Finding Information
June 13, 2012
Finding Information
- Searching for information involves critical thinking
- Teach students to sift through the overwhelming abundance of web content
- Find information more efficiently
- Utilize search engines to match the needs of diverse learners
- Visual search engines
- Search by reading level
- Reliable search results that have been verified by researchers and librarians
Some Great Tools
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A Google a Day – Google’s daily puzzle site, where the answers can be found via searching the web. |
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Twurdy- Search engine that displays results by readability level;Color coding makes it easy to find information at the appropriate level; readability included with results. |
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KidsClick! – Designed by librarians, kid-friendly results, variety of search options. |
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Sweet Search – Search engine for students; results are displayed as text and highlighted; click on text to display a detailed preview of selected text. |
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Internet Public Library – Choose level of difficulty; Handy kids section includes “Ask a Librarian”. |
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Nexplore – Search engine that displays results in a variety of formats; View results as a summary of text or a webpage preview. |
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Oolone – Visual search engine that displays results as web preview; Scroll over the images to get a closer look at the site before actually secleting it; A quicker and more efficient way to searhc; Students can instantly recognize familiar sites and rule out unreliable sources. |
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Search-Cube- Visual search engine highlightening images; Roll mouse over image for preview; Use the arrow keys, SHIFT key and the mouse to interact with the cube. |
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InstaGrok - Collects educational content and displays it in the form of a cloud of related words, Offers variety of multimedia features to meet the unique learning needs of students; Users can adjust the level of difficulty of results; Search given out as Key facts, Websites, videos, images, quizzes, concepts; Save all of your information to a journal-highlight text, make notes.  |
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KidRex – Kid Safe Search Engine |
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Infotopia -A Google Alternative Safe Search Engine for Student |
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Newsmap - An application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator |
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Dibdabdoo.com – A child kid safe search |
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Ask Kids – Allows users to ask a question in plain English, confirms the question, then takes them to one web site that answers the question |
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GoGooligans – The Best Search Engine for Kids |
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E-STAT Canada – Generate dynamic tables, customize graphs and maps using Statistics Canada’s Census of Population and socioeconomic data. |
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