Dan Russell has supplied the motivation for a lot of the web research lessons that I have performed with students throughout the years. Each week he publishes a fascinating search obstacle for readers then offers the answers a few days later. The difficulties differ in trouble, but I constantly find out something from them despite how hard they are. A few years ago he posted a challenge called
Whats In Common? In the years since, Ive used different adjustments of that obstacle to help trainees find and practice making use of a variety of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? difficulty asks you to identify the shared qualities of two or more pictures, occasions, and or situations. In Dans initial post he asked readers to find the commonness between 3 floods and he asked readers to discover the commonalities in between 3 plants.

What do these two have in typical besides being canines?

In addition to his blog site, Dan Russell has a terrific book titled
The Joy of Search. That book is packed with ideas for ending up being a much better users of online search engine..

Every week he posts an interesting search challenge for readers then provides the responses a few days later on. The challenges differ in trouble, but I constantly learn something from them regardless of how tough they are. A couple of years ago he posted a challenge called
I might make one difficulty based on reading the material of websites that students discover while browsing and make another obstacle based on being able to discover and use the meta information in images.

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? challenge is that I can make it as simple or as difficult as I need it to be based on my trainees current ability levels. For instance, I might make one difficulty based on reading the content of websites that students find while browsing and make another challenge based on being able to find and utilize the meta information in images.

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