Dan Russell has actually offered the inspiration for many of the web research lessons that I have actually performed with trainees throughout the years. Weekly he publishes a fascinating search obstacle for readers then supplies the answers a couple of days later on. The challenges differ in trouble, but I constantly find out something from them no matter how tough they are. A few years ago he posted an obstacle called
Whats In Common? In the years since, Ive utilized different adjustments of that difficulty to assist trainees find and practice utilizing a variety 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 situations. In Dans initial post he asked readers to find the commonness between 3 floods and he asked readers to discover the commonness between three plants.

What do these 2 have in common besides being dogs?

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In addition to his blog site, Dan Russell has a fantastic book titled
The Joy of Search. That book is loaded with tips for ending up being a better users of search engines..

Every week he publishes an intriguing search obstacle for readers then provides the answers a few days later on. The challenges differ in trouble, but I always discover something from them regardless of how tough they are. A couple of years ago he published an obstacle called
I might make one challenge based on reading the content of websites that trainees find while searching and make another difficulty based on being able to discover and use the meta information in images.

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 on my students existing ability levels. I may make one difficulty based on checking out the material of websites that trainees find while browsing and make another challenge based on being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.