Dan Russell has actually provided the motivation for many of the web research lessons that I have performed with students throughout the years. Every week he publishes a fascinating search obstacle for readers then provides the answers a couple of days later. The obstacles vary in trouble, but I constantly discover something from them regardless of how hard they are. A few years ago he posted a difficulty called
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive used various adjustments of that difficulty to help trainees find and practice utilizing a range of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? challenge asks you to determine the shared characteristics of two or more images, events, and or scenarios. In Dans original post he asked readers to find the commonness between three floods and he asked readers to discover the commonness between three plants.

What do these 2 have in common besides being pets?

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

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Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? obstacle is that I can make it as simple or as difficult as I need it to be based upon my trainees current skill levels. For instance, I might make one obstacle based upon reading the content of webpages that trainees discover while browsing and make another challenge based upon having the ability to find and use the meta data in images.

Every week he posts an intriguing search obstacle for readers then offers the responses a few days later. The challenges differ in problem, but I always find out something from them regardless of how tough they are. A few years ago he published an obstacle called
I may make one challenge based on checking out the content of websites that students discover while searching and make another challenge based on being able to discover and utilize the meta data in images.