Teaching students how to conduct smart search queries online is an important part of cultivating a digital citizenship culture within your classroom. Smart searching goes beyond the simple ability to conduct quick search queries to how to effectively locate information online and assess their authenticity and accuracy. In other words, smart searching encompasses a complex set of interrelated skills and competencies that together make up the holistic picture of what it is to be a search savvy netizen.
And since Google comes at the top of search engines accessed by students it goes without saying that attention here should be targeted at the know-how necessary for students to be able to tap into the full potential of this search engine. To this end, and in addition to the different resources we covered here in the past, we are sharing with you this collection of video tutorials from Google Help featuring some essential Google search tips. Check them out and share with your students:
1- Search by File
2- Exclude Words
3- Search for two things
4- Define a word
5- Fill in the blanks
6- Look up public data
7- Find an exact phrase
8- World clock
9- Track a package
10- Calculate anything
11- Area codes
12- Search within sites
13- Refine your Google search results
14- simple Google search tips
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