Dan Russell has provided the inspiration for many of the web research study lessons that I have actually conducted with trainees over the years. Weekly he posts an interesting search challenge for readers then provides the responses a couple of days later on. The challenges vary in trouble, but I always discover something from them regardless of how hard they are. A few years ago he posted a challenge called
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive utilized numerous modifications of that challenge to assist trainees discover and practice utilizing a range of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to identify the shared attributes of two or more images, occasions, and or circumstances. In Dans initial post he asked readers to find the commonness in between three floods and he asked readers to find the commonness between 3 plants.

What do these two share besides being dogs?

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? obstacle is that I can make it as simple or as tough as I need it to be based on my trainees existing skill levels. I may make one challenge based on checking out the content of websites that students discover while searching and make another difficulty based on being able to find and use the meta data in images.

In addition to his blog, Dan Russell has a terrific book entitled
The Joy of Search. That book is packed with tips for ending up being a much better users of search engines..

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Every week he publishes a fascinating search difficulty for readers then supplies the answers a couple of days later. The obstacles differ in problem, but I constantly find out something from them regardless of how challenging they are. A couple of years ago he posted an obstacle called
I might make one challenge based on reading the content of web pages that students discover while browsing and make another obstacle based on being able to find and use the meta information in images.