What’s in Common? – A Search Lesson

Every week he publishes a fascinating search difficulty for readers then offers the answers a couple of days later. A few years ago he posted a challenge called
Whats In Common? In the years since, Ive used various modifications of that difficulty to help trainees find and practice using a range of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? obstacle asks you to identify the shared characteristics of 2 or more images, events, and or circumstances. In Dans original post he asked readers to find the commonalities between 3 floods and he asked readers to find the commonness in between 3 plants.

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

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Every week he publishes a fascinating search challenge for readers then provides the answers a few days later on. The obstacles differ in problem, but I always learn something from them regardless of how tough they are. A couple of years ago he published a difficulty called
I might make one obstacle based on checking out the material of websites that students find while searching and make another challenge based on being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.

In addition to his blog site, Dan Russell has a great book entitled
The Joy of Search. That book is packed with tips for becoming a much better users of search engines..

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? difficulty is that I can make it as easy or as hard as I need it to be based upon my students present skill levels. For example, I may make one challenge based upon checking out the content of web pages that trainees discover while browsing and make another difficulty based upon having the ability to discover and use the meta information in images.

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