search engines jaime ma, vancy truong & victoria fry
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SEARCH ENGINESJaime Ma, Vancy Truong & Victoria Fry
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Agenda
What are they? How do you use them? What are the different features? Comparison of 4 search engines Assessing and evaluating information Activities 1 & 2 Classroom application
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What is a search engine?
Software program that searches on sites based on the words that you type
Search through own database Not just Google – Bing, Yahoo, Dogpile,
Ask etc. Kids search engines – Yahoo Kids, Ask
Kids, Cybersleuth, Kids Click
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How do search engines work? Not simple Detailed processes, methodologies,
continually updated Different search engines produce different
results Software sorts through millions of pages to
find matches (less than 1 second) Ranked in order of relevance, but websites
can pay money to be ranked up the top
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Which search engine do you
use? Why?
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Comparing search engines
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Bright, colourful 6-12 years old Studyzone Parent component Connected to Yahoo Humans review
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Easy, simple navigation Enchanted learning sites Parent component Differs Yahoo Kids – answers are not the
first couple of sites Not as focused on entertainment
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Take a minute to search through
Yahooligans (Yahoo Kids) and Ask Kids.
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Most popular Many components:
Google scholar - academic articles Google maps - search for places all around
the world Google images - search and find images for
a specific reason Google has news, shopping and email
known as gmail Google – advanced search
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Useful for transition from kids search engines to adult Specific video search engine part Uses Google, bing and yahoo to deliver more precise
results Approximately only 11.3% of the information are shared
by the 3 search engines Dogpile claims that it saves time by not needing to
research with the 3 major search engines Dogpile have completed a study that includes that;
Majority of all first results page are unique to that search engine
Eg. Google 70% By searching only Google a searcher can miss 72.7% of the
webs best first page search results
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Take a minute to search through Google and
Dogpile.Try searching the same thing and see which one produces better results.Ex: Why is the sky blue?
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Locating Information Strategies knowing the web address surfing random sites on the internet finding subject directories that contain
organised lists of information using search engines
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Assessing Information
1. Authority2. Currency3. Accuracy4. Objectivity5. Coverage
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Evaluating Information
Student audience – what is the age range?
Source of information – how valid and credible is the information given?
Analysis of the content
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Activity #1 (Students)
Year 3-5 students Use a variety of different kids search engines to
answer questions Use different strategies – avoid typing the
question out, try keywords Assess and evaluate the sources of information Rate the search engines – speed, results,
physical appeal, ease of use Which one would you teach your students to
use?
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SHARING
Which kids search engine would be top of your list?
Which search engine was the easiest to use? Why?
Was there a general consensus in answers across all search engines?
Which one is more appealing to use? Why?
Which one would you teach your students to use?
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Activity #2 (Peers)
Preparation for PAR 2 Lesson plan of an individual student Different experiences with ICT and varied
learning abilities Plan an individual lesson plan for that student Refer to ACARA Depending on the situation, what would you
teach them regarding the use of search engines?
Come back as a group to share
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Classroom Application
Filter, control over results Curriculum to back-up teaching Credible sources More than Google Keywords Other reference points – library Features of search engines We should know how to use them before
teaching them
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ACARA
By the end of Year 2: Recognise that people create information resources
and that the information they create or provide can be used or misused by others (cannot copy other people’s work)
Identify use of ICT at home and at school
By the end of Year 6: Able to name sources, avoid plagiarism, know what
may or may not be copied Check integrity of web links Plan, locate, retrieve and organise information
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References
Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.acara.edu.au/home_page.html
A Research Study by Dogpile.com in Collaboration with Researchers from Queensland University of Technology and the Pennsylvania State University. (2007). Different engines, different results web searchers not always finding what they’re looking for online. Dogpile. Retrieved from http://www.infospaceinc.com/files/Overlap-DifferentEnginesDifferentResults.pdf
Barr, A. (2012). Lecture 3: Searching for the right stuff [PowerPoint slides]. Unpublished manuscript, EDUC 1066, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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The Gwigle Game
http://gwigle.varten.net/
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