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G o o g l e Custom Search

G o o g l e Custom Search. Sharing web resources across the District. G o o g l e Custom Search. What is a GCS Advantages Creating a GCS for a campus Sample websites Finding reliable websites Posting a GCS link to eChalk. What is a G o o g l e Custom Search ?.

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G o o g l e Custom Search

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  1. GoogleCustom Search Sharing web resources across the District

  2. GoogleCustom Search • What is a GCS • Advantages • Creating a GCS for a campus • Sample websites • Finding reliable websites • Posting a GCS link to eChalk

  3. What is a GoogleCustom Search? • Personalized, customizable search engine • Searches only across sites that you specify • Displays results that are right for your students • Gives you a landing page with a unique URL • Invite friends and colleagues to collaborate and contribute to your search engine • Provides your own search refinements within results pages so it's easier for your users to find the information they're looking for. • Allows you to easily add more sites to your search engine's index

  4. Advantages • Allows students access child-safe sites • Creates unlimited custom search engines (CSE) for the educational community • Reflects specific subjects, interests, and purposes • Includes web resources for teachers and students • Hosts the search box and results on the school’s or District’s own website • Enhances its usefulness to your community • Customizes the look and feel of the results

  5. Garcia Elementary Student Search Site

  6. Google_Custom Search Video

  7. Sample Websites • For Students & Parents • Homework Help • Academic Interactive Websites (funbrain.com) • Academic Games (spellingcity.com) • Online Resources (visuwords.com) • Resources for Topic Research (DKC) • For Teachers • Resource sites (http://www.science-class.net) • Lesson Plans • Creators (www.flashcardmachine.com) *Can duplicate

  8. Reliable Websites • Step 1: Seek government or educational websites (.edu and .gov) • Step 2: Determine creditability of site • Step 3: Find publication dates & keep current • Step 4: Scan links to other sources for use • Step 5: Evaluate the intentions of information (bias)

  9. How? • Collect student and teacher resources from your campus via email, Google docs, form, faculty meeting, etc. • Create the Google Custom Search page for students/parents and teachers • Submit the Custom Search page links to campus eChalk representative

  10. Announcements

  11. Student

  12. Campus

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