Activity
- In this section you'll learn how to search the Internet
for information. Find the best search engines for your task
and learn how to compose an effective query!
Assignment
- Study the How to Search the Web
handout. I recommend you print this out.
- Complete the search
lab worksheet. You'll print this too.
A Note about
Windows This lab incorporates a worksheet containing
spaces in
which you will enter answers to questions. Print this page and
fill in the spaces as you go along. This work is meant for
your practice only and will not be "submitted online". Feel
free to ask for help at any point!
- Class Discussion Board
You will be working in Section Five of the Class Discussion
Board.
- Post a new thread to discuss one or more of your
experiences with this section. Do you see any tools and
resources here that you can use in your teaching or work? Be
sure to post to section Five of the board.
- Respond to a Section 5 post from another student.
- Link Share
Select two different resources to post and discuss on the
Link Share board. Choose any
resource on this page, any site linked to any of these linked
resources, or any relevant web site that you are already aware
of. Be sure the links go in Section 5 and be sure the
link
works correctly. After you enter the link return to the link
share board and click on the link to be sure it will correctly
open the page you are citing.
Tip: You must always begin the URL with http://
and it is
usually most successful to actually visit that page and use
your mouse the copy the URL directly from the browser location
strip; then use your mouse to paste the URL into the link
share board.
Resources
- Search Engine
Watch is the best web site on the Internet for
learning how
search engines work, how to evaluate the quality of search
engines, and how to optimize your own web site for search
engine indexing.
- Searching
Strategies on the Web provides an excellent
overview of many issues, including the differences between
search engines and subject guides, searching for people,
software, email archives how to select a search engine.
- Web Search
Cheat sheet is a terrific quick look at the basic
commands used in the top search engines. Print this and keep
it at hand. Or better, bookmark it!
- Search
Engines: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) is a
collection of tips and tricks.
- Internet
Searching for Children from Search Engine Watch
links engines for children as well as for parents and other
kid friendly resources.
- Kid's
Search Engines is at my favorite place: Search Engine Watch. This is
not just a list of links but contains excellent descriptions.
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