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Presented By: Michelle Lindsey

Mining The Internet. Presented By: Michelle Lindsey Ozark Upper Elementary PO Box 166 Ozark, MO 65721 michellelindsey@mail.ozark.k12.mo.us. Dictionary.com. www.dictionary.com. What Are My Choices?. Search Engine Google Yahoo Search Engines For Kids Boolify.org Sweetsearch.com

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Presented By: Michelle Lindsey

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  1. Mining The Internet Presented By: Michelle Lindsey Ozark Upper ElementaryPO Box 166Ozark, MO 65721michellelindsey@mail.ozark.k12.mo.us

  2. Dictionary.com • www.dictionary.com

  3. What Are My Choices? • Search Engine • Google • Yahoo • Search Engines For Kids • Boolify.org • Sweetsearch.com • Meta-Search Engine • Dogpile • MetaCrawler • Subscription Databases

  4. Google Searching Sponsored Results Using Quotation Marks Stop Words Not Case Sensitive Ignores Punctuation Use Web-Friendly Words

  5. Google Searching cont. • Google Knowledge Graph • Person, place, thing, facts, photos • Answers to questions • Image search

  6. Google Searching cont. • Advanced Search • Filter by reading level • Basic • Intermediate • Advanced • Filter by File Type • Ex: .ppt

  7. Google Searching cont. • Google Define • Google Translate • Conversions • Calculate Anything • Google Voice Search – in Chrome • More at Google Inside Search

  8. Timelines & Images • 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

  9. Christian County Library • Click on Research Databases

  10. Research Databases

  11. America’s News • Database with only newspapers • Search by Lexile • Search by Date

  12. Kids Search • Great pictures • Easier Reading Level

  13. Searchasaurus • Great Visuals • Powered by EBSCOhost

  14. Biography In Context • 1000s of Biographies • Many primary source citations

  15. Career Internet Database • Career Interest Survey • 100s of Careers

  16. DISCovering Collection • Extensive resources focusing primarily on • History (U.S. & World) • Cultures • Geography • Literature • Science

  17. Facts On File – Issues & Controversies • Topics in Today’s Headlines • Many explain both sides of the issue • Great for persuasive essays

  18. MOREnet • http://www.more.net/content/online-resources

  19. Sharing Google Docs

  20. Resources/Examples • Commoncraft Video – Web Search Strategies -http://www.commoncraft.com/video/web-search-strategies • Google’s Free Search Posters for Teachershttp://www.google.com/educators/posters.html • Google Search Guide Cheat Sheethttp://www.googleguide.com/cheatsheet_teens.html • Evaluating Websiteshttp://www1.bellevuepublicschools.org/curriculum/k6web/websiteevallesson/websiteevalchecklist.pdf • Internet Search Practicehttp://www1.bellevuepublicschools.org/curriculum/k6web/internetsearch/internetsearch4_6.htmhttp://www1.bellevuepublicschools.org/curriculum/k6web/internetsearch/internetsearch2ndLesson.htm

  21. Presentation Resources https://sites.google.com/a/ga.ozark.k12.mo.us/lindsey_upper/professional-development-workshops

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