Teaching+Zack

Presenter Alan November


 * Google exercises:
 * how google works
 * popularity of hits
 * words in web address
 * more precise searching
 * use "site:" command for extention
 * ex. in search for credible, recent info on breast cancer = "breast cancer site:gov" or
 * yoLink -- free browser add-on
 * www.yolinkeducation.com free browser plug-in download; teacher resources
 * makes google searches and others more efficient
 * use key terms to search
 * searches content of google results or individual websites; pulls only info most relevent to ALL key terms;
 * side-bar results show full content with each key term highlighted in different colors
 * VERY COOL!!!!!!!!
 * Sweet Search -- similar to yoLink without having to download to machine
 * web.archive.com Browse through over 150 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. To start surfing the Wayback, type in the web address of a site or page where you would like to start, and press enter. Then select from the archived dates available. The resulting pages point to other archived pages at as close a date as possible. Keyword searching is not currently supported.
 * The Way Back Machine []

Suggestion for Classroom assign one student per day to be Official Researcher- have class ask questions this student will find the answer- great way to teach students research tools.

Google- custom search