Dan Russell has offered the motivation for a number of the web research lessons that I have performed with students for many years. Weekly he posts a fascinating search challenge for readers then offers the responses a few days later. The difficulties differ in trouble, however I always learn something from them despite how hard they are. A couple of years ago he published a difficulty called
Whats In Common? In the years because, Ive utilized various modifications of that challenge to assist trainees find and practice using a range of search tools and methods.
The Whats In Common? obstacle asks you to identify the shared attributes of 2 or more photos, events, and or scenarios. In Dans original post he asked readers to find the commonalities between 3 floods and he asked readers to discover the commonness between 3 plants.

What do these 2 share besides being pets?

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? challenge is that I can make it as simple or as tough as I require it to be based upon my students present ability levels. For example, I may make one difficulty based upon reading the material of websites that students 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 an excellent book titled
The Joy of Search. That book is packed with ideas for ending up being a much better users of online search engine..

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Every week he publishes an intriguing search difficulty for readers then offers the answers a couple of days later on. The obstacles differ in difficulty, but I constantly learn 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 trainees find while browsing and make another difficulty based on being able to find and utilize the meta data in images.