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Google Web Search

Google Search – the Essentials

We all know that web search can be a remarkable research tool – but we've heard from teachers that students are sometimes unnecessarily wading through untargeted search results. This quick tutorial will help you teach how to search the web more effectively.

Choosing Search Terms
Start with the obvious – if you're looking for general information on music, a search for music is fine. But it's often advisable to use multiple search terms; for instance, music theory. For even greater specificity, you could try searches like jazz music theory. There's no need to use full sentences here, such as What are the key theories in jazz music?; unlike in "real life," grammar doesn't count in Google searches, and our search engine typically ignores common or question-oriented words like a, an, the, and what.

Phrase Searches
Sometimes you'll only want results that include an exact phrase. In this case, simply put quotation marks around your search terms.

Phrase searches are particularly effective if you're searching for proper names ("George Washington"), lyrics ("the long and winding road"), or other famous phrases ("This was their finest hour"). NOTE: Searching for quotes or proper nouns (e.g.

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Google Web Search - Classroom Lessons and Resources

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 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.

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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 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.

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he 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

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on 2009-07-21 by dbothwell

I appreciate the built-in differentiation in each module.

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