Dan Russell has actually supplied the inspiration for numerous of the web research lessons that I have actually conducted with trainees throughout the years. Each week he publishes an intriguing search difficulty for readers then supplies the answers a few days later. The obstacles vary in difficulty, however I constantly discover something from them no matter how tough they are. A couple of years ago he posted a difficulty called
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive utilized numerous adjustments of that challenge to help students find and practice using a variety of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? obstacle asks you to identify the shared qualities of two or more photos, events, and or scenarios. In Dans original post he asked readers to discover the commonalities between 3 floods and he asked readers to discover the commonness in between 3 plants.

What do these two share besides being pet dogs?

In addition to his blog, Dan Russell has an excellent book titled
The Joy of Search. That book is packed with pointers for becoming a better users of online search engine..

Every week he posts an interesting search challenge for readers then supplies the answers a few days later on. The difficulties vary in difficulty, however I always find out something from them regardless of how challenging they are. A few years ago he published a difficulty called
I might make one difficulty based on reading the material of web pages that trainees discover while browsing and make another difficulty based on being able to discover and utilize the meta data in images.

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What I like about the
Whats In Common? obstacle is that I can make it as easy or as challenging as I need it to be based upon my students existing ability levels. I might make one obstacle based on reading the content of websites that trainees discover while browsing and make another obstacle based on being able to discover and utilize the meta information in images.