Last fall I published Beyond Google which examines fifteen tools and strategies for getting students to look beyond the first two pages of Google search results. This morning I found through Kevin Jarrett a great presentation that complements my ebook. Teaching the Ten Steps to Better Web Research is a Slideshare presentation created by Mark Moran and Shannon Firth at Dulcinea Media. Dulcinea Media is the producer of Sweet Search a search engine for students. The presentation includes some statistics about students' search strategies (or lack thereof) that all educators should be aware of. It's those statistics that lead into the ten steps for teaching students how to search effectively and how to analyze the results of their searches. View the presentation below.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Sweet Search 2Day - Best of the Web for Students

Thanks to Kyle Pace for the Tweet that drew my attention to Sweet Search 2 Day.
Applications for Education
If you're in need of some quick, relevant talking points or conversation starters for your classes, Sweet Search 2 Day might be a good resource for you to bookmark. Looking for some academic brainteasers? Sweet Search 2 Day has you covered there too.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Developing Critical Thinking Through Web Research

H/T to Steven Anderson for sharing this resource on Twitter.
Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
How Web Search Works
Sweet Search - A Search Engine for Students
How to Create a Custom Search Engine
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Sweet Search - A Search Engine for Students

Sweet Search can be used by visiting the site directly or you can embed Sweet Search widgets into your blog or website.
Applications for Education
If you're concerned about your students stumbling onto sites that aren't reliable, try having them use Sweet Search. You could accomplish the same thing by creating a Google Custom Search Engine, but Sweet Search has already done essentially the same thing for you. Put one of the Sweet Search widgets into your classroom blog or school website so that students can search reliable sites within a familiar context.
Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
How Web Search Works
Lesson Plans for Teaching Web Search Strategies
How to Create a Custom Search Engine
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