Our Activities:
Working
with operators
- Search Features
- Weather
- Earthquake
- Public Data
(population)
- Calculator
- Dictionary
- ACTIVITY:
Together let's see if we can search and find the following as quickly as
possible
- What is the weather forecast for today in Alice
Springs, Australia?
- Where did the two most recent earthquakes
occur and what was their magnitude?
- What is the current
population of Pennsylvania?
- Find the answer to this
mathematical problem 1 + 10 * 45 ^2 -251
- The definition of
the word Hegemony
- Time for the Google Scavenger Hunt! Click here to get the file (time permitting)
Working with filetype and refining results
- Advanced
Search
- Safe Search
- Narrowing
Results (form options, timeline, wonderwheel)
- Better
Quality Results (filetypes: pdf, ppt)
- More Credible
Results (by domain)
- ACTIVITY: Together let's research the Taj
Mahal, following the above protocol to find more specific information
- ACTIVITY #2: Perform your own specialized search of a topic within your content area. See if you can find a credible and useful pdf, word document, or powerpoint
Even More Searching
- Screencast for Creating a Custom Search Engine.
- Activity (Time Permitting): Create a Custom Search Engine for Your Site
With a small group, choose a topic to research - preferably something relevant to your staff or students.
Create a custom search engine focused on the topic.
Use the other specialized search tools above to locate quality resources related to the topic.
Populate the custom search engine with the quality resources you find.
Share the custom search engine with the Lead Learner. A link to each CSE will be added below.
Search-GTA-Part-1Google Workshop for Educators - Copy of Preso-Search-GTA-part-1 Copy of Preso-Search-GTA-part-2Google Workshop for Educators - Copy of Preso-Search-GTA-part-2 The Crib Sheets:
Search
Google
News
Bonus: Posters
for your classroom.
The Tools:
Web Search
Multimedia Search support
More Search Tools for
Teachers
Language Search Tools
Custom
Search Engine Support
Mrs.
Gray's Research for Kids
Ken Shelton's
copyright-friendly image search
Directing Learning with Google Custom Search by
November Learning (PDF)Rushton Hurley's Asian News Custom SearchSearch
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