The Internet in the K-12 Classroom

Search Engines Curriculum Resources WebQuests Projects Scavenger Hunts

Conventional Search Engines Excite Lycos AltaVista Hot Bot

Metasearch Engines Metasearch engines are tools which allow you to access a number (usually a half-dozen or more) search engines at the same time. Also, some of these engines allow you to enter your search term in the form of a "real language" question. –Ask Jeeves –Meta Crawler –DogpileDogpile

Search Engines for Children Sometimes you may want to know that the search engine will only come back with sites which are "child safe." The engines listed below will all filter out sites with adult content or sites that contain information irrelevant to children. –YahooligansYahooligans –KidsClickKidsClick –MamamediaMamamedia –Ask Jeeves for Kids

Subject Guides Subject guides are not technically search engines. Rather, they are collections of links to websites. These links are organized around categories and subjects defined by the author of the subject guide. –Yahoo (lots of categories for all sorts of subjects) –Kathy Schrock's Guide to the Internet (a great source of K-12 related links) –Northern LightsNorthern Lights

Boolean Searches Used to get exactly what you are looking for. –And –Not –Or –“Quotation Marks” Examples

Curriculum Resources Kathy Schrock’s guide for educators Web 66 Scholastic Network

WebQuests Definition: An inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet. Developed by Bernie Dodge, Professor of Educational Technology, San Diego State University

WebQuests Continued Useful for teaching any subject at any grade level Learners surf the Internet with a clear task in mind

Projects Key Pals/E-Pals The Monster Exchange

Scavenger Hunts What Is A Scavenger Hunt: –A Scavenger Hunt is a game where you have to find pieces of information or a list of items. You then search for the items in a given domain. In this case, the domain is the Internet. –Example Scavenger HuntsExample Scavenger Hunts

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