldCat
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57. My Library
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58. Bookshelf
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59. Google’s Search
Curriculum
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60. Dan Russell
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61. Control + F
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70. Creative Commons
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72. http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/creative.jsp
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73. The Art of Search
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74. 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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75. 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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76. 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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77. Help
• Google Search Basics
• Advanced Search Tips
• Explore Google Search
• Google Guide Quick Reference
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78. yolink
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80. yolink search does the work so you don’t have
to.
Let me tell you what that means…
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81. Save Time – Find Better Information.
Unstructured and structured
content
Reveals key information from
unwieldy results
Multiple steps executed at once
Share and Create
Applies logic, and goes to work.
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82. To DoingFrom Searching
Keywords
10 Blue Links
Multiple Clicks
Content in Context
Blocks of Information
Actionable in one-click
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84. yolink API,Widgets
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85. 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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86. 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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87. 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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