Week+4-+Investigation+skills

Case #4: Be a Search-Savvy DetectiveLead Detective: Tracy Poelzer, Kamloops, BC Canada

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Chat notes ||   || media type="custom" key="20463560" ||=   || Your Assignments for this week! 1. Go to the assignment wiki at: @http://searchsavvy.pbworks.com Please print off the evaluation checklist. Work through at least one of the pairs of websites and decide which is reliable and which is not. If you have time, evaluate more than one pair of websites.

2. Scroll down to the "Other Great Links to Investigate" section of this page. Try out some of the resources to help you hone your search/investigation skills!

3. If you are an educator or parent, visit this Google Doc that lists resources for teaching search strategies. Check out some of the resources listed in this document, and please add any that you can recommend as well!

Other Great Links to Investigate (free, online course) ||= Web Search Strategies in Plain English (by the Common Craft Show) || (consider doing a search module with your students) ||= ||= Links from the book at left.... from discussion forums on the November Learning.com website. || Teaching Zack to Think ||= November Learning Article: Web Literacy: Where Common Core Meets Common Sense ||= November Learning Article: Why More Schools Aren't Teaching Web Literacy (and how they can start) || Some great search/critical thinking activities to try ||= How Google Search Works ||= Google Classroom Posters and Resources
 * = Google Inside Search ||= Power Searching with Google
 * = Google Inside Search ||= Power Searching with Google
 * = Jeff Utecht's Google Ninja Program
 * = Jeff Utecht's Google Ninja Program
 * = November Learning Article:
 * = 21 Things (for Students)
 * = 21 Things (for Students)

Create a Google Custom Search ||