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Leap.it - a whole new take on search. What are you looking to discover? Try it now!
Beth Dichter's insight:
A new search engine is now available. It is called Leap.it and as the image above shows, it is a more visual search engine than many. You can use the search engine as is, or you can create an account which allows you some additional privledges, including the ability to create a "perspective" where you can bring together a variety of sites in one location. When reviewing the Terms and Conditions it is clear that students under 13 may not use the app without permission from parents. For more information on this issue take the time to read the Terms and Conditions. 
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If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? - Albert Einstein It always starts with a question. Most of the time there is a simple answer to that question. What...
Beth Dichter's insight:
How do we get students to conduct inquiry-driven research where they cannot easily Google the answer? This post provides a look at how to teach teenagers by using questions that do not have an easy answer, specifically "Who is more popular, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, or Beyoncé?" It does not have a clear cut answer and requires that you look at trends. A description of what this question led to is provided and it shows that answering this question leads to a range of resources that students must also look at and evaluate. But what about younger students? Two suggestions are made that will help you start thinking about how to do this and engage younger students in conducting inquiry-driven research. For more information on this click through to the post.
R. Alisha J. Hill's curator insight,
December 28, 2013 10:16 PM
This blog hits the nail on the head...reasearch papers must be inquiry based. In order to be college and career ready students must know how to draw inferences and make conclusions using evidence to back up their argument. They must also know how to identify credible sources. Using this inquiry driven research approach teaches them "how to fish", which is a lifelong survival skill students will need To function in today's society.m
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Beth Dichter's insight:
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.”
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Beth Dichter's insight:
The Daring Librarian has released a new "comic" that describes how to upload images in a Google Image Search as well as why this information may be important to you. She not only presents the visual (part of which is above) but also provides some additional links, and may introduce you to some new words, such as 'catfishing' (which is not fishing for catfish!). Along with the how to search and why to search she also provides an infographic that provides statistics on Real vs Fake Facebook pages that is an eye-opener.
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Joyce Valenza provides a look at three "relatively new options" in searching that may be new to you. She looks at Google Scholar which has a "Making New Connections" component; Microsoft's Academic Search, which "offers the added value of allowing searchers to select one or more domains or disciplines and to filter by subdomain, publication, author, source type, organization, or keyword." In addition they also have new "data visualization features that offer searchers and scholars a view of the scholarly patters and relationships, highlighting critical links that help define scientific research."; and Mendeley, " a tool for the individual researcher and the opportunity to participate in research communities to share intelligence within a field of study."
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It’s not often you get to hear advice directly from someone at Google who offers you his favorite search tools, methods and perspectives to help you find the impossible. The riddle: What’s the phone number of the office where this picture was snapped? If you want to learn how you might find the answer check out this article for many tricks that help you solve the riddle!
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Qwiki has launched a new site, which is a "presentation platform" and it appeared that the material from the original Qwiki was gone...but it is available under this new URL.
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Good50 is a user-friendly search engine with slightly larger font size. It's for everyone including seniors, students, people with low vision, and laptop users.
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Google has launched a new site called Search Education aimed at educators who want to teach online search strategies. Lessons cover the following topics: * Picking the right search term * Understanding search results * Searching for evidence for research tasks * Narrowing a search to get the best results * Evaluating the credibility of sources To go directly to Search Education: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/
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When Google was first launched their unofficial motto was "Don't be evil." Looking at the history of Google and where things stand today you may question if that philosophy has changed. This infographic does a great job at providing a historical perspective on Google and issues that have come up. Are you concerned about tracking, privacy, filter bubbles, and more? If so, check out this infographic.
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Question: You wrote recently about the importance of teaching search skills. What do you make of the whole idea that kids no longer need to learn facts because they can find answers so easily online? Do you think that is true?
Answer: When I was growing up, we used to say that you don’t need to know everything, just know how to find it. I firmly believe the same today, but I now appreciate that an integral part of search literacy is knowing enough background information to make informed decisions about what sources to believe. The ability to evaluate sources is one of the linchpin skills students need for navigating research both online and off.
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"Nowadays many pupils, when given a research task, immediately might think to themselves, 'I’ll just Google that'...There are many resources now available to help in developing pupil skills in searching more effectively using online search engines. And, of course, when they do find information how do pupils know it is appropriate for the task? Or how do they evaluate what is suitable, and how do they present it and show where the information was found."
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Searching for information on the Internet can be extremely challenging for our students. This is widely due to the sheer amount of information that is currently available out there. A lot of teache...
Beth Dichter's insight:
You assign students a research project. Many students go to Google, type in a question (without giving much thought), and often become overwhelmed with the amount of information available. Is this a familiar scene? Think back and make one change, instead of using Google have them use a database? Is that a significant shift? This post provides a series of steps, taking you through a number of ways you might proceed with a research project and adding in complexity. Scheer begins by explaining a common research project and moves on through a number of areas: * What is understanding? * Understanding Searching with Technology * Stages of Research * Putting This All Together * Conclusion Do you have your students do research projects? Do you find that you are not satisfied with the quality of work being done? This post provides an excellent foundation to help you revamp your process and provide your students with skills that they will use not only in the classroom but also in the future, in both their personal and professional endeavors.
Kate JohnsonMcGregor's curator insight,
April 7, 2014 2:20 PM
Re-framing the stages of research to help students manage the volume of information on databases and the internet. PLAN – Identify what the problem is and the questions that you are going to ask. STRATEGIZE – The route that you are going to take to search the web for information about your questions. EVALUATE – The sources of data that you are using for credibility, accuracy and currentness. TRIANGULATE – Compare your sources of data against one other.
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"Anyone can type a word or phrase into the Google window and hope for the best. Some even use quotation marks, or use autocomplete to their advantage. But how about putting a dash before a word to exclude it from your search? Or using the tilde–like a boss–to search for synonyms for a term as well?"
Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out this infographic that provides seven tips to make you a better searcher...a couple of these may be new to you!
Mary Cunningham's curator insight,
October 13, 2013 12:07 PM
I'm not sure why googling well is a "boss" attribute but the hints are good. I am trying them now!
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Google today updated its Inside Search site, its homepage for all things search, with a handful of educational and interactive features that explain in layman's terms how Google's Search works.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Have you wondered just how Google performs a search? If so you are in luck because Google has added a new feature on their Inside Search page which walks you through the steps taken when you type in a search term. Some of the statistics provided are amazing. "Did you know the web had over 30 trillion pages, by the way? Or that Google supports over 100 billion searches every month? Or that Google’s index is over 100 million gigabytes?" Much more information is available in this post, or you may go directly to Google Inside Search: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/tipstricks/.
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What can we do to make our students better at online searching? Here is an article that provides tools to help your students learn to be better online researchers. Students need to lear to focus and 'distill [the] idea into a few key specific search terms', a skill we must teach. The post provides suggestions on how to teach digital literacy skills. The levels that need to be taught are (quoting from the post): * It begins as a critical thinking and language skill... * Utilizing various "search help" tools that may search engines offer... * Critically sorting through the results... * Sometimes, supply your kids with the internet resources you want then to use... A list of useful links is also included.
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Google just added an interactive calculator to its search results that works on desktop and mobile browsers. Along with basic buttons this virtual calculator includes standard trig functions, exponents plus buttons for pi and e. Not only can you push the buttons, but you may also do calculations via a voice search.
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Do you wan to “master the art of Googling”? Check out this interactive infographic that provides 20 search tips to help you get your “PhD” in Googling.
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"The web is full of webinars, webcasts, and video lessons of all types. Searching the content of those videos can be difficult and time-consuming if you can't find the transcripts of those videos..Talk Miner is a tool for searching the contents of webinars, webcasts, and video lectures. Talk Miner searches the slides, images, and text within videos to take you to the scenes that match your search query." There is a video that describes how Talk Miner works in this post.
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"I’ve been completely obsessed with Google’s new mini-site devoted to finding better ways to incorporate proper web searches into the classroom. Dubbed ‘Search Education,’Google’s new site has an array of lesson plans, videos (check a sample out below), concept maps, and other tools designed to help any educator properly integrate Google... As part of Search Education, Google has shared a bunch of lesson plans that are organized by degree of difficulty. So, if you consider yourself and / or your students Google experts, you should try out the more advanced plans. If you don’t know what ‘boolean’ means, then you probably should start with the more basic stuff. The following are just some of the many lesson plans brought to you by Google. Check out the site for more info!"
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Get more of what you love by searching across numerous Google products with one click. Who knew? Google has another search engine, called ‘What do you love?’ How is it different? Check the picture above to see the interface. It allows items to be translated, includes maps, videos, trend, images, the list goes on.
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What is RTBot? RTBot is a Real-time information service, where you can enter a topic title and instantly get related digital contents from multiple sources (e.g. Wikipedia, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Books, Newspapers, Magazines) all at once. * Access the freshest information and multimedia content about almost any subject, person, place or event in one single place. One important note - RTBot provides content only for specific topics such as concepts, subjects, personalities, events, places, companies, products, etc., but not for broader, unspecific searches.
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"We all have memories of the great teachers who shaped our childhood. They found ways to make the lightbulb go off in our heads, instilled in us a passion for learning and helped us realize our potential. The very best teachers were creative with the tools at their disposal, whether it was teaching the fundamentals of addition with Cheerios or the properties of carbon dioxide with baking soda and vinegar. As the Internet has developed, so too have the resources available for teachers to educate their students." A great example of using technology to facilitate student learning!
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NGA Images is a repository of digital images of the collections of the National Gallery of Art. On this website you can search, browse, share, and download images. A standards-based reproduction guide and a help section provide advice for both novices and experts. More than 20,000 open access digital images up to 3000 pixels each are available free of charge for download and use. NGA Images is designed to facilitate learning, enrichment, enjoyment, and exploration.
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