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SEARCH SMARTER

http://www.google.com/http://www.google.com/

1. The Title1. The Title 2. Site description2. Site description

3. The URL3. The URL 4. Cached link4. Cached link 5. Similar sites5. Similar sites

Decoding Search Results

Consider Advanced Searches

Targeted Google Searches

http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features_list.htmlhttp://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features_list.html

http://www.google.com/help/features.htmlhttp://www.google.com/help/features.html

Google Reference Tools

Searching Basics

Operator Filter Example

“ “ Phrase search “George Washington”

Site: Search within a site

immigration site:http://www.nytimes.com/

- Exclude terms eagles –football

* Fill in the blanks Isaac Newton discovered *

+ Exactly as is +drop.io

OR Or Placemarks “Google Earth” or “Google Maps”

~ Synonym ~diversity

Related: Find related sites Related:www.cnn.com

… Search within a range

Immigration 1880…1939

Google Math Operators

http://www.googleguide.com/help/calculator.htmlhttp://www.googleguide.com/help/calculator.htmlhttp://www.google.com/help/calculator.htmlhttp://www.google.com/help/calculator.html

OPERATOR MEANING EXAMPLE

+ or plus addition 12 + 34 or three plus four

– or minus subtraction 3.4 - 5.6 or five minus two

* or times multiplication 56 * 7 or six times nine

/ or divided by division 7 / 8 or ten divided by two

% of or percent of

percentage of 45% of 39

mod or %modulo (the remainder after division)

15 mod 9 or 15 % 9

^ or ** raise to a power 2^5 or 2**5

the nth root of nth root4th root of 16, sqrt(16), cube root of 109

reciprocal of multiplicative inverse reciprocal of 7

Google Custom Search Engine

http://www.google.com/cse/http://www.google.com/cse/

Google Search Tricks Prezi by Tony Vincent

http://prezi.com/mohshuoe-qcf/google-search-tricks/http://prezi.com/mohshuoe-qcf/google-search-tricks/

http://www.googleguide.com/http://www.googleguide.com/

Teach Smart Searching

NoodleTools: NoodleQuest

http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/

Search Alternatives

http://www.schoolr.com/http://www.schoolr.com/

Search Alternatives

http://search.creativecommons.org/http://search.creativecommons.org/

Search Alternatives

http://www.symbaloo.com/us/http://www.symbaloo.com/us/

Search Alternatives

http://www.tagedu.com/http://www.tagedu.com/

Search Alternatives

http://www.yolink.com/http://www.yolink.com/

Search Alternatives

http://www.swivel.com/http://www.swivel.com/

EVALUATE INFORMATION

Deconstructing Web Pages

http://tinyurl.com/3adh4http://tinyurl.com/3adh4

Authenticating Online Information

http://tinyurl.com/byq4ghttp://tinyurl.com/byq4g

Authenticating Online Information

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/cybersense_nonsense/http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/cybersense_nonsense/

Savvy Web Skills

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/jocool_jofool/index.cfmhttp://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/jocool_jofool/index.cfm

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/hints-http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/hints-about-print-30025.htmlabout-print-30025.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/fact-http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/fact-fragment-frenzy-30013.htmlfragment-frenzy-30013.html

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.htmlhttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html

5 W’s of Web Site Evaluation

http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/5ws.pdfhttp://kathyschrock.net/abceval/5ws.pdf

The ABC’s of Web Site Evaluation

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval_02.pdfhttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval_02.pdf

Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.htmlhttp://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html

CARS

http://tinyurl.com/26bpthhttp://tinyurl.com/26bpth

HARNESS INFORMATION

Harnessing Information Streams - RSSGoogle Reader

http://www.google.com/reader/http://www.google.com/reader/

Harnessing Information Streams - RSSPageflakes

http://www.pageflakes.com/http://www.pageflakes.com/

ANNOTATE AND SHARE

Diigo

http://www.diigo.com/http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo

http://www.diigo.com/http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo

http://www.diigo.com/http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo

http://www.diigo.com/http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo

http://www.diigo.com/http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo

http://www.diigo.com/educationhttp://www.diigo.com/education

Crocodoc

http://crocodoc.com/http://crocodoc.com/

Evernote

http://www.evernote.com/http://www.evernote.com/

COLLABORATE AND AUTHOR

Google Docs

http://doc.google.com/http://doc.google.com/

WriteBoard

http://writeboard.com/http://writeboard.com/

Thinkature

http://thinkature.com/http://thinkature.com/

Wikispaces

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachershttp://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachershttp://www.wikispaces.com/site/featureshttp://www.wikispaces.com/site/features

Grou.ps

http://grou.ps/http://grou.ps/

Box.net

http://box.net/http://box.net/

Drop.io

http://drop.io/http://drop.io/

ORGANIZING INFORMATION

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/readwritethink-notetaker-30055.htmlreadwritethink-notetaker-30055.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/graphic-http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/graphic-30039.html30039.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/essay-http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/essay-30063.html30063.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/compare-contrast-30066.htmlcompare-contrast-30066.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/persuasion-30034.htmlpersuasion-30034.html

Bubbl.us

http://bubbl.us/http://bubbl.us/https://bubbl.us/beta/https://bubbl.us/beta/

Gliffy

http://www.gliffy.com/http://www.gliffy.com/

Mindomo

http://mindomo.com/http://mindomo.com/

LucidChart

http://www.lucidchart.com/http://www.lucidchart.com/

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Edmodo

http://www.edmodo.com/http://www.edmodo.com/

Notely

http://www.notely.net/http://www.notely.net/

MyNoteIT

http://www.mynoteit.com/http://www.mynoteit.com/

Remember the Milk

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

CITATION RESOURCES

Noodle Tools

http://www.noodletools.com/http://www.noodletools.com/

Knight Cite

http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/

Citation Machine

http://citationmachine.net/http://citationmachine.net/

OttoBib

http://www.ottobib.com/http://www.ottobib.com/