Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Just PLaiN impressive!
Today I delved a little further into my PLN and Web 2.0, and boy was I rewarded! For the first time, I really looked into what was available in Classroom 2.0 and found an archived session on Google Search beyond just using key words searches. What I discovered was another layer to what Google contributes to the net. Specifically, I learned of ways to customize searches (and share them), how to use language translation tools, how to do more effective searches for news items (and follow them chronologically), and what Google Scholar is all about/what it can do. I really did not know that this stuff was even "out there" to use. I even liked the Elluminate chat session/presentation format. There certainly was a lot going on! Although I now have a bunch of new items I'd like to incorporate in my teaching and share with my students, I promised myself I wouldn't immediately dive into it all. I'll start with just one for now. So,.... which one will it be?.........
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It sounds like you got some good stuff. I definitely need assistance when it comes to more effective searching. Maybe I'll look into something similar b/c I still haven't done mine.
ReplyDeleteGoogle is far more powerful than most realize. It is more than just a simple search engine. I discovered how to customize searches and various symbols you can use in the search to really narrow down results.
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