Google just launched its new Search Education hub. The site offers access to leveled lesson plans for K-12, search activities from AGoogleADay, and an archive of previous webinars. The search literacy lessons are aligned to three sets of standards: AASL, ISTE NETS-S and the Common Core State Standards and are organized by level of search [...]
On Monday, Google launched its Solve for X project–a forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork. Solve for X talks address three criteria. They must highlight a huge problem present a concrete solution that could make a radical impact explain breakthrough science and technology that could enable this solution The videos archived [...]
When I watched Google’s recent video on the Evolution of Search, I found myself looking back nostalgically. But not in the way I was supposed to. I realized that my goals for student inquiry and information seeking are different from Google’s goals for user question answering. That we see our end user’s needs differently. And [...]
This month Clive Thompson addressed Why Johnny Can’t Search in November’s Wired. He also pointed to the importance of librarians teaching Johnny critical search skills. Thompson reported on research conducted by College of Charleston business professor Bing Pan, designed to assess college students’ search skills. Pan and his team found that the students generally relied on [...]
Google launched its 3D digital bookcase as a Chrome experiment this week. The WebGL Bookcase, is a virtual rotating book spinner containing nearly 11,000 Google Books titles organized into 28 subject areas. According to the Official Google Blog: As digital designers, we often think about how to translate traditional media into a virtual space. Recently, [...]
It’s been around since February, but I just discovered Google’s Search Education Evangelism site, a space dedicated to improving the skills of searchers from middle school through adult. For teachers librarians, it’s a rich source of instructional content for use with young learners and with colleagues in professional development. Lessons fit into four categories: General [...]
During my presentations I always try to provide a little update on the world of search. And folks often ask, how did you discover that? One of several things that separates TLs from other techie types in our buildings is our interest in things searchy. I want to function as a scout in that arena. [...]
Google recently introduced a couple of new tools that might come in very handy in the coming school year. 1. A Google a Day is a daily search challenge that serves up warm-up activities and should inspire discussion around developing search strategies. Though I live to design instruction that supports content area instructional needs, this [...]
And another one bites the dust. (See Alas, poor learners . . .your Wonder Wheel is Gone!) On Wednesday, the Unofficial news and tips about Google blog led me to the sad news that Google Directory [was] no longer available. Now, some may think that Google’s second service–launched in 2000 after the search engine itself [...]
Gary Price’s SearchEngineLand post says it’s official: Google’s Wonder Wheel is dead. According to Gary: The spokesperson said that the search tool was removed due to the “initial stage” of the Google site redesign announced earlier this week. The new search interface features a smaller logo and links moved to the top and bottom edges [...]
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