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Making the Most out of the Web

Making the Most out of the Web. By Ernie Lewis & Jim Reed Beardsley Junior High School, University of San Diego, and CTAP Region 8, Kern County. The “Dreaded Web”.

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Making the Most out of the Web

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  1. Making the Most out of the Web By Ernie Lewis & Jim Reed Beardsley Junior High School, University of San Diego, and CTAP Region 8, Kern County

  2. The “Dreaded Web” I have encountered many horror stories about the “dreaded Web.” Many of them were valid: tales of endless links that lead to nowhere, profanity by the droves, and endless searching nightmares. Nonetheless, if one knows how to “work the Web,” one should have pleasant outcomes. Let’s explore.

  3. Search Techniques That Work Not all search engines are the same. Therefore, to ensure that various search techniques are applicable, one needs to inspect the “help areas” within the sites. Nonetheless, the next few slides bestow information that has helped me narrow down searches.

  4. Narrowing Down Searches • Use the advanced search features within search engines. For example, go to Yahoo at www.yahoo.com and click on the advanced search link (indicated by the word “Advanced”). The resource allows you to select searching by exact phrases and more.

  5. Narrowing Down Searches Continued • Google at www.google.com also has an advanced search option. Nonetheless, you can type characters within the engine’s default search box that will do detailed searches as well. Try searching for black dogs without placing quotations around the words and then search for “black dogs” by placing quotes “” around the words. Did you notice anything different? Hint: Take a look at the number of results for both searches. That should tell you something.

  6. Narrowing Down Searches Continued • Try searching for at least one word by typing OR between two words, such as this: dog OR cat • To delete a word from a search, place a minus sign in front of it, such as dog - cat

  7. Narrowing Down Searches Continued The former search using OR is an example of Boolean searching. It is popular but not as effective as the later that used the minus symbol. That is an example of search engine math. Most of the popular search engines accept math symbols.

  8. Narrowing Down Searches Continued For a comprehensive list of math symbol search techniques, one should visit the following link: http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/article.php/2156021. That resource comes from Search Engine Watch. It is worth a visit as well. Go to http://searchenginewatch.com for more information.

  9. Links and More Links The following slides contain links to many exciting educational sites. Check them out at your leisure and see how many might be useful to your educational setting.

  10. Links and More Links Continued • Kids' Stuff from Kathy Schrock at http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/kidstuff.html • Kathy Schrock's Guide at http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/. • Library in the Sky at http://www.nwrel.org/sky/index.asp. • Career Assignment from Ernie at http://www.beardsley.k12.ca.us/bjhs/careerchoice.htm. • Links to Primary Sources at http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html.

  11. Links and More Links Continued • Discovery School at http://school.discovery.com/. • The Electric Teacher at http://electricteacher.com/(tutorials and more). • Fun School at http://www.funschool.com/index.html. • Internet Activities from the Northern Valley Schools Network at http://www.nvnet.org/nvhs/edresource/hubpages/NetActiv.html. • NASA at http://www.nasa.gov. • Primary Education Resources for K-3 Bilingual Teachers at http://www.estrellita.com/k3.bil.res.html. • Fun Zone science resources at http://www.cordis.lu/scienceweek/exp_funzone.htm.

  12. Links and More Links Continued • Ten Fun Sites for Kids from Education World at http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr229.shtml. • Links to Educational Fun Sites at http://www.phoenix.k12.ny.us/elm/Links/fun.htm. • Educational Sites at http://avella.hky.com/educatio.htm. • Fun Educational Web Site Links at http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/ronaldmcnaires/coolsites.html. • WhizKids Games at http://www.whizzkidz-rugby.co.uk/. • How Stuff Works at http://www.howstuffworks.com/. • Student and Parent Web Sites at http://www.middletown.k12.ny.us/Maple%20Hill/page6.html.

  13. Links and More Links Continued • Online Activities from Scholastic at http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/. • Scholastic homepage at http://www.scholastic.com/. • Quiz Hub at http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm. • Primary Games at http://www.primarygames.com/. • Funbrain at http://www.funbrain.com/. • Surfing the Net with Kids: Games at http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/. • PBS Kids at http://pbskids.org/. • Yahooligans at http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/. • Beardsley Junior High School Agenda at http://www.beardsley.k12.ca.us/bjhs/assignfp.htm.

  14. Links and More Links Continued • The Comic Book Periodic Table of Comics at http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/. • The Library of Congress at http://www.loc.gov/. • The Planetary Society Learning Center at http://www.planetary.org/learn/solarsystem/index.html. • Kites in the Classroom at http://www.aka.org.au/kites_in_the_classroom/. • A - Z Teacher Stuff at http://atozteacherstuff.com/.

  15. Wrapping It Up Hopefully, you had a chance to investigate some beneficial Web searching short cuts and to inspect some interesting sites that might benefit your students.

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