Dan Russell has actually provided the motivation for numerous of the web research study lessons that I have actually conducted with students over the years. Weekly he publishes an intriguing search obstacle for readers then provides the answers a couple of days later on. The challenges differ in problem, however I constantly discover something from them regardless of how difficult they are. A couple of years ago he posted an obstacle called
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive utilized various adjustments of that obstacle to help students discover and practice using a range of search tools and methods.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to recognize the shared characteristics of 2 or more images, occasions, and or scenarios. In Dans initial post he asked readers to discover the commonalities between 3 floods and he asked readers to discover the commonalities between three plants.

What do these 2 share besides being dogs?

In addition to his blog site, Dan Russell has a great book titled
The Joy of Search. That book is loaded with ideas for becoming a better users of online search engine..

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? challenge is that I can make it as simple or as tough as I require it to be based upon my students current skill levels. For example, I may make one difficulty based on reading the material of webpages that trainees discover while browsing and make another challenge based on having the ability to find and use the meta information in images.

Every week he posts an intriguing search obstacle for readers then supplies the responses a few days later on. The obstacles vary in difficulty, but I constantly find out something from them regardless of how tough they are. A few years ago he published a difficulty called
I may make one obstacle based on reading the content of web pages that trainees find while browsing and make another difficulty based on being able to find and use the meta information in images.

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