1. FS Unit 6: Lesson 8 Module 2 Teacher's Manual
What do you think?
How could you help me as the teacher locate useful websites for our class?
1. Begin by saying: “Let’s activate our learning today!”
2. Watch the YouTube video option (
3. Ask if anyone has any questions about the previous module, then ask How could you help me as the teacher locate useful websites for our class?
4. Tell them that in this module they are going to learn how to search the internet effectively.
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2. FS Unit 6: Lesson 8 Module 2 Teacher's Manual
Tip #1: Use unique, specific keywords
Tip #2: Use the minus operator ( - ) to narrow your search
Tip #3: Use quotation marks for exact phrases
Tip #4: Don’t use capitalization or punctuation
Tip #5: Use the tilde ( ~ ) operator
Tip #6: Use define: Command
Tip #7: Use site: Command
Tip #8: Use All-in-title Command
Tip #9: Maximize Auto Fill to Complete Your Query
Tip #10: Combine Commands and Operators
1. Have students open the Internet, and direct them to and open: Student Workbook 115 Top Ten Internet Search Tips.
2. Review the Top Ten Internet Search Tips.
3. Have students complete the areas on SW115. Monitor the class as students to complete and/or record results for Abraham Lincoln. Offer students options for completing the searches by allowing them to self-select a topic for the search activity.
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SW#115
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3. FS Unit 6: Lesson 8 Module 2 Teacher's Manual
Use the term filetype: to limit searches to specific document types.
For example, typing Abraham Lincoln filetype:docx would only return results of 2013 MS Word™ documents.
Try using the following file types and record the number of results.
ppt (PowerPoint),
xls (Excel),
pdf (Adobe).
If time permits, introduce students to another search operator, the “file type” operator.
1. Explain that the “file type” operator limits search results based on a specific file type. For example, “file type:docx” would only return results of 2013 MS Word documents.
2. As an extension activity, you can have students perform two or three “file type” searches on a list of topics you create or let the students decide which types.
3. Remind them that they can also search for images by using the suffixes; .jpg; .png; .tif; .gif; etc.
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