1. 38 Interesting Ways* to Use Search
Engines in the Classroom
by practicalowl *and tips
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16. #15 - Use the Help & Tutorials
• Choose your search engine to suit your search needs
• Try the Noodle Tools Interactive version
Look for links to support
documents on the Search
engine site.
(often at the bottom of the
page - and in small print )
An example: Google
printable pdf posters
@janning
18. #17 - Google for non-tech teachers
This is a cheat sheet that can
download here: Google Cheat
be laminated and hung near
sheet
the class computer or pod.
It is a guide that is colour co-
ordinated for basic to
advanced users.
Use it as a treasure hunt
resource for children and
teachers to understand
search operators.
@glennmalcolm
23. #22 - WatchKnow (Video
Search)
http://www.watchknow.org/
WatchKnow is a collaborative, open
project of educational videos designed to
be searchable, reliable, and conductive to
better learning for all.
(Still in Beta)
@lismiss
24. #23 - Google Alerts
This search tool was recently Learners could set up some alerts:
described by Ollie Bray (LTS) as
allowing people to search the future • Prior to commencing a research project
web. Along with RSS, this changes • to keep up-to-date on college/uni focus
many conceptions of the web around • to track what is being written about them
sifting what is already there. • to find out what is going on in their area
• as part of their computing/ICT studies
Type in a term, choose a search type • to be better and more quickly informed.
and how often you wish to be notified
of new web content featuring your
term, and provide an email address to
receive the intro to content and a link.
I use this to keep embedded delicious
'virtual libraries' updated on websites
that I run eg ACTS. Go to
http://www.google.com/alerts and
complete this form.
@parslad
25. #24 - eyePlorer
Creative way for students to explore a new topic
in a simple way
•Type in topic to research
•eyePlorer scans the web for facts
and puts them into a colour wheel.
•Click on eyeSpots for more facts
related to topic -common facts are
arranged in categories
•Click on border to focus on one
category
Students can drag and drop facts
onto an eyePlorer notebook to
save for later use. @lismiss
26. #25 - Google Custom Search
If you want to focus your
students' searching on http://www.google.com/coop/cse/
specific sites use this tool to
build your own search Or even create a search engine
engine. based on your websites and
resources.
Additionally you can let
students contribute and help
build the sites available to be
searched. @itmadesimple
28. #27 DearComputer Shows full original images
instead of the small thumbnails for Google Image Search.
I often use this Goggle
Image Ripper to capture
images for the IWB as it
puts all the images in
their full size on the page.
Then I use the camera
tool to capture the
images or I right-click on
them to copy and paste
them straight onto my
flipchart page
@lismiss
30. #29 - DiscoverEd - ccLearn
http://discovered.creativecommons.org/search/
A BETA search tool from Creative
Commons that helps you to discover
open educational resources (OER).
DiscoverEd is an aggregated search
engine including OER Commons
and LessonPlanz.com amongst
others.
by judy_breck
Tagged results show Curator, Edu
Level, Licensing and Language.
@tombarrett
31. #30 - Compfight - CC Image Search
As long as Flickr isn't blocked
in your area, then Compfight Tip: Once the children have
is one of the easiest ways to found the image they want in
find Creative Commons Compfight I teach them to
attributed images for blogs, copy the Creative Commons
web pages and link from the resulting Flickr
presentations. page to use as their image
attribution.
Set the search engine to look
for Creative Commons Only. @hgjohn
32. #31 - 10x10 News Search
10x10 displays 100 images of
breaking news, updated every
hour from; BBC World News,
Reuters and the New York Times.
Clicking on an image gives you a
link to the news story.
You can go back in time to any
date and hour after 2004 to see
what was happening then.
@theokk
33. Shahi is a visual dictionary that
#32 - Shahi combines Wiktionary content with
Flickr images.
A useful combination of types of
information in this search engine.
The definition is offered with a range
of thumbnails of the search term from
Flickr (+Google +Yahoo)
A simple way to support literacy for
different children in the class.
Each new search term loads on top
of the previous. In this way you can
see a history of searches - useful for
language activities in the classroom.
http://blachan.com/shahi/
@tombarrett
34. #33 - Search Engine for Younger
Children
http://www.kidrex.org/
A simple search engine that is easy to read the
results and safe search is automatically turned on!
@teggie19
39. #38 Use agoogleaday to set up a
starter
Agoogleaday.com poses a
daily question. Once students
hit the start button they are
timed and must use the
search engine to find the
correct answer to a question.
There is no correct way of
searching only the correct
answer!
Once kids are done, you can
share how they conducted their
searches to share best practice in @ali_mulla
effeciency. @LearnICTit
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Tom Barrett
The whole family in one
place :-) Have you seen Maths Maps
yet?