Dan Russell has provided the inspiration for much of the web research lessons that I have performed with trainees over the years. Each week he posts an intriguing search challenge for readers then offers the responses a few days later on. The difficulties vary in difficulty, however I always learn something from them no matter how tough they are. A few years ago he posted a challenge called
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive used various adjustments of that difficulty to assist trainees find and practice making use of a range of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to identify the shared qualities of two or more pictures, occasions, and or situations. In Dans original post he asked readers to find the commonalities between three floods and he asked readers to discover the commonness between 3 plants.

What do these 2 share besides being pet dogs?

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? challenge is that I can make it as easy or as difficult as I require it to be based on my trainees existing ability levels. I might make one obstacle based on reading the material of web pages that students find while searching and make another challenge based on being able to discover and use the meta data in images.

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

In addition to his blog, Dan Russell has a fantastic book titled
The Joy of Search. That book is loaded with suggestions for ending up being a better users of online search engine..

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