Best internet search resources

Published by in edtech, literacy on October 15th, 2006

I am sharing a workshop Monday on Effective Search Strategies, and I’m curious to know what other resources and ideas I should be sharing with teachers about making internet searches for them and their students better.

Suggestions?

On this day..

4 Comments »
  • http://mrwilliams.edublogs.org J.D.

    Maybe a section on the validity of the information you find might be good. (I guess it could already be there, but I didn’t look to closely at each of the topics listed) Wikipedia being able to be edited by anyone, and http://www.martinlutherking.org come to mind as examples of information that may be misbe wrong even though its looks and presentation could fool people into believing it was correct.

  • ww

    Depending on the age level and the level of pre-knowedge of the students, they may be basic, but answers.com and ask.com can be good places for general background informaiton.

  • http://www.Pass-Ed.com/blogger.html Andrew Pass

    Wesley, Just a thought – searching the internet for any random information that a student considers interesting can be a very worthwhile activity in developing literacy skills. Students need to A. learn how to ask appropriate questions; B. determine how to enter their question in useful search terms; C. quickly peruse the list of options that show for any search determining which links might most successfully answer their questions; D. Read the link to see if it answers their questions. If the link doesn’t answer their questions repeat the process. Interesting curricula could be developed around the search process.

    Andrew Pass
    http://www.Pass-Ed.com/blogger.html

  • http://joevans.pbwiki.com John Evans

    Hi Wes,

    We just did a workshop for our PRSD – Literacy with ICT group that went over very well on the same topic. One of the tools I shared with teachers was the free sownloadable “Mission Possible” video from Answers.com. Though it has a decidely Anwers.com promotional slant the contact is very good and straight forward.

    You might also point them to Alan November’s presentation at http://ali.apple.com/presentation/novemberpreso.html It has the MartinLutherKing.org site mentioned as well as several. It’s something teachers can go back and view several times. Worth a look anyways.

    There’s also the humongous Google Guide http://www.googleguide.com/index.html. We gave each participant a copy for their school as a reference.

    Thanks for including my podcasting wiki page in your podcasting resources on your wiki. However would ask you to change the name from Joe Evans to my real one… John Evans.

    Looking forward to David’s keynote tonight on K12 online but will have to listen to it after the fact as I’m on the road to do a presentation to our Board at that time.

    Cheers

    John Evans

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