Dan Russell has provided the inspiration for a lot of the web research study lessons that I have conducted with students over the years. Each week he publishes a fascinating search difficulty for readers then supplies the answers a few days later on. The difficulties differ in problem, but I always learn something from them no matter how hard they are. A few years ago he posted an obstacle called
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive used numerous adjustments of that obstacle to help trainees discover and practice making use of a range of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? obstacle asks you to identify the shared characteristics of 2 or more pictures, events, and or situations. In Dans original post he asked readers to find the commonness between three floods and he asked readers to find the commonness between 3 plants.

What do these 2 share besides being canines?

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What I like about the
Whats In Common? difficulty is that I can make it as easy or as difficult as I require it to be based on my trainees present ability levels. I might make one obstacle based on reading the content of webpages that trainees discover while searching and make another difficulty based on being able to find and utilize the meta data in images.

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

Every week he publishes an intriguing search challenge for readers then offers the answers a couple of days later on. The difficulties vary in difficulty, but I constantly find out something from them regardless of how difficult they are. A few years ago he published a challenge called
I might make one obstacle based on checking out the content of webpages that trainees discover while searching and make another obstacle based on being able to discover and use the meta data in images.