Do you feel like your students are drowning in a sea of information? If so, then this is the workshop for you! This workshop will introduce you to advanced search features within Google as well as search tips & tricks and lesson plans that can be immediately implemented. Throw your students a search life preserver today and help get them on the boat to more productive searching. Presented by a Google Certified Teacher. This dynamic workshop led by a Google Certified Teacher will introduce participants to the search functions within Google that can assist teachers and students in becoming more efficient at locating information on the web. Search topics covered will include: operators, advanced search, Wonderwheel, timeline, and much more.
Web is vast, time to complete projects is finite
Spend less time on research, more time on writing/creating
Helps develop information literacy--a life long skill
Skill development for future careers
Learn to do it ourselves
Model good search behaviors
Train our students; embed it in lessons
Create Google Custom Search Engines
Boolean search operators
Ctrl+F or Command F
Find what you need within an open webpage
Difference between the following:
Web search
News
Related searches
Timeline
Wonderwheel
Timeline
Organizes image search results into groups and sub-groups, based upon their visual and semantic similarity.
Setting Your Search Preferences
Safe Search!
Locking Safe Search
Understanding Search Engines
Search Techniques and Operators
Features and Operators
About Chris
Chris currently serves as the lead technology teacher/technology coordinator for a personalized learning, independent study charter school based out of San Diego County. In this capacity, he manages the online learning program for middle school and high school students, works with instructors to develop scope and sequence for courses, and provides professional development workshops for both certificated staff and parents. In his free time, he serves as an online learning consultant to the Orange County Department of Education, presents at conferences around California, and is a devoted dad.
Contact:
Email: chrisbell619@gmail.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cbell619
Google Wave: chrisbell619@googlewave.com