Dan Russell has provided the motivation for much of the web research lessons that I have actually carried out with students throughout the years. Every week he publishes a fascinating search obstacle for readers then provides the responses a few days later on. The difficulties differ in trouble, but I constantly find out something from them no matter how tough they are. A couple of years ago he posted a challenge called
Whats In Common? In the years because, Ive utilized numerous adjustments of that challenge to assist trainees find and practice utilizing a range of search tools and methods.
The Whats In Common? obstacle asks you to determine the shared qualities of 2 or more photos, occasions, and or situations. In Dans original post he asked readers to find the commonalities between 3 floods and he asked readers to find the commonalities in between 3 plants.

What do these two have in typical besides being canines?

Every week he publishes an interesting search challenge for readers then supplies the answers a few days later. The obstacles differ in difficulty, but I constantly find out something from them regardless of how challenging they are. A couple of years ago he published a difficulty called
I may make one challenge based on checking out the material of web pages that students discover while browsing and make another difficulty based on being able to discover and utilize the meta data in images.

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? obstacle is that I can make it as easy or as difficult as I need it to be based on my trainees existing skill levels. For instance, I might make one difficulty based on reading the material of web pages that students discover while browsing and make another obstacle based upon being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.

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