METS 2014 finding information
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This document provides information on searching for and using online information. It discusses various search engines that are suitable for students, such as Sweetsearch, Refseek, and DuckDuckGo. It also covers strategies for conducting effective searches on Google using operators like site:, ", -, and .... Examples are provided for searching the Irish Times and finding a PDF article on primary school athletics. The document concludes by noting that the world will be run by "synthesisers" who can put together the right information critically and make wise choices.
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METS 2014 finding information
- 1. Searching for and using online information Seán Gallagher PDST Technology in Education www.pdst.ie www.pdsttechnologyineducation.ie @sgpdst Where is all the knowledge we lost with information? T.S. Eliot
- 3. Search for the answers! • What film company gave George Lucas his first job? • Who founded the company? • Where was he from? • The father of which Irish President was executed for gun-running on the Asgard? • Name the sea stack just off Downpatrick Head in North Mayo?
- 4. Comprehension strategies • Lost by the convenience of search engines?
- 7. Primary sources • Journals • Newspapers • Magazines
- 9. Dictionary on demand • Embedded sound files • Can be added directly to a browser
- 10. www.focloir.ie • Canuintà • Connacht; Mumhan; Uladh
- 11. How to search
- 12. • Trusted source • Reference the source • Start with one source initially
- 13. www.scoilnet.ie
- 14. • Age appropriate resources • Factual information; related multimedia and interactivity • Text to speech for reluctant readers • Double click a word to initiate inbuilt dictionary • Learn the skills of searching safely
- 15. Search engines for students • www.sweetsearch.com • www.refseek.com • duckduckgo.com • www.instagrok.com
- 16. GETTING THE MOST OUT OF GOOGLE
- 17. Conducting a well-executed search on Google Using search ‘operators’ can lead to more specific results. We will explore some of the more useful ones now!
- 18. Operators • Use ‘site:’ followed by a website name to confine your search to a given site • Use ‘~’ followed by a search term to find related words • Use quotations marks “ “ around words to search for use of those words together • Use ‘-’ followed by a search term to exclude that term from the search • Use ‘…’ between parameters to return searches from that range
- 19. Search for Irish Times articles in relation to Junior Cycle reform in secondary schools but without reference to Leaving Certificate – confine it from 2011 to 2014
- 20. Possibility
- 22. More operators Search for a specific filetype by using ‘filetype:’ followed by the extension to specify the file required – pdf, doc, docx etc Use ‘intitle:’ followed by a search item to return a search with specified title items Use ‘*’ followed by a search item to return a search of terms that are similar
- 23. Another example… Find an article in pdf format detailing primary school athletics
- 25. Google Scholar Library of reference material Cite
- 26. Other functions Definitions – define: Calculator – operation in search box Unit converter – directly in search box
- 27. Comprehension strategies • Lost by the convenience of search engines?
- 28. Conclusion We are drowning in information, while starving in for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesisers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely…….. E.O Wilson