Activate Your Brain for Effective Search Results
Jared Wilson
Internet searching has been around for 20 years now. Most students, however, barely scratch the surface of a true internet search, beyond using simple keyword searches and performing "advanced searches" by adding a plus or a minus here or there. This session will explain to you why students really dislike searching the internet by drawing on brain-based research, when students should start searching the internet and will look at how you can help your students to be more effective. I will also give you a deep dive into some amazingly useful tools in the world's most widely used search engine - Google
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DEEP Dive
In this session I will be going through the tips and tools that I find most useful with learners when performing Google searches. You probably won't find mention of minus, AND or quotes anywhere in this session (although they are occasionally useful!) as this session is about what matters most to students MOST of the time.
I will be looking at, among other things, how to prepare for good searches, reading levels and the "Google knowledge graph" for kids, plus giving you a few good tips to help with finding good images for your resources.
In this session I will be going through the tips and tools that I find most useful with learners when performing Google searches. You probably won't find mention of minus, AND or quotes anywhere in this session (although they are occasionally useful!) as this session is about what matters most to students MOST of the time.
I will be looking at, among other things, how to prepare for good searches, reading levels and the "Google knowledge graph" for kids, plus giving you a few good tips to help with finding good images for your resources.