Dan Russell has actually offered the inspiration for a number of the web research study lessons that I have actually carried out with trainees over the years. Every week he publishes a fascinating search challenge for readers then offers the responses a few days later. The challenges vary in trouble, however I constantly learn something from them regardless of how tough they are. A couple of years ago he posted an obstacle called
Whats In Common? In the years since, Ive utilized numerous modifications of that obstacle to help students discover and practice making use of a range of search tools and methods.
The Whats In Common? challenge asks you to identify the shared attributes of two or more images, events, and or situations. In Dans original post he asked readers to find the commonness in between three floods and he asked readers to discover the commonness in between 3 plants.

What do these two share besides being pet dogs?

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? obstacle is that I can make it as easy or as hard as I require it to be based on my trainees present skill levels. For instance, I might make one obstacle 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.

Every week he publishes an intriguing search obstacle for readers then offers the responses a few days later on. The challenges differ in difficulty, however I always find out something from them regardless of how difficult they are. A couple of years ago he posted a challenge called
I might make one challenge based on checking out the material of websites that students find while browsing and make another challenge 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 suggestions for becoming a better users of search engines..

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