Dan Russell has supplied the motivation for a lot of the web research lessons that I have actually conducted with students over the years. Weekly he publishes an intriguing search obstacle for readers then offers the answers a couple of days later. The difficulties vary in trouble, but I constantly find out something from them regardless of how difficult they are. A couple of years ago he published a challenge called
Whats In Common? In the years considering that, Ive used numerous adjustments of that challenge to assist trainees discover and practice using a range of search tools and strategies.
The Whats In Common? obstacle asks you to recognize the shared attributes of 2 or more pictures, events, and or scenarios. In Dans initial post he asked readers to discover the commonalities between 3 floods and he asked readers to find the commonalities in between 3 plants.

What do these 2 have in common besides being pets?

In addition to his blog site, Dan Russell has a fantastic book titled
The Joy of Search. That book is loaded with tips for becoming a much better users of online search engine..

Applications for Education
What I like about the
Whats In Common? challenge is that I can make it as simple or as hard as I need it to be based on my trainees current skill levels. I may make one obstacle based on reading the content of webpages that trainees discover while searching and make another obstacle based on being able to find and use the meta information in images.

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Every week he posts a fascinating search obstacle for readers then provides the answers a few days later. The obstacles differ in difficulty, but I always find out something from them regardless of how hard they are. A couple of years ago he published a difficulty called
I might make one obstacle based on checking out the material of websites that trainees find while searching and make another difficulty based on being able to discover and utilize the meta information in images.