Just one thing to check out this week Each year (since 2013) Google has released a ‘Year in Search’ video on YouTube highlighting some of the highs (and lows) of the year through what ‘we’ searched for. For the last weekly post of 2020 – here is the ‘Google – Year in Search 2020’ video … Read more
This blog post was produced after a request by one of my colleagues about how to use digital tools to produce infographics. The students were to be asked to produce infographics that present data that is ‘true but skewed’ to support a certain point of view. Research the data to be presented Before the students … Read more
Google has a monopoly on the language of ‘search’. When referring to research on the internet do you ask students to do ‘a search for…’ or do you ask them to ‘google …’? The Google search engine is definitely a very useful tool that can be used effectively and efficiently with the correct approach. However … Read more
Using Google to research can be too big at times! Maybe you just want to give students a curated set of sources to search within. It is possible to create your own search engine that will only search within a certain set of sites or even sections of sites. Go to cse.google.com and then … Read more
The following steps may help you guide students (or staff) through various search skills. Tip: ensure that you are all using the same Google domain – either google.co.uk or google.fr. Using google.com geographically localize to the Google domain of the country you are in. Search: hurricane – how many results are there? Search: hurricane katrina … Read more
To be able to search effectively – it helps to know how search works. Further reading: How Search Works – From algorithms to answers Further watching:
Assuming the use of Google as a search engine while using Google Chrome. Tip 1: Search within a webpage or document Use the find bar to locate a specific word or phrase on a webpage. You can use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+F (Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS) and ⌘+F (Mac) to quickly open the find … Read more