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The 21st century education is all about cultivating such important skills as critical thinking and digital skills. Technology has radically transformed the way we teach and knowledge is no longer stored primarily in print. There is now much more knowledge online than you would find in all libraries of the world taken together. To tap into the potential of this vast repertoire of online resources, our students definitely need a bit of instruction on how to effectively use web search techniques to search for academic sources. They need to be taught how to fish instead of being given a fish everyday. In short, we have to teach them how to be independent learners. Google Search Education has all the materials you need to help your students become skilled searchers, whether they are just starting out with search or ready for advanced training.

Here is what it has to offer you : 1- Lesson Plans 2- Live Trainings This page has a great set of webinars ideal for you and your students. Google Forms: Self-Graded Quizzes. Enterprise Scale Collaboration - Huddle. 100+ Google Tricks for Teachers. It's Google's world, we're just teaching in it. Now, we can use it a little more easily.

With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for all teachers, so why not take advantage of the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time. Search Tricks These search tricks can save you time when researching online for your next project or just to find out what time it is across the world, so start using these right away.

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Google Calendar 44. Google Earth Poster. Librarian_Quiz. Basic Search Education Lesson Plans - GoogleWebSearchEducation. Web search can be a remarkable research tool for students - and we've heard from educators that they could use some help to teach better search skills in their classroom. The following Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers and the Search Education team to help you do just that. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions. They are all under Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike, so feel free to adapt them and use them as you see fit!

Just please link back to this page. Understanding the fundamentals of how search engines work will help your students become better searchers. What is the Web? Search is easy but some practice and technique will take your students a long way. Which link should I follow? More resources: Master Lessons - GoogleWebSearchEducation.

For Users Master Lesson 0: Intro to Browsers & the Web What's the difference between a browser and a search engine? What are the different parts of a URL? What are the most common keyboard tricks to help you search faster? This class will orient you to the computer, the web, your browser, and start you on the road to searching better! Master Lesson 1: Search Basics This beginning class gives an overview of how search engines work. Master Lesson 2: Advanced Search, Visualization, and Query Formulation This intermediate class builds upon basic search skills and addresses more complex topics such as long-form questions, synonym control, disambiguation, and searching for context terms.

Master Lesson 3: The Left-Hand Panel This class broadly covers Google's different search corpora, allowing you to filter and fine-tune your searches within categories like Images, Videos, Books, Places and more. Master Lesson 4: Credibility How do you know if a website is credible? For Teachers For Librarians. Google Presenter - Edtech. Blogger basics by Mike Lawrence. YouTube. A Google a Day. Teacher Academy. Chrome Web Store. _EDU_Report_FULL.pdf. Google Drive and Docs for Teachers 2012. Google Sites for Teachers 2012.

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