tools and resources supporting effective search ~ k-12, highered

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Tools and Resources

Supporting Effective SearchLucy Gray

Connecticut Educators Computer Association

ConferenceOctober 18, 2010

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Guiding Thoughts

Search is the essential 21st century skill.

The responsibility of teaching search tokids lies within the entire schoolcommunity.

How can educators help students toorganize, access, and leverage theircollection of information in useful ways?



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Agenda

Leveraging Google Search Tools The Art of Search

Scaffolding Searches with yolink



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Googles Mission

Online contentBillions of web pages

Offline contentBillions of items becoming

indexed

To organize the worlds information and make ituniversally accessible and useful.



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A New Digital Divide

Those who know how to think aboutsearch vs. those dont.

Those who know how to validate softinformation vs. those dont. Those who know where to find information

in new hot channels vs. those dont. Those who understand the current culture

of informal languages vs. those dont



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A New Digital Divide

Those who know how to get information to travelto them vs. those who still chase it.

Those who have the knowledge and skills to createand re-mix digital media vs. those who dont. Those that understand that learning is a continual

process vs. those that view learning asachievement.

-Helen Blowers, Columbus Metropolitan Library



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Did You Know?

http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories

http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStorieshttp://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories


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About Search Tools



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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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Understanding SearchOptions



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Images13Monday, October 18, 2010


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Teal Images14Monday, October 18, 2010


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Videos15Monday, October 18, 2010


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Maps16Monday, October 18, 2010


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News17Monday, October 18, 2010


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Sho in18Monday, October 18, 2010


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Books19Monday, October 18, 2010


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Blogs20Monday, October 18, 2010


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Twitter21Monday, October 18, 2010


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Nearby22Monday, October 18, 2010


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Related23Monday, October 18, 2010


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Timeline24Monday, October 18, 2010


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Translated25Monday, October 18, 2010


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News



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News27Monday, October 18, 2010


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Headlines28Monday, October 18, 2010


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Share29Monday, October 18, 2010


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Images30Monday, October 18, 2010


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Fast Flip31Monday, October 18, 2010


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Customized32Monday, October 18, 2010


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Local33Monday, October 18, 2010


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Advanced34Monday, October 18, 2010


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Search35Monday, October 18, 2010


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Custom Range36Monday, October 18, 2010


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Locatedatthebottom

ofanewssearchpage

RSS & Email Alerts37Monday, October 18, 2010


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Scholar



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Preferences43Monday, October 18, 2010


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Preferences44Monday, October 18, 2010


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Book Search



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Search47Monday, October 18, 2010


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Book50Monday, October 18, 2010


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About This Book51Monday, October 18, 2010


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WorldCat56Monday, October 18, 2010


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My Library57Monday, October 18, 2010


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Bookshelf58Monday, October 18, 2010


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Googles SearchCurriculum

http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.htmlhttp://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.htmlhttp://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.htmlhttp://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html


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Dan Russell

http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/


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Control + F



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Creative Commons

http://creativecommons.org/http://creativecommons.org/


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http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/creative.jsp

http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/creative.jsphttp://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/creative.jsphttp://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/creative.jsphttp://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/creative.jsphttp://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/creative.jsp


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The Art of Search



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Organizing a Search

What is it Im 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, animage.... or ?)



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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 thosewords

Use synonyms Start broad and use just a few words, then go deep Use contextual terms



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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 adifferent way.

Word order matterswhen its not working one way, tryanother.

When searching for common phrases, dont 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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Help

Google Search Basics Advanced Search Tips Explore Google Search

Google Guide Quick Reference

http://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/%23helpcenterhttp://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.htmlhttp://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.htmlhttp://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/%23helpcenterhttp://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/%23helpcenterhttp://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=134479http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=134479


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yolink



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yolink search does the work so you dont have

to.

Let me tell you what that means



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Save Time Find Better Information.

Unstructured and structuredcontent

Reveals key information fromunwieldy results

Multiple steps executed at once

Share and Create

Applies logic, and goes to work.



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To DoingFrom SearchingKeywords

10 Blue LinksMultiple Clicks

Content in Context

Blocks of InformationActionable in one-click



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yolink API Widgets


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yolink API, Widgets



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yolink Resources Main site

http://yolinkeducation.com ISTE Lessons, Slideshows & Resources

http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/ Find yolinkon 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

http://www.youtube.com/user/yolinkVideoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/yolinkVideoshttp://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/http://www.slideshare.net/yolinkeducationhttp://twitter.com/yolinkeducationhttp://www.facebook.com/yolinkhttp://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/http://www.youtube.com/user/yolinkVideoshttp://www.youtube.com/user/yolinkVideoshttp://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/http://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/http://www.slideshare.net/yolinkeducationhttp://www.slideshare.net/yolinkeducationhttp://twitter.com/yolinkeducationhttp://twitter.com/yolinkeducationhttp://www.facebook.com/yolinkhttp://www.facebook.com/yolinkhttp://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/http://yolinkeducation.com/http://yolinkeducation.com/


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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 acrosscontent areas using News, Scholar, and Book Search.

Encourage your school or district to adopt search tools andstrategies globally.



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