• Know how to enter effective search criteria into a search engine

• Demonstrate you can find appropriate information, which fully meets the requirements,

Wednesday 19 April 2023

• Look at these three different search engines,

• www.google.com• www.bing.com• www.wolframalpha.com• http://is.gd/cEFsKs• http://www.labnol.org/internet/

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Google’s Tips and Tricks

What you are searching for Task• Brainstorm in groups,

what you would write if you used

• a Keyword, • a Phrase• a quote• a wild card• Other

• 1) What is it I’m looking for? (think about common• keywords)• 2) How would someone else talk about it? (what words• would they use? how would THEY describe it?)• 3) Which of those terms would be most common?• 4) Which of those terms would be very specialised to

this• topic?• 5) What type of result do I want? (do I want a single

webpage, a définition, a collection, an image etc?)

What you are searching for

• Try this:

http://www.google.com/advanced_search

• Log on and load up word create a table

Topic Keyword / Criteria Hits Suitability Score (1 -10)

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“Share with your table one new thing you have learnt today”

Which picture best represents your learning and why?

What have you learnt today?