Research and Information Literacy
Google Searching
Objective: Students will identify parts of a web page and some search strategies.
Objective: Students will identify parts of a web page and some search strategies.
- Do you know how to read a web page?
- Watch the video, Web Search Strategies in Plain English.
- What strategies were identified in the video? Try some searches and see what you get for:
mars
How many results did you get?
What types of results did you get? Ads, blogs, shopping?
What do you specifically want to know about it?
What specific words can you include to narrow down your search?
Which strategy seemed to work the best? Would you get the same results at home as you got here?
- Compare the results of each search below. How many hits did you get for each?
thomas edison inventions --- "thomas edison" inventions
bull shark ---- "bull shark" ---- "bull shark" behavior
Internet Searches
Objective: Students will practice internet searches using different strategies.
Objective: Students will practice internet searches using different strategies.
- Watch the video about conducting an Internet Search.
- What are some of the search strategies that Tim and Moby used in the video?
- Let's do some basic searching.
- What is the weather forecast for Coldwater tomorrow? What is the high temp, the low.
- What movies are playing at the NCG movie theater? How much do tickets cost?
- How many miles is it from our school to the NCG theater?
Web Browsing Tutorial
Objective: Students will learn how to search online for specific sources.
Objective: Students will learn how to search online for specific sources.
- Watch the video to learn about Online Sources.
- Do and compare these different searches:
... jaguar then try jaguar site:.edu
... best diet then try best diet:gov
- Do this online tutorial about Web Browsing Basics.