Google Search

[asa_item id="284815942"] The Google Search app is one of the world’s premiere search engines converted into app form. With the Google Search app, users can search the Internet using key terms to find documents, articles, websites, images, videos, and much more. Users also have the ability to specify the type of search to be conducted. For example, users can run a search of the Web, Images, News, Videos, Shopping, Blogs, Discussions, and Books. Plus, Google Search automatically retains users’ prior search terms, and upon entering a new term, Google pulls up similar queries previously searched by other users. Instructional Ideas…

Review Overview

A. Instruction - 6.5
B. Design - 9
C. Engagement - 8.7

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Google: The Best Search Engine App

Summary : The Premiere Search Engine in App Form!

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The Google Search app is one of the world’s premiere search engines converted into app form. With the Google Search app, users can search the Internet using key terms to find documents, articles, websites, images, videos, and much more. Users also have the ability to specify the type of search to be conducted. For example, users can run a search of the Web, Images, News, Videos, Shopping, Blogs, Discussions, and Books. Plus, Google Search automatically retains users’ prior search terms, and upon entering a new term, Google pulls up similar queries previously searched by other users.

Instructional Ideas

  1. Prior to assigning a research project, students can be taught how to use the Google Search app to locate important and relevant information relating to the project. For example, the teacher could engage students in an activity to demonstrate to students how search results can be affected by using “and” in place of “or” in search terms, and how using quotation marks with specific terms can help students locate more relevant matches.
  2. Teachers can have students use the Google Search app for an activity in which students are to search for information and then identify and categorize websites by whether or not they are credible resources. Next, teachers and students can discuss why some websites are credible and others are not.
  3. When students are studying a specific topic (e.g., historical topic, author, scientific principle, mathematical concept), the topic can be entered in the Google Search app as a search term. The class can then discuss the different websites and documents that are reported by the app. Some discussion questions could include:
    1. What information is presented by this website/document?
    2. What is the quality of the information presented?
    3. What information presented by this website/document is new and what information is review?
    A1. Rigor
    A2. 21st Century Skills
    A3. Conn. to Future Learning
    A4. Value of Errors
    A5. Feedback to Teacher
    A6. Level of Material
    A7. Cooperative Learning
    A8. Accom. of Individual Diff.
    B1. Ability to Save Progress
    B2. Platform Integration
    B3. Screen Design
    B4. Ease of Use
    B5. Navigation
    B6. Goal Orientation
    B7. Information Presentation
    B8. Media Integration
    B9. Cultural Sensitivity
    C1. Learner Control
    C2. Interactivity
    C3. Pace
    C4. Flexibility
    C5. Interest
    C6. Aesthetics
    C7. Utility

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A1. Rigor
A2. 21st Century Skills
A3. Conn. to Future Learning
A4. Value of Errors
A5. Feedback to Teacher
A6. Level of Material
A7. Cooperative Learning
A8. Accom. of Individual Diff.
B1. Ability to Save Progress
B2. Platform Integration
B3. Screen Design
B4. Ease of Use
B5. Navigation
B6. Goal Orientation
B7. Information Presentation
B8. Media Integration
B9. Cultural Sensitivity
C1. Learner Control
C2. Interactivity
C3. Pace
C4. Flexibility
C5. Interest
C6. Aesthetics
C7. Utility

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