Dan Russell has actually offered the motivation for much of the web research study lessons that I have conducted with students throughout the years. Weekly he posts an interesting search difficulty for readers then offers the answers a few days later on. The obstacles differ in difficulty, but I constantly discover something from them no matter how challenging they are. A couple of years ago he published a difficulty called
Whats In Common? In the years given that, Ive utilized different adjustments of that challenge to help trainees find and practice making use of a range of search tools and techniques.
The Whats In Common? obstacle asks you to identify the shared characteristics of two or more pictures, occasions, and or circumstances. In Dans original post he asked readers to find the commonalities between three floods and he asked readers to discover the commonalities between three plants.

What do these 2 share besides being pets?

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Every week he publishes an intriguing search difficulty for readers then provides the answers a couple of days later. The difficulties differ in problem, but I constantly find out something from them regardless of how challenging they are. A few years ago he posted a difficulty called
I may make one challenge based on reading the material of web pages that trainees discover while searching and make another difficulty based on being able to discover and utilize the meta information in images.

In addition to his blog, Dan Russell has an excellent book entitled
The Joy of Search. That book is packed with tips for becoming a better users of online search engine..

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? obstacle is that I can make it as easy or as tough as I require it to be based on my students present ability levels. For instance, I might make one obstacle based upon checking out the material of websites that trainees find while browsing and make another challenge based upon being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.