Presented By: Michelle Lindsey

Ozark Upper ElementaryPO Box 166Ozark, MO 65721michellelindsey@mail.ozark.k12.mo.us

Mining The Internet

• www.dictionary.com

• Search Engine• Google• Yahoo

• Search Engines For Kids• Boolify.org• Sweetsearch.com

• Meta-Search Engine• Dogpile• MetaCrawler

• Subscription Databases

What Are My Choices?

• Sponsored Results• Using Quotation Marks• Stop Words• Not Case Sensitive• Ignores Punctuation• Use Web-Friendly Words

• Google Knowledge Graph• Person, place, thing, facts, photos

• Answers to questions• Image search

• Advanced Search• Filter by reading level

• Basic • Intermediate• Advanced

• Filter by File Type• Ex: .ppt

• Google Define• Google Translate• Conversions• Calculate Anything• Google Voice Search – in Chrome• More at Google Inside Search

• Adding Timeline to your search• Ex: Lewis and Clark Expedition Timeline• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/timelines.htm

• Adding Image to your search

• Adding Fact to your search

• Adding Pro or Con to your search

• Click on Research Databases

Database with only newspapers Search by Lexile Search by Date

• Great pictures• Easier Reading Level

• Great Visuals• Powered by EBSCOhost

• 1000s of Biographies• Many primary source citations

Biography In Context

• Career Interest Survey• 100s of Careers

Career Internet Database

• Extensive resources focusing primarily on• History (U.S. & World)• Cultures• Geography• Literature• Science

DISCovering Collection

• Topics in Today’s Headlines• Many explain both sides of the issue• Great for persuasive essays

Facts On File – Issues & Controversies

• http://www.more.net/content/online-resources

MOREnet

• Commoncraft Video – Web Search Strategies - http://www.commoncraft.com

/video/web-search-strategies • Google’s Free Search Posters for Teachers

http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html • Google Search Guide Cheat Sheet

http://www.googleguide.com/cheatsheet_teens.html • Evaluating Websites

http://www1.bellevuepublicschools.org/curriculum/k6web/websiteevallesson/websiteevalchecklist.pdf

• Internet Search Practicehttp://www1.bellevuepublicschools.org/curriculum/k6web/internetsearch/internetsearch4_6.htm

http://www1.bellevuepublicschools.org/curriculum/k6web/internetsearch/internetsearch2ndLesson.htm

https://sites.google.com/a/ga.ozark.k12.mo.us/lindsey_upper/professional-development-workshops

Presentation Resources