D219 Conference - Beyond Search

Beyond Search

Lucy GrayD219 Technology Conference

April 9, 2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Agenda

• Leveraging Google Search Tools

• The Art of Search


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.


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?


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


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


Did You Know?

http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories




Did You Know?





About Search Tools


• 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.


Understanding Search Options


OptionsSunday, April 10, 2011

EverythingSunday, April 10, 2011

ImagesSunday, April 10, 2011

Green ImagesSunday, April 10, 2011

VideosSunday, April 10, 2011

NewsSunday, April 10, 2011

ShoppingSunday, April 10, 2011

RealTimeSunday, April 10, 2011

BooksSunday, April 10, 2011

PlacesSunday, April 10, 2011

MapsSunday, April 10, 2011

MapsSunday, April 10, 2011

BlogsSunday, April 10, 2011

DiscussionsSunday, April 10, 2011

WonderwheelSunday, April 10, 2011

RelatedSunday, April 10, 2011

TimelineSunday, April 10, 2011



SocialSunday, April 10, 2011

SocialSunday, April 10, 2011

TranslatedSunday, April 10, 2011

Try It• #edapp

• #killthebill

• Bahrain

• education resources k12 science fair volcanoes

• Garageband tutorials

• weather 97220

• Portland Trailblazers

• INTC or NKE

• earthquake Japan

• sunrise Portland OR

• Douglas Englebart invented *

• 2000 dollars in pesos

• population OR

Try It


News


NewsSunday, April 10, 2011

CustomizedSunday, April 10, 2011

CustomizedSunday, April 10, 2011

HeadlinesSunday, April 10, 2011

ImagesSunday, April 10, 2011

ShareSunday, April 10, 2011

Fast FlipSunday, April 10, 2011

Most SharedSunday, April 10, 2011

AdvancedSunday, April 10, 2011

Search ResultsSunday, April 10, 2011

Located at the bottom

of a news search page

RSS & Email AlertsSunday, April 10, 2011

• Go to http://news.google.com

• Search for a famous person in the news. (Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Arne Duncan, Steve Jobs, Roger Goodell, Amy Chua, Liam Neeson)

• Click on Quotes on the left hand side of the page. Search inside those quotes if you wish.

For example, within Arne Duncan’s quotes, search for “technology”.

• Go back to your original search or try another.

• Click on Advanced Search.

• Restrict your search to a particular news source.

Try It


http://news.google.com

http://news.google.com

Scholar


SearchSunday, April 10, 2011


Search Within ResultsSunday, April 10, 2011



PreferencesSunday, April 10, 2011

PreferencesSunday, April 10, 2011

Try It

• Go to http://scholar.google.com

• Enter in a search term such as John Dewey, Brown vs. Board of Education, or forestry.

• Use the pull down menus to customize your results. For instance, select Oregon courts with your forestry query.

• Do another search using the keyword mobile.

• Click on Advanced Scholar Search.

• Narrow your results by entering “Learning and Leading with Technology” in the publication field.

Try It


http://scholar.com

http://scholar.com

Book Search


http://books.google.com











BookSunday, April 10, 2011

About This BookSunday, April 10, 2011




WorldCatSunday, April 10, 2011

My LibrarySunday, April 10, 2011

BookshelfSunday, April 10, 2011


Try It• Do a search for the following authors and titles and click on About

This Book:

• Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby, Age 8

• Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavina

• Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie

• Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

• Catherine Ryan Hyde, Pay It Forward

• Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

• Make sure you are logged into your Google account and search for your favorite books. Create shelves and add books to your shelves. You can link to your My Library to share your collections with others.

Try It


Google’s Search Curriculum


http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html




Dan Russell


http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/




Control + F


https://sites.google.com/site/gwebsearcheducation/





Creative Commons


http://creativecommons.org/

http://creativecommons.org/



http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/iste/creative.jsp







The Art of Search


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 … ?)


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


Other Search Tips • Use specifiers

• Example: [Oregon 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 “Ursula K Le Guin”


Help

• Google Search Basics

• Advanced Search Tips

• Explore Google Search

• Google Guide Quick Reference


http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=134479




http://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/%23helpcenter

http://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/%23helpcenter

http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

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.


Lucy’s Resources

• High Techpectations: http://lucygray.org

• Google in Education Diigo Group

• Find me on delicious, diigo, etc: elemenous

• Email: [email protected]


http://lucygray.org

http://lucygray.org

http://groups.diigo.com/group/google-in-education%60

http://groups.diigo.com/group/google-in-education%60

mailto:[email protected]

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