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How do (J/I) teachers use effective search strategies in classroom project based learning?

Strategies

Try different search engines

Read the help and tips files for each search engine

Be as specific as possible when using a search engine

Decide whether you need a subject directory or search engine

Critical Digital Literacies

Decoding

Modalities

Stylistics

Operations

Check your spelling

Conventions

Navigation

Know how to use your browser

Analysing

Interrogating

Selecting

Deconstructing

Persona

Participating

Managing reputation

Identity building

21st century skills

Leadership

Collaboration and teamwork

Creativity and imagination

Critical Thinking

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Education

Ontario curriculum

Learning skills

Modern learning

Integration of technology

Digital media liteacy

Media literacy

Project-based learning with real-life examples

Teacher

Professionalism

Role

Prepare students for world

Lifelong learner

Beliefs

Integrity

Inclusion

Best practices

Global citizenship education

OCT code of conduct

Meaning Making

Reading

Create blog with suggested resource hyperlinks

Relating

Expressing

Formulate search question carefully

Identify key words

Start with a title search

Make it a multi-step process

Search only your results

Select synonyms and other word forms

Using

Problem solving

Applying

Try Boolean searching

Use wildcards to combine variant word forms

Learn about wildcard searches

Dieting method search string

Improve search engine use by: read the help files

Creating

Finding

Unified search interface: Users enter search queries to several search engines/directories within the same interface

Ask.com

Search engines differ: detail, relevancy and sophistication

Student search patterns can change according to types of tasks

Study findings show time spent, scan type, number of keywords, and reading styles differred in all tasks

Sources for further learning

Search Engine Watch

Search Engine Showdown

Tips on effective usage: no search engine covers more than approximately 20% of the Web

Make use of the “Advanced Search” page

Use multiple search engines if you wish to approach a thorough or comprehensive search

Meta search engine: searches the databases of other engines, allows you to sift and see what is out there.

Con: most retrieve only the top 10-50 matches from each search engine, the total number of sites retrieved may be considerably less than found by doing a direct search on one of the search engines.

MIxquick, DogPile, MetaCrawler, Mamma: The Mother of all Search Engines

Considerations: time of day, search engines are in competition

Broaden or narrow a search using "and", "not", "or", "near"

Use "and" twice to narrow search even more

Google, HotBot, Clusty

Google advanced search

Spamdexing

Effective search strategies in classroom project-based learning involve multiple steps and considerations. Firstly, teachers should instruct students to be specific when using search engines and to decide whether a search engine or subject directory suits their needs better.