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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Beth Dichter
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DuckDuckGo (a search engine that does not track you) has a new guide on how to stop getting tracked in your browser. If you are concerned about ads that follow you or cookies or other items that may be tracking you check out this post. It provides link to a variety of apps that you may want to install and will determine which browser (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera) you are using to access the post and tell yo how to tweak setting to minimize tracking. And if you are not sure what tracking is you might want to either check out the DuckDuckGo website and look for under More (lower right hand corner) where you can learn about tracking and filter bubble, or check the TED talk that Eli Pariser did a couple of year ago on filter bubbles (http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html), 
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What does it mean when you hear talk of a filter bubble? This post from Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of the search engine DuckDuckGo, discusses an "experiment" that took play on Sept. 6, 2012, when 131 DuckDuckGo users searched Google for specific words. It "was the first in a series of experiments we're doing to explore the state of Google search tailoring -- the fact that different people see different results on Google based on who they are." The results are pretty amazing (and very detailed). To learn more check out this post, or to have a quick overview, scroll down to the end of the post and watch the video. You may also want to head over to Vimeo to watch a 2nd video about DuckDuckGo that provides a quick overview of DuckDuckGo, a search engine that protects your privacy and has many great tools! And the link to that video is http://vimeo.com/50984188.
Beth Dichter's insight:
If the link to the article does not work please try this one instead: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2012/11/magic-keywords-on-google-and-the-consequences-of-search-tailoring-results.html.
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Wondering about what filter bubbles are and how they impact your search? Here is an illustrated guide by DuckDuckGo.com.
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"Pose a research question to students and most of them will immediately turn to the Internet. Sadly, many students think the only option is Google...Here I’ll present some free options for research that don’t require a login, along with a few quick tips to aid student searches."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Students often forget that there are search engines beyond Google, and this post discusses a number of them. * RefSeek is focused on academic searches. If students compare searches done in RefSeek compared to Google they will notice a difference in their results. * Yolink (which powers the search engines on some websites including SweetSearch) is available as a browser add-on for Chrome and Safari. The post notes that this "allows students to search within the contents of a webpage, highlight important parts of a page, and send those highlights directly to a Google Doc." * Google Scholar is also discussed. I believe that students need to be aware that there are many great search engines and should be introduced to a variety. Others I like include Carrot2 and DuckDuckGo (which does not track you).
Lucy Wareham's comment,
April 9, 2013 12:13 AM
I have found that some students are also drawn to inappropriate adverts and links when researching. This search engine would avoid this distraction. Thanks
Kia Sowden's comment,
May 11, 2013 12:48 AM
Hi Malena, Thanks for sharing this resource. I think it would be useful to remove the distraction that students so easily spend their time viewing. I think it would also comply with legislation when it comes to students use of the internet and appropriate sites.
Jenni Atkinson's comment,
May 15, 2013 11:44 PM
Great find.It is so easy to get distracted or off track when searching on the net and I agree with James re: deeper searches.
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A look at the importance of teaching students how to search. Do your students (or faculty) know how to find information online? Do they have use appropriate search words, understand how results are generated, use multiple resources, to assess the information (quality and accuracy), recognize bias? This post focuses on some of the information from the recent Pew Report that looked at "How Teens Do Research in the Digital World." The author also provides links to articles he has written on how to use Google to teach search to students in K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
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So what does it mean when you are tracked online? Here is an illustrated guide by DuckDuckGo...a website that does not track you.
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Disconect Search is a new tool that works with most search engines (including Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Blekko) in Chrome and Firefox and allows you to keep your information private. If you are concerned about issues of tracking this new tool will help you keep your search information private.
There is a short video that explains the process on the site.
There is also a short article about Disconnect on TechCrunch. Below are two quotes from this article.
“Your searches are anything but private,” he noted in a statement. “Search engines, and even websites and Internet service providers, can save your searches and connect them to your real name through your user accounts.” AND
“Even if you never log in to an account, search engines and many websites typically save your searches and connect them to an IP address, which can allow companies to uniquely identify your computer.”
(http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/07/disconnect-search-built-by-ex-google-and-ex-nsa-engineers-lets-you-use-google-bing-and-yahoo-without-tracking/)