Dan Russell has provided the inspiration for a number of the web research lessons that I have conducted with students over the years. Weekly he posts an interesting search difficulty for readers then provides the responses a couple of days later. The obstacles vary in problem, however I always learn something from them despite how challenging they are. A few years ago he posted an obstacle called
Whats In Common? In the years given that, Ive used different modifications of that difficulty to assist trainees discover and practice utilizing a range of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to recognize the shared attributes of two or more pictures, events, and or scenarios. In Dans original post he asked readers to discover the commonness in between 3 floods and he asked readers to discover the commonness in between three plants.

What do these two have in typical besides being canines?

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

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

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? challenge is that I can make it as easy or as tough as I require it to be based on my students current skill levels. I may make one obstacle based on checking out the material of websites that trainees discover while browsing and make another obstacle based on being able to discover and use the meta information in images.