Dan Russell has actually supplied the inspiration for a number of the web research study lessons that I have actually carried out with students throughout the years. Each week he publishes an interesting search challenge for readers then supplies the answers a few days later. The obstacles vary in difficulty, but I constantly find out something from them no matter how difficult they are. A couple of years ago he published a challenge 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 strategies.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to identify the shared characteristics of 2 or more photos, events, and or circumstances. In Dans initial post he asked readers to find the commonalities in between 3 floods and he asked readers to find the commonalities in between 3 plants.

What do these 2 share besides being dogs?

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? difficulty is that I can make it as easy or as tough as I need it to be based on my students present skill levels. I may make one challenge based on checking out the content of webpages that students find while searching and make another challenge based on being able to find and utilize the meta data in images.

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

If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without permission. Sites that steal my (Richard Byrnes) work consist of CloudComputin and WayBetterSite.

Every week he posts a fascinating search obstacle for readers then provides the answers a couple of days later on. The obstacles differ in trouble, but I constantly discover something from them regardless of how challenging they are. A few years ago he posted a difficulty called
I might make one obstacle based on reading the material of web pages that students find while browsing and make another obstacle based on being able to find and utilize the meta data in images.