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Tools and Resources Supporting Effective Search
Lucy GrayConnecticut Educators Computer Association
ConferenceOctober 18, 2010
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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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Agenda
• Leveraging Google Search Tools
• The Art of Search
• Scaffolding Searches with yolink
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Google’s Mission
Online contentBillions of web pages
Offline contentBillions of items becoming
indexed
To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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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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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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Did You Know?
http://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 Search Options
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Everything11Monday, October 18, 2010
Options12Monday, October 18, 2010
Images13Monday, October 18, 2010
Teal Images14Monday, October 18, 2010
Videos15Monday, October 18, 2010
Maps16Monday, October 18, 2010
News17Monday, October 18, 2010
Shopping18Monday, October 18, 2010
Books19Monday, October 18, 2010
Blogs20Monday, October 18, 2010
Twitter21Monday, October 18, 2010
Nearby22Monday, October 18, 2010
Related23Monday, October 18, 2010
Timeline24Monday, October 18, 2010
Translated25Monday, October 18, 2010
News
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News27Monday, October 18, 2010
Headlines28Monday, October 18, 2010
Share29Monday, October 18, 2010
Images30Monday, October 18, 2010
Fast Flip31Monday, October 18, 2010
Customized32Monday, October 18, 2010
Local33Monday, October 18, 2010
Advanced34Monday, October 18, 2010
Search35Monday, October 18, 2010
Custom Range36Monday, October 18, 2010
Located at the bottom
of a news search page
RSS & Email Alerts37Monday, October 18, 2010
Scholar
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Advanced42Monday, October 18, 2010
Preferences43Monday, October 18, 2010
Preferences44Monday, October 18, 2010
Book Search
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Search47Monday, October 18, 2010
Advanced48Monday, October 18, 2010
Advanced49Monday, October 18, 2010
Book50Monday, October 18, 2010
About This Book51Monday, October 18, 2010
About This Book52Monday, October 18, 2010
About This Book53Monday, October 18, 2010
About This Book54Monday, October 18, 2010
About This Book55Monday, October 18, 2010
WorldCat56Monday, October 18, 2010
My Library57Monday, October 18, 2010
Bookshelf58Monday, October 18, 2010
Google’s Search Curriculum
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Dan Russell
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Control + F
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http://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 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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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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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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Help
• Google Search Basics
• Advanced Search Tips
• Explore Google Search
• Google Guide Quick Reference
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yolink
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yolink search does the work so you don’t have to.
Let me tell you what that means…
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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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To DoingFrom Searching Keywords
10 Blue LinksMultiple Clicks
Content in ContextBlocks of InformationActionable in one-click
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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 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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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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Lucy’s Resources
• High Techpectations: http://lucygray.org
• Google in Education Diigo
• Find me on delicious, diigo, etc: elemenous
• Email: [email protected]
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