Dan Russell has actually supplied the inspiration for a number of the web research study lessons that I have actually conducted with students for many years. Weekly he posts an interesting search difficulty for readers then provides the answers a few days later on. 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
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive used various modifications of that obstacle to help trainees discover and practice using a variety of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? challenge asks you to recognize the shared attributes of two or more pictures, occasions, and or circumstances. In Dans original post he asked readers to discover the commonalities between 3 floods and he asked readers to find the commonalities in between 3 plants.

What do these two share besides being pet dogs?

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

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Every week he posts an interesting search obstacle for readers then supplies the answers a couple of days later. The challenges vary in problem, however I always discover something from them regardless of how tough they are. A few years ago he posted a difficulty called
I may make one obstacle based on reading the material of web pages that students find while searching and make another obstacle based on being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? difficulty is that I can make it as easy or as challenging as I need it to be based upon my trainees existing ability levels. For instance, I may make one difficulty based upon reading the material of webpages that trainees discover while browsing and make another obstacle based on having the ability to find and use the meta data in images.