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The Hour’s Agenda

• About Google Teacher Certification

• Google Culture http://animoto.com/play/2pQlZQ0W8D1Mc1TKyMbC1Q

• Power Searching

• Timeline, Wheel, Squared, & Wave

• Google News http://news.google.com/ and Alerts http://www.google.com/alerts

• Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/ and Google Books http://books.google.com/

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Finding not Searchingand other Secrets from the Google Teacher

Academy

Wendy Stephens     GTC NYC '08Buckhorn High SchoolNew Market, Ala.

VAETCJune 9, 2009

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Wendy Stephens     GTC NYC '08Buckhorn High SchoolNew Market, Ala.

VAETCJune 9, 2009

Google Teacher Academy

  

 

http://animoto.com/play/2pQlZQ0W8D1Mc1TKyMbC1Q

Video Tour of Google Offices

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Google Teacher Academy

  

5th Academy ~40 new participants 20% time mini-kitchensplay

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Googling: Privacy Concerns Beyond Cookies

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Googling as a Repository

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Googling: Artificial Intelligance

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Googling: Did you know that YOU determine the rankings?

“I feel lucky”= #1 hit in Wikipedia

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Power searching Supported Search SyntaxFile formats: [cultural revolution .ppt]

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Power searching Supported Search SyntaxExact phrase searching  ["the sun that is hurting my head now"]   

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Power searching Supported Search SyntaxExact phrase searching  My Life According to Google...

   

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Power searching Supported Search SyntaxExcluded words – [windows -computer -program –download]  

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Similar words: Find related terms and documents using ~ [~nutrition] Note that the words Google considers to be equivalent will be bolded

 

Power searching Supported Search Syntax

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Multiple words: "[rescue or rescued  kittens or cats]" 

Power searching Supported Search Syntax

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Numerical ranges:"[marilyn monroe 1950...1960]" 

Power searching Supported Search Syntax

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Dictionary[define: ayurvedic]

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Search specific site [panda or pandas site:nationalgeographic.com]

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Search links [link:http://www.tbarteas.com] 

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Calculator [30% of 140]

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Advanced Search Interface