Utilizing WebUtilizing Web Searches Searches and Portaportaland Portaportal

Presented by Barbara Dertinger and Presented by Barbara Dertinger and Mark Saunders with special thanks Mark Saunders with special thanks

to Ozzie Brownto Ozzie Brown

Search Engines Software programs

that use “spiders” to search web pages for words included in the search item.

Spiders

• Spiders are programs that “crawl” through the information on the internet looking for links and adding the information to the search engine’s database.

Meta Search Engines• Meta Search Engines run searches

simultaneously on several search engines using the terms you typed in.

Web Directories• Organize Web sites by subject

• Usually maintained by humans and not software

• Usually much smaller than search engines’ databases

Search Tricks• Enclose keywords in quotations “ “ -limits the

search to exact matches in the databases• Boolean Logic: AND includes both words in

the search Ex: Apple AND fruit• OR- searches for sites with either term Ex:

Apple OR fruit• AND NOT- excludes the terms Ex: Apple AND

NOT fruit• Use capital letters for most search engines

Favorite Search Engines: www.dogpile.com

www.ask.com

This is a web site if you want to view out dated

web pages.

• www.archive.org

An Web-based Linking Tool

Portaportal

• What is it?– Web page that contains links to other

pages– A “portable” “portal” to other sites– A server based book-marking utility

What is a server based What is a server based book-marking utility?book-marking utility?

A book marking utility acts like your favorites or bookmarks menu. It gives you a place to keep A book marking utility acts like your favorites or bookmarks menu. It gives you a place to keep references to your favorite websites. Server based gives portaportal the advantage over those. It references to your favorite websites. Server based gives portaportal the advantage over those. It

means your bookmark information is actually stored on our computers. Now you can access it from means your bookmark information is actually stored on our computers. Now you can access it from any web browser on any computer, anywhere, so when you get a good link while away from home, any web browser on any computer, anywhere, so when you get a good link while away from home,

you can just store it and have it always around.you can just store it and have it always around.

Portaportal

• What can I do with it?– Create a review page for students– Create a resource page for your

department– Create a “fun page” for kids that are done

early on another project

Portaportal

• How do I set it up?– Go to http://www.portaportal.com

Portaportal

• Click on the Signup button

Portaportal

• Fill out the information in the blanks

• Click “Join portaportal”

Portaportal

• You will get an email from portaportal

• Click on the link in the email to activate your account

Portaportal

• Log in to your new account using the username and password you provided

Portaportal

• Click the Preferences Button

• Under guest page behavior, choose “allow guest access” from the dropdown menu

Portaportal

• Click the “add categories” button

• Type in the name for each of your categories here

• Click the “Add Categories” Button

Portaportal

• Click the “Add Links” button in the corner of the category you want to add links to.

• Add in the information here

• Click “Add Links”

Portaportal

• Guests can get you your site by going to: http://guest.portaportal.com/yourusername

• Just replace yourusername with the username you provided to portaportal.

Portaportal

• Don’t forget, you can add your portaportal page to the school’s website under your name.

The following slides are some suggested web sites you might want to link to

your Portaportal

Exceptional EducationExcel Interactive math and science math Resources

Student Sites Compass Learning Eduplace Funbrain

Teacher Sites Apples4 the teacher LD Online Council for Exceptional Children Online Story Books Resource Printable Worksheets

Fifth GradePrintables Resources • Free StuffExcel Spreadsheet Science/math • interactive gamesInteractive math

Student Sites Funbrain Eduplace Game Goo Cool Math Math Playground Compass Learning

Teacher Sites Puzzlemaker SOL Activities Edzone – web resources Worksheets Lessons Plans Math Puzzles On-line Story Books Reading, Math, Etc. Interactive sites – reading, language arts, math, s.s. Classroom Technology Discovery Discovery School Math/Science – interactive Resources

Fourth GradeResources • Free StuffPrintables Excel Spreadsheet science/math • interactive gamesInteractive math

Student Sites Funbrain Eduplace Game Goo Cool Math math playground Compass Learning

Teacher Sites Puzzlemaker SOL Activities Edzone – web resources Worksheets Lessons Plans Math Puzzles On-line Story Books Reading, Math, Etc. Interactive Sites – reading, language arts, math, s.s. Classroom Technology Discovery School Math/Science – interactive Resource

Third GradeResources • Free StuffPrintables Excel spreadsheet science/math • interactive gamesInteractive math

Student Sites Funbrain Eduplace Game Goo Cool Math Math Playground Compass Learning

Teacher Sites Puzzlemaker SOL Activities Edzone – web resources Worksheets Lessons Plans Math Puzzles On-line Story Books Reading, Math, Etc. Interactive sites – reading, language arts, math s.s. Classroom Technology Discovery School Math/Science – ajdaniel.org/InteractiveWebsitesMathandScience.html Resource

Second GradeResources • Free StuffPrintables

Student Sites Funbrain PBS Kids Eduplace Game Goo Cool Math Math Playground Compass Learning

Teacher Sites Puzzlemaker Apples for the Teacher Edzone – web resources Worksheets Lesson Plans Math Puzzles Read and Color Books On-line Story Books Reading, Math, Etc. Interactive sites – reading, language arts, math, s.s. Classroom Technology Math/Science – interactive Resource Resource

First GradeResources • Free StuffPrintables

Student Sites Funbrain PBS Kids Eduplace Game Goo Cool Math Math Playground Compass Learning

Teacher SitesPuzzlemaker Apples for the Teacher Edzone – web resources Worksheets Lessons Plans Read and Color Books On-line Story Books Learn to Read Interactive sites – reading, language arts, math, s.s. Classroom Technology Math/Science – interactive Resource

Kindergarten

• www.Scholastic.com

Resources Free stuff Printables

Teacher SitesLearn to Read Special K Page Classroom Technology Online Storybooks Math/Science » interactiveResource

Student SitesAlphabets Alphabet, Writing, and Shapes Reading Games Compass Learning

Enjoy the Internet!