Dan Russell has offered the inspiration for many of the web research lessons that I have conducted with students for many years. Every week he posts an intriguing search difficulty for readers then supplies the answers a couple of days later on. The difficulties vary in trouble, however I constantly find out something from them regardless of how difficult they are. A few years ago he published an obstacle called
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive used different modifications of that obstacle to help trainees discover and practice making use of a range of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to recognize the shared attributes of two or more photos, events, and or circumstances. In Dans original post he asked readers to find the commonalities between three floods and he asked readers to find the commonness in between 3 plants.

What do these 2 have in common besides being pets?

In addition to his blog site, Dan Russell has a terrific book titled
The Joy of Search. That book is loaded with ideas for becoming a 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 tough as I need it to be based on my students current ability levels. I might make one challenge based on reading the material of websites that trainees find while searching and make another challenge based on being able to discover and use the meta data in images.

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Every week he publishes an intriguing search challenge for readers then offers the answers a couple of days later. The challenges vary in problem, but I constantly learn something from them regardless of how tough they are. A couple of years ago he published a difficulty called
I may make one difficulty based on checking out the material of web pages that trainees find while browsing and make another challenge based on being able to discover and use the meta data in images.