Dan Russell has provided the inspiration for many of the web research study lessons that I have actually conducted with students throughout the years. Weekly he posts an interesting search challenge for readers then offers the responses a couple of days later on. The challenges differ in trouble, but I always find out something from them no matter how tough they are. A few years ago he posted a challenge called
Whats In Common? In the years because, Ive used different modifications of that obstacle to help students discover and practice utilizing a range of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to identify the shared qualities of 2 or more pictures, events, and or scenarios. In Dans initial post he asked readers to discover the commonalities in between 3 floods and he asked readers to find the commonness in between three plants.

What do these 2 have in typical besides being canines?

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? difficulty is that I can make it as simple or as hard as I need it to be based on my students current skill levels. For instance, I may make one challenge based on checking out the content of webpages that students find while browsing and make another challenge based upon having the ability to discover and utilize the meta information in images.

Every week he posts a fascinating search obstacle for readers then offers the answers a couple of days later. The difficulties differ in problem, however I always learn something from them regardless of how hard they are. A few years ago he published a challenge called
I may make one difficulty based on checking out the material of web pages that students discover while browsing and make another obstacle based on being able to discover and utilize the meta information in images.

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