Dan Russell has offered the inspiration for a number of the web research lessons that I have actually conducted with trainees for many years. Every week he posts an interesting search challenge for readers then offers the answers a couple of days later on. The obstacles differ in trouble, however I always discover something from them despite how tough they are. A couple of years ago he published a difficulty called
Whats In Common? In the years since, Ive used different modifications of that difficulty to help trainees discover and practice making use of a variety of search tools and techniques.
The Whats In Common? challenge asks you to identify the shared qualities of two or more images, events, and or situations. In Dans initial post he asked readers to discover the commonalities in between three floods and he asked readers to discover the commonness between three plants.

What do these 2 share besides being dogs?

Every week he posts an interesting search obstacle for readers then offers the answers a few days later. The obstacles differ in problem, however I always discover something from them regardless of how difficult they are. A couple of years ago he published a challenge called
I may make one difficulty based on checking out the material of web pages that trainees find while browsing and make another obstacle based on being able to discover and use the meta information in images.

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

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Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? challenge is that I can make it as easy or as hard as I require it to be based upon my trainees present ability levels. I may make one difficulty based on reading the material of web pages that trainees discover while browsing and make another obstacle based on being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.