Dan Russell has supplied the inspiration for a number of the web research study lessons that I have actually carried out with students over the years. Weekly he posts an interesting search challenge for readers then offers the responses a few days later on. The difficulties differ in problem, however I always find out something from them despite how hard they are. A few years ago he published an obstacle called
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive utilized numerous adjustments of that obstacle to assist trainees find and practice using a range of search tools and techniques.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to determine the shared qualities of two or more pictures, occasions, and or situations. In Dans original post he asked readers to find the commonalities in between three floods and he asked readers to find the commonness between three plants.

What do these two have in common besides being canines?

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

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

Every week he publishes an interesting search challenge for readers then provides the answers a few days later on. The challenges vary in trouble, however I constantly discover something from them regardless of how tough they are. A few years ago he posted a difficulty called
I might make one difficulty based on checking out the content of webpages that students discover while searching and make another challenge based on being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.