presented by: michelle lindsey ozark upper elementary po box 166 ozark, mo 65721...
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Presented By: Michelle Lindsey
Ozark Upper ElementaryPO Box 166Ozark, MO [email protected]
Mining The Internet
• www.dictionary.com
• Search Engine• Google• Yahoo
• Search Engines For Kids• Boolify.org• Sweetsearch.com
• Meta-Search Engine• Dogpile• MetaCrawler
• Subscription Databases
What Are My Choices?
• Sponsored Results• Using Quotation Marks• Stop Words• Not Case Sensitive• Ignores Punctuation• Use Web-Friendly Words
• Google Knowledge Graph• Person, place, thing, facts, photos
• Answers to questions• Image search
• Advanced Search• Filter by reading level
• Basic • Intermediate• Advanced
• Filter by File Type• Ex: .ppt
• Google Define• Google Translate• Conversions• Calculate Anything• Google Voice Search – in Chrome• More at Google Inside Search
• Adding Timeline to your search• Ex: Lewis and Clark Expedition Timeline• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/timelines.htm
• Adding Image to your search
• Adding Fact to your search
• Adding Pro or Con to your search
• Click on Research Databases
Database with only newspapers Search by Lexile Search by Date
• Great pictures• Easier Reading Level
• Great Visuals• Powered by EBSCOhost
• 1000s of Biographies• Many primary source citations
Biography In Context
• Career Interest Survey• 100s of Careers
Career Internet Database
• Extensive resources focusing primarily on• History (U.S. & World)• Cultures• Geography• Literature• Science
DISCovering Collection
• Topics in Today’s Headlines• Many explain both sides of the issue• Great for persuasive essays
Facts On File – Issues & Controversies
• http://www.more.net/content/online-resources
MOREnet
• Commoncraft Video – Web Search Strategies - http://www.commoncraft.com
/video/web-search-strategies • Google’s Free Search Posters for Teachers
http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html • Google Search Guide Cheat Sheet
http://www.googleguide.com/cheatsheet_teens.html • Evaluating Websites
http://www1.bellevuepublicschools.org/curriculum/k6web/websiteevallesson/websiteevalchecklist.pdf
• Internet Search Practicehttp://www1.bellevuepublicschools.org/curriculum/k6web/internetsearch/internetsearch4_6.htm
http://www1.bellevuepublicschools.org/curriculum/k6web/internetsearch/internetsearch2ndLesson.htm
https://sites.google.com/a/ga.ozark.k12.mo.us/lindsey_upper/professional-development-workshops
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