Dan Russell has actually provided the inspiration for a lot of the web research lessons that I have actually carried out with trainees over the years. Weekly he publishes an interesting search difficulty for readers then provides the answers a couple of days later. The challenges differ in difficulty, however I always discover something from them no matter how tough they are. A few years ago he published an obstacle called
Whats In Common? In the years given that, Ive used different adjustments of that obstacle to help trainees discover and practice making use of a variety of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? obstacle asks you to identify the shared characteristics of two or more images, events, and or scenarios. In Dans original post he asked readers to discover the commonness between three floods and he asked readers to discover the commonalities in between 3 plants.

What do these two have in common besides being dogs?

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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. I may make one difficulty based on checking out the material of websites that students discover while searching and make another challenge based on being able to discover and utilize the meta information in images.

Every week he publishes an interesting search obstacle for readers then offers the answers a couple of days later on. The obstacles vary in problem, but I constantly learn something from them regardless of how tough they are. A few years ago he published an obstacle called
I might make one obstacle based on reading the material of webpages that students discover while searching and make another challenge based on being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.

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