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Searching is a Snap!
Presenter
Director of Professional Development 972-275-9251 dbenner@tcea.org @diben
Diana Benner
@diben
@tcea
TWEET It!
Tired of “googling” something and not finding
what you need?
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
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?
The web is made up of over 60 TRILLION individual page…and
growing!
Searching the Internet can feel like drinking from a fire hydrant.
Bing: Cure for Search Overload Syndrome (Commercial)
How Does Google Work?
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
Reading Level
1. Perform your search
2. Click on Search Tools
3. Click on All Results
4. Select Reading Level
Time
1. Perform your search
2. Click on Search Tools
3. Click on Any Time
4. Select time or set custom range
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
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
Advanced Search Form
Google Advanced Search Form-http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Voice
1. Go to google.com
2. Click on the small microphone icon
3. Clearly speak your search terms into your microphone
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
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
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
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.
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.
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!
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
Hashtags
Examples:
#edtech #yalit
#iwb #ece
#gbl #byot
#smedu #txed
#sschat #libchat
#txedchat #ntchat
#elemchat #ioschat http://goo.gl/zmdJGQ
Google Power Searching Online Course - http://goo.gl/Q5MNBk
Tips & Tricks
Inside Search Tips & Tricks - http://goo.gl/2vMgh6
What is your
favorite search
strategy?
Share at Today’s Meet: https://todaysmeet.com/share081914
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”
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”
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?
Questions
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
Thank You and
Happy Searching!
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