A Simple and Helpful Google Search Strategy for Students

A few times in the past I've mentioned the value of having students use Google Image search in the quest to find the answers to their qu...

Get a Summary of Information About Sites in Google Search Results

Through Dan Russell's excellent Search ReSearch blog I learned that Google has recently added a potentially helpful new aspect to the s...

What a Cloakroom Can Teach Students About Web Search Strategies

I’m currently in London, England for the BETT Show and TeachMeet BETT 2014. As is the case with most flights going to Europe from the east ...

What an Insect Can Teach Students About Search Strategies

Last week in my house I found an insect that I had never seen before. I tried to get the clearest picture I could of it before settling on t...

How Google Search Works and A Whole Bunch of Search Tips

Google's Inside Search is a good place to find information about how Google search works and to find a slew of search tips . How Search...

Daniel Russell's Ten Favorite Search Challenges (Today)

Many times over the last few years I have mentioned how Daniel Russell's work has influenced the way that I use Google Search and how I ...

Using Google Image Search to Solve a Flea Market Mystery

Image credit: Becky White. This afternoon my friend Becky White posted on Facebook some pictures of the tea set that she found at a flea ma...

How to Develop Web Search Challenges for Students

I spent the last two days working with teachers in Grande Prairie, Alberta. One of the activities that we did yesterday was develop our own ...

Three Good Advanced Search Options for Students

Over the weekend I shared an idea for combining the reading level and domain level refinement tools in Google. Doing this can help your stu...

Combine These Strategies To Help Students Find Appropriate Reading Materials

On Google's advanced search page there is a tool for refining searches according to reading level. This tool on its own can be very help...

Search Tips & Strategies Tip Sheet

On Friday I shared my strategy of using images as question prompts to teach Google search strategies . In that post I mentioned that the str...

Using Images as Research Prompts to Teach Google Search Strategies

Over the last month I've shown the picture that you see to the left during a number of presentations and workshops. I've used the pi...

Use Text and Images for Better Google Image Search Results

When most people look for images through Google Images they just type their queries. You can also upload an image to search for other images...

Why Word Order Matters in Google Searches

Google's Search Anthropologist Daniel Russell recently shared a short video demonstrating why word order matters when formulating your ...

10 Google Search Tips All Students Can Use

I'm often asked for recommendations on how to help students use Google more effectively. This morning I sat down and thought about the r...

Become a Google Power Searcher This Fall

This summer Google offered a MOOC titled Power Searching With Google . More than 150,000 people registered for the course ( completion rate ...