Dan Russell has actually provided the motivation for a number of the web research lessons that I have actually performed with trainees for many years. Every week he publishes an interesting search obstacle for readers then offers the answers a few days later on. The challenges differ in problem, however I always find out something from them no matter how tough they are. A couple of years ago he posted a difficulty called
Whats In Common? In the years since, Ive used various modifications of that challenge to assist trainees find and practice making use of a range of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to determine the shared characteristics of 2 or more photos, events, and or circumstances. In Dans initial post he asked readers to discover the commonalities between three floods and he asked readers to discover the commonalities between 3 plants.

What do these two have in common besides being pet dogs?

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In addition to his blog, Dan Russell has a great book titled
The Joy of Search. That book is loaded with pointers for becoming a better users of search engines..

Every week he posts an interesting search challenge for readers then supplies the responses a couple of days later on. The challenges vary in problem, but I constantly discover something from them regardless of how difficult they are. A few years ago he posted a challenge called
I might make one obstacle based on checking out the material of websites that students find while searching and make another obstacle based on being able to discover and utilize the meta data in images.

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? challenge is that I can make it as simple or as challenging as I require it to be based on my students current skill levels. I might make one obstacle based on checking out the content of web pages that trainees discover while browsing and make another difficulty based on being able to discover and utilize the meta information in images.