Beyond Search - iSummit

Beyond SearchLucy Gray

University of Chicago

Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Search

Search

Advanced Search

Search Curriculum for Students

Book Search

Scholar

News

Custom Search



Google’s Mission

“Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible

and useful.”


Google Philosophy


http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html


Google Philosophy

Focus on the user and all else will follow.




Google Philosophy


It’s best to do one thing really, really well.




Google Philosophy



Fast is better than slow.




Google Philosophy




Democracy on the web works.




Google Philosophy




Democracy on the web works.

You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer.




Google Philosophy




Google Philosophy

You can make money without doing evil.

There’s always more information out there.

The need for information crosses all borders.

You can be serious without a suit.

Great isn’t just good enough.





Google For Educators Sitehttp://www.google.com/educators/index.html


http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

Think About...

How can I apply this for my own professional productivity?

How can I incorporate these tools and strategies into classroom instruction?

How can I help students develop a digital work flow using these tools and strategies?


Web Searchhttp://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html


http://www.google.co.uk/help/features.html


Web Searchhttp://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html

Define words

Find synonyms

Convert currency

Track Flights

Perform Calculations

Look up weather forecast

Locate movie information

Find stock prices

Tell time

Track a package

Find an area code

Look up a patent number

Find out sports scores

Look up earthquake data









Book Searchhttp://books.google.com/


http://books.google.com


Book Searchhttp://books.google.com/

“Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them.”

About Google Book Search

Add Google Book Search to your site

Google Book Search - News & Views

Explore Shakespeare with Google

My Library




http://books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html

http://books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html

https://services.google.com/inquiry/books_email?hl=en




http://books.google.com/googlebooks/newsviews/




http://books.google.com/googlebooks/shakespeare/

http://books.google.com/googlebooks/shakespeare/

http://books.google.com/books?as_list=BDQDQKp4QgKCr8fn7-MDFARoU2sTi5zHJ4B-hDduGKqas1OSfhbU

http://books.google.com/books?as_list=BDQDQKp4QgKCr8fn7-MDFARoU2sTi5zHJ4B-hDduGKqas1OSfhbU

Search Curriculum

Google For Educators - Web Search


http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html







http://books.google.com/books?id=i0FEAAAAIAAJ&q=The+Long+Night+Goodbye&dq=The+Long+Night+Goodbye&pgis=1

http://books.google.com/books?id=i0FEAAAAIAAJ&q=The+Long+Night+Goodbye&dq=The+Long+Night+Goodbye&pgis=1


Google Scholarhttp://scholar.google.com/

About Google Scholar

Search scholarly works

Find highly cited works and trackback to other paper

Search a particular institution’s collection


http://scholar.google.com

http://scholar.google.com

http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/about.html

http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/about.html





Newshttp://news.google.com/


http://news.google.com/


http://news.google.com


Newshttp://news.google.com/

Search thousands of publications

Use in conjunction with Google Reader via RSS feed

Archives

Custom news searches and personalized news page

Blog search

Comments by people in the news

Quotes























Custom Search Enginehttp://www.google.com/coop/cse/


http://www.google.com/coop/cse/




Custom Search Enginehttp://www.google.com/coop/cse/

Formerly known as Google Co-op

Roll your own search engine using pre-selected sites

Embed on your website and blog

Bookmark sites directly to list of web sites

Others can can contribute to the web sites search

Examples:

My Search Engines






http://www.google.com/coop/manage/cse/

http://www.google.com/coop/manage/cse/





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Resources

Google For Educators - Web Search

Google Teacher Academy Search handout




http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dfzj36ng_1151g46jpvdv&revision=_latest

http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dfzj36ng_1151g46jpvdv&revision=_latest