Dan Russell has actually offered the motivation for numerous of the web research study lessons that I have actually conducted with students throughout the years. Weekly he publishes an interesting search obstacle for readers then provides the responses a couple of days later on. The obstacles vary in difficulty, however I constantly discover 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 considering that, Ive utilized various adjustments of that obstacle to assist students discover and practice using a variety of search tools and methods.
The Whats In Common? obstacle asks you to recognize the shared attributes of two or more images, occasions, and or scenarios. In Dans initial post he asked readers to discover the commonness between 3 floods and he asked readers to discover the commonalities between 3 plants.

What do these 2 have in typical besides being pet dogs?

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What I like about the
Whats In Common? obstacle is that I can make it as simple or as hard as I need it to be based upon my students current skill levels. For example, I might make one obstacle based on reading the material of webpages that students discover while searching and make another challenge based on being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.

Every week he posts an intriguing search challenge for readers then supplies the answers a few days later on. The challenges vary in difficulty, but I always discover something from them regardless of how challenging they are. A couple of years ago he posted a challenge called
I may make one obstacle based on reading the material of websites that students discover while searching and make another obstacle 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 pointers for ending up being a better users of search engines..