Search EnginesBy: Christina Sipf, Jill Prater, Allison Kahan, Meaghan

Bielawski

Description of Search Engines

Google.com is an online search engine that anyone can use for free. There is a search screen that will find anything within reason of the words or phrase typed into this box. You can look up images, documents, news, videos, and maps on any content area of your choice.

Ask.com is an online search engine that anyone can use for free. There is a search screen that will find anything within reason of the words or phrases typed into this box. You can look up web information, images, city information, audio clips, and blogs.

Yahoo.com is an online search engine that is available for anyone who has access to a computer. Yahoo is set up so that there are easy access tabs for quick searches. Yahoo is also convenient because when typing in a topic to search for, yahoo provides the most used topic in that search. Also, yahoo is a great place for searching movies, jobs, video, and many more.

Overall, these are only a few search engines that people all over the world have access to, as long as they have a working computer. Search engines can be used in classrooms, such as research papers, reports of all sorts, projects, and many more various activities. They are also helpful for teachers, on finding out more about a topic for a lesson plan, and so forth.

General

Most search engines come FREE to all who have access to a computer.

Overview

Google

Ask Jeeves

Internet4classroom

Alta Vista

Dogpile

Features and Functions

Google-1. Images/search box: type in description of picture you are looking for/ images come up and you can browse to find what you want.2. Maps/you get the united states map: double clip to zoom in and search any area, city, or town in America. You can also search other countries.3. Video/ search box: type in description of video you are looking for/ all types of videos pop up and you can browse to find what you want ( you can even type in educational topics)

Ask.com-1. Blogs/ search box: type in description of blog you are looking for/ a variety of blogs will pop up and you can browse to see which ones you think fit the best with the topic you are looking for.2. Videos/ search box: type in the description of video clip you are looking for/ a bunch of different clips will pop up and you can browse the clips to find one that you like.3. City/ a map pops up: you can search anything about a city and find specific information, for example:businesses and there location.

Technology-1 This website provides teachers with an easy accessible website to find information on topics that the teacher might want to read about in more detail, to better prepare for lessons.2 This website provides teachers with pictures of all sorts, to maybe help with a lesson plans and presentations.3 Teachers can also share these resources listed below with the students and have them research topics discussed in class. Students as well as teachers need to be familiar with search engines.

Activity

Tracking weather◦Overview◦Target Audience ◦Goals◦Supplies and Materials◦Description◦Assessment

Other Sites

www.yahoo.com

www.infospace.com

www.Seachenginewatch.com

www.altavista.com

http://allsearchengines.com/