Google Search is evolving rapidly into a service where you no longer need to search for information! I was hosting a Q&A session at Google headquarters in Sydney awhile ago to launch the Using Technology Better Community and the discussion turned towards Google search and what is next. One of the Google employees made a statement that really caught my
In today’s Google Search tip, I want to show you a little known feature that can save you and your students loads of time when searching for information on Google. Apart from the search tools available when doing a Google Search, there is one other Google Search trick you can use to find content on
[This is part of the How to Search Google Series] So far we have looked at how to conduct a basic and advanced search, and considered some strategies to help your students think through the process of searching Google in a way that produces relevant results. One of the problems I have with my students is that they
[This is part of the How to Search Google Series] In the last post I showed you the two ways to conduct a basic Google search. However, in my opinion, the purpose of searching Google isn’t just to get AN answer, it is to get the BEST answer. As such you want your students to
[This is part of the How to Search Google Series] Once you and your students have enabled SafeSearch, you are ready to begin a basic search. To be honest, I am still amazed at how many people still don’t know how to conduct a basic search. There are three ways to conduct a basic search in Google.
I am really excited about this series on how to search Google. Whenever I take teachers through this training in a live event they are always amazed at the number of tools that are available. There are several ways to search Google that filter out the irrelevant results and reduce the random nature in which
[This is part of the How to Search Google Series] If your students are anything like mine, their internet search strategy goes something like this: 1. Type in a term that is somehow related to the topic 2. Scan the first 3 or 4 results (not pages – just results) then either… 3. Delete the
