Search

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Effective Search Practices
-Ozone depletion in Australia from a government website (Not sure, try this.) -A presentation file that is related to your subject matter and from universities in the U.S. (Not sure, try this.) -A black and white image that's labeled for reuse to download on to your computer. (Not sure, go here.)
 * Develop a search plan.
 * Teach students to use advanced search techniques.
 * Teach students to use more advanced and more specialized search engines. (Give Ask.com, Answers.com, Noodletools and Boolify a try.)
 * //Activity//: Use advanced search techniques to find the following:

Validating Resources - Get REAL: 4 Steps to Validating Information

 * R = Read the URL (e.g. The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus: [])
 * E = Examine the Content
 * A = Ask about the Author and Owner (e.g. look up **martinlutherking.org** on www.easywhois.com or @http://delicious.com/url
 * L = Look at the Links
 * //Activity//: Use the REAL Steps to validate these websites.

November Learning - Information Literacy Resources Big6 How Google Works Shelley's Search Info Lit Page

__**Web Search Suggested Activities:**__

 * Create an alert for your school (or workplace) and your name.
 * Using Google Insights for Search compare trends in searches in the US to another country and determine why there is a difference.
 * Develop a Custom Search Engine (Regular Google Account Required)
 * [|Mrs. Gray's Research for Kids]
 * [|Directing Learning with Google Custom Search] by November Learning (PDF)
 * Custom Search - how to from Google: []
 * Check out Timeline and Wonder Wheel on the left as well as Google Squared.
 * Create your own Search Story
 * Watch the video on How Google Works.

**__Tips:__**
- * is the "wild card". For example, if you are using advanced search and you want to search k12 schools across the US, use k12.*.us in the //Search within a site or domain:// field. -Please also check out Shelley's Search Page http://ascdtx2010.wikispaces.com/Search

__**Other Search Resources:**__
o [|Search Creative Commons] o [|The Internet Archive] (Examples: India in 1959; MLK Interview; Sun Basics) o [|Library of Congress] - Explore Primary Sources (Prints and Photographs) o [|TeacherTube] and [|YouTube] - [|TubeTV]