The secrets of Search

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1 The secrets of Search Penny Collins Google Certified Innovator Google Educator Group Leader Find this presentation here

2 What is more important? a) Knowing the answer

3 What is more important? a) Knowing the answer b) Knowing how to find the answer

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6 What is more important? a) Knowing the answer b) Knowing how to find the answer c) Knowing the answer is out there.

7 more efficient more effective

8 My survey year 11 students preparing for the Research Project

9 My survey year 11 students preparing for the Research Project (all yr 12 students do this in SA) 52 Teachers and trainee teachers surveyed using Google Forms

10 Do you know how Google Search works?

11 Do you know how Google Search works? 2/85 students knew 1/52 teachers knew

12 How can you find out how Google Search works?

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15 The search engine finds the best matches research project URL (internet address) Title of the webpage The number of times the words appear on the page Related words eg extended expand, enlarge etc Pagerank (the number of links to the page) Page quality

16 What counts in the SEARCH box?

17 What counts in the search box?

18 Punctuation? wham! Same or different? wham

19 Punctuation? wham! wham

20 Punctuation? teacher s pet Same or different? teachers pet

21 Punctuation? teacher s pet teachers pet

22 Capitals? CSIRO Same or different? csiro

23 Capitals? CSIRO csiro

24 Spelling? color purple Same or different? colour purple

25 Spelling? color purple colour purple

26 Word Order? big dream Same or different? dream big

27 Word Order? big dream dream big

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29 Tip #1 Brainstorming using Google Instant

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32 Tip #2 Related search Related search... at the bottom of the search page

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34 Who knew?

35 Related search could help open up new avenues to research help students refine their questions

36 Tip #3 Open Multiple Tabs

37 Open multiple results in a new tab to browse faster windows mac + CLICK

38 + CLICK You stay on the search page while the new tabs open

39 + CLICK Don t leave your main search page

40 Scan results quickly

41 Scan results quickly

42 Scan results quickly

43 Quickly Scan results quickly scan results

44 68/85 students knew 22/52 teachers knew Open multiple results in a new tab to browse faster windows mac + CLICK

45 Tip #4: Use ctrl F Works with any browser or pdf viewer

46 Tip #4: Use ctrl F

47 Tip #4: Use ctrl F 36/85 students knew 19/52 teachers knew

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49 Search Strategies

50 cast a wide net

51 keep it simple

52 However some searches are far too broad!

53 Search tip #5: Imagine what words are on your dream website

54 Search tip #5: Imagine what words are on your dream website

55 Search tip #5: Imagine what words are on your dream website 37/85 students knew 34/52 teachers knew

56 Refine your search

57 Tip #6: Use quotes tattoo statistics

58 Tip #6: Use quotes tattoo statistics tattoo statistics

59 Tip #6: Use quotes tattoo statistics tattoo statistics 57/85 students knew 38/52 teachers knew

60 Tip #7: Use the minus - sign tattoo statistics

61 Tip #7: Use the minus - sign tattoo statistics tattoo statistics -celebrities -shop

62 Tip #7: Use the minus - sign tattoo statistics tattoo statistics -celebrities -shop 29/85 students knew 21/52 teachers knew

63 Tip #8: Search specific websites tattoo site:newscientist.com for example: New Scientist Magazine The Australian Newspaper Encyclopedia Britannica Australian Bureau of Statistics British Medical Journal

64 Tip #8: Search specific websites tattoo site:newscientist.com for example: New Scientist Magazine newscientist.com The Australian Newspaper theaustralian.com Encyclopedia Britannica britannica.com Australian Bureau of Statistics abs.gov.au British Medical Journal bmj.com

65 Tip #8: Search specific websites tattoo site:newscientist.com 9/85 students knew 16/52 teachers knew

66 Tip #9: Find SIMILAR Sites related:newscientist.com Find similar sites like new scientist

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68 Tip #10: Search specific TYPES of websites tattoo site:edu.au This searches all Australian educational sites

69 Tip #10: Search specific TYPES of websites tattoo statistics site:gov.au This searches all Australian government sites

70 Tip #10: Search specific TYPES of websites tattoo site:sa.edu.au This searches all South Australian educational sites

71 Tip #10: Search specific TYPES of websites tattoo statistics site:sa.gov.au This searches all South Australian government sites

72 Tip #11: Search for types of files tattoo statistics filetype:pdf This searches for pdfs Also search for doc, docx, ppt, pptx etc...

73 Tip #12: Search visually with Images indigenous tattoos

74 Tip #12: Search visually with Images

75 Tip #12: Search visually with Images

76 Tip #12: Search visually with Images

77 Tip #13: Search by date tattoo death statistics

78 Tip #13: Search by date tattoo death statistics -youtube

79 Tip #13: Search by date tattoo death statistics -youtube The most recent statistics

80 Other Google data bases... google scholar google books google news

81 google scholar

82 Tip #14: Google Scholar

83 Tip #14: Google Scholar Database of peer-reviewed academic papers

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87 Tip #14: Google Books

88 Google has digitised 30 million books + Full view - You can view the entire book Preview - Gives you a number of pages

89 Google has digitised 30 million books + Full view - You can view the entire book Preview - Gives you a number of pages Snippet view - Very limited - a few sentences No Preview - Basic information only

90 Tip #15: Google News

91 Tip #16: Newspaper Archive

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96 Tip #18: Google everything Find this presentation here Penny Collins Google Certified Innovator - Sydney 2011 Coordinator of Digital Pedagogy - Australian Science and Mathematics School Assistant Topic Coordinator - EDUC 3682 ICT and Numeracy - Flinders University