Every week he publishes an intriguing search challenge for readers then offers the responses a couple of days later on. A few years ago he posted a difficulty called
Whats In Common? In the years given that, Ive used different modifications of that challenge to assist students discover and practice using a range of search tools and techniques.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to determine the shared attributes of 2 or more images, occasions, and or situations. In Dans original post he asked readers to discover the commonalities in between 3 floods and he asked readers to find the commonalities in between 3 plants.

What do these 2 share besides being pet dogs?

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In addition to his blog site, Dan Russell has a fantastic book entitled
The Joy of Search. That book is packed with tips for becoming a much better users of search engines..

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? difficulty is that I can make it as simple or as difficult as I need it to be based on my trainees present skill levels. For instance, I may make one challenge based on reading the content of web pages that trainees find while browsing and make another challenge based upon having the ability to find and utilize the meta data in images.

Every week he publishes a fascinating search challenge for readers then offers the answers a few days later. The difficulties vary in difficulty, but I constantly learn something from them regardless of how hard they are. A few years ago he posted a challenge called
I may make one challenge based on checking out the content of webpages that trainees find while browsing and make another challenge based on being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.