Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Google in the Classroom @SAS

Session 1: Advanced Search Tips and Techniques Thanks for the fun (Bacon #'s), the fascinating (WDYL), and the practical (too many to mention)! As I played around with some of the tips you shared, I tried to keep my students in mind. I think I owe it to them to share some of search tips and shortcuts. We do a lot of research in our social studies units, and too often I just expect them to be proficient searchers. A simple first step is showing them the "Reading Level" option in Google search:
As a teacher, I'm already seeing the usefulness of the search tools with an Image search:
Thanks so much, and I look forward to today's class!