Dan Russell has offered the inspiration for much of the web research lessons that I have actually performed with trainees over the years. Weekly he publishes an intriguing search difficulty for readers then offers the answers a couple of days later on. The challenges differ in difficulty, but I always find out something from them no matter how challenging they are. A few years ago he posted a challenge called
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive used different modifications of that obstacle to help students discover and practice utilizing a range of search tools and methods.
The Whats In Common? challenge asks you to determine the shared attributes of 2 or more images, events, and or circumstances. In Dans initial post he asked readers to discover the commonalities between three floods and he asked readers to find the commonness between 3 plants.

What do these 2 have in typical 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 suggestions for ending up being a better users of online search engine..

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Every week he posts an intriguing search challenge for readers then supplies the answers a few days later. The difficulties differ in difficulty, but I constantly discover something from them regardless of how hard they are. A few years ago he posted a challenge called
I may make one obstacle based on checking out the content of web pages that students find while searching and make another challenge based on being able to discover and use the meta data in images.

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? challenge is that I can make it as simple or as challenging as I require it to be based on my students existing ability levels. I may make one obstacle based on reading the content of webpages that students find while searching and make another obstacle based on being able to discover and utilize the meta data in images.