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Searching is a Snap!
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Presenter
Director of Professional Development 972-275-9251 [email protected] @diben
Diana Benner
@diben
@tcea
TWEET It!
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Tired of “googling” something and not finding
what you need?
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Goals
• Identify search strategies for Google to better locate relevant information
• Identify search strategies for Twitter to better locate resources
• Create a custom search engine
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Today’s Meet
Today’s Meet https://todaysmeet.com/search081914 1. Introduce Yourself
• Name, Position, Campus, Grade Level 2. How often do you search the Internet for
information?
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The web is made up of over 60 TRILLION individual page…and
growing!
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Searching the Internet can feel like drinking from a fire hydrant.
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Bing: Cure for Search Overload Syndrome (Commercial)
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How Does Google Work?
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Reverse Image Lookup
1. Go to images.google.com
2. Click on the camera icon
3. Paste a link or upload your image
4. Review search results
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Reading Level
1. Perform your search
2. Click on Search Tools
3. Click on All Results
4. Select Reading Level
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Time
1. Perform your search
2. Click on Search Tools
3. Click on Any Time
4. Select time or set custom range
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Site
Limit your search results to a particular site(s) by adding site:site_name to your search terms.
Examples:
[ biology site:.edu ] Search results for biology limited to edu domains
[ flipped classroom -site:.com ] Search results for flipped classroom excluding all commercial domain sites
[ technology grant site:ed.gov ] Search results for technology grant limited to only pages found at ed.gov
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Filetype
Easily locate files on the web by restricting your search results to just that file extension.
Examples:
[ storyboard filetype:doc ] Search results for storyboards that are MS Word files
[ prezi filetype:pdf ] Search results about Prezi that are pdf files
[ creative commons license filetype:ppt ] Search results for PowerPoint files that are about creative commons licensing
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Advanced Search Form
Google Advanced Search Form-http://www.google.com/advanced_search
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Voice
1. Go to google.com
2. Click on the small microphone icon
3. Clearly speak your search terms into your microphone
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Google Custom Search Engine Tool - https://www.google.com/cse/
1. Adds sites to be searched. 2. Select the Language 3. Update the name of your
custom search engine 4. Share public URL 5. Edit your CSE to add more
features
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Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com
• Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
• -Cited by -Sort by date -Sort by relevance
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Google Calculator
• Guide for Google Calculator
• Instructions on how to use the math functions built into Google
• More information here: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/3284611?hl=en
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Google Fight
Google Fight – http://www.googlefight.com
• Tool to see how many times a word or phrase is used in a website
Using Google Fight in the Classroom
• An article on how to use Google Fight when teaching language usage.
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What Do You Love?
http://www.wdyl.com/#
• The tool wdyl allows users to conduct a search and Google in turn provides results via communities or services like results in Groups, Trends, YouTube and more.
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Let Me Google That for You
(LMGTFY)
http://www.Imgtfy.com/
• Let Me Google That For You let's you conduct the search and send the process
• Funny Google Humor!
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Filters
Limit your Twitter search results to find resources faster.
Examples:
[ book study filter:links ] Tweets with links with the word(s) book study
[ bulletin board filter:images ] Tweets with images with the word(s) bulletin board
[ flipped classroom filter:videos ] Tweets with videos with the word(s) flipped classroom
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Hashtags
Examples:
#edtech #yalit
#iwb #ece
#gbl #byot
#smedu #txed
#sschat #libchat
#txedchat #ntchat
#elemchat #ioschat http://goo.gl/zmdJGQ
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Google Power Searching Online Course - http://goo.gl/Q5MNBk
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Tips & Tricks
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Inside Search Tips & Tricks - http://goo.gl/2vMgh6
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What is your
favorite search
strategy?
Share at Today’s Meet: https://todaysmeet.com/share081914
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Searching
Challenge #1
https://todaysmeet.com/share081914
1. Go to the Google Custom Search Engine Tool -
https://www.google.com/cse/
2. Create a Custom Search Engine
3. Share your custom search on Today’s Meet
“Learn Today, Use Tomorrow”
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Searching
Challenge #2
https://todaysmeet.com/share081914
1. Go to the Google Advanced Search -
https://www.google.com/advanced_search
2. Conduct a search and narrow your results
3. Share what you searched for and how you
narrowed the results
“Learn Today, Use Tomorrow”
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Now What?
Share:
• Twitter - @diben or @tcea
• Today’s Meet https://todaysmeet.com/share081914
What will you take back to your campus
after this session and how will it be used?
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Questions
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Session Resources
1. Great Google Search Strategies
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/08/great-google-search-strategies-
every.html#.U_Al48VdU9J
2. How to Search the Invisible Web
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/articles/students/how-to-search-invisible-
web/
3. Visible vs Invisible Web
https://www.hartnell.edu/library/LIB5/visible_invisible_web.htm
4. Advanced Search Operators
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190
5. 10 Google Search Tips for Students
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/11/10-google-search-tips-all-students-
can.html
6. Become a Power Searcher
https://sites.google.com/a/tcea.org/get-your-google-on/power-searching
7. General Searching Techniques
http://berglandresources.wikispaces.com/Google+Search
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Thank You and
Happy Searching!
follow me on twitter
@diben