1 / 40

Fifth grade Internet search engines and searching

Fifth grade Internet search engines and searching. Already? Mrs. R. rules!!. How do you find info on the Internet?. Enter a word or words into a search engine. Search engines. Search engines work by using Keyword searching. Search engines.

lydie
Download Presentation

Fifth grade Internet search engines and searching

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Fifth grade Internet search engines and searching Already? Mrs. R. rules!!

  2. How do you find info on the Internet? • Enter a word or words into a search engine

  3. Search engines • Search engines work by using Keyword searching

  4. Search engines • Search engines look in Internet web sites for whatever word or words you enter

  5. But you have to Think first!!

  6. What words do you choose? • If you don’t put in enough words, you get Too muny sites, some about other meanings of a word

  7. If you put in too many words • You get too few results, and results may be confusing

  8. And if you put in the wrong word • You get garbage

  9. Keyword search • You type in a word…

  10. Keyword search • And you get zillions of hits!!

  11. Weasel pup!! • That’s way too many sites to try to find anything you want!!!

  12. So, what can you do? • Use a smaller search engine

  13. Other search engines • Yes, there are other search engines besides Yahoo and Google

  14. There are special search engines • For kids!

  15. Quintura for kids • All sites are screened by volunteers • Suggests other keywords you might search for

  16. Ask for kids • You are supposed to be able to use “natural language”, or a regular question • It doesn’t always work right!

  17. Nettrekker • Search results give you more information about the site

  18. AOL for kids--KOL • Not as good for research • Has some homework helpers

  19. Kidsclick! • A search engine made by librarians • Can be a subject or keyword search • Also can search alphabetically

  20. Whenever you work online • Try to figure out if the site is • Reliable • Accurate • Current • Understandable

  21. Study the URL “address” • http: www.somebody.abc What kind of site is it Who made the site

  22. When you are at the site • Try to find out the author/producer of the site—are they qualified? • How recent is the site? When was it updated? • Are there spelling and grammar mistakes?

  23. And what if you still can’t find what you are looking for?

  24. So, what else can you do? • Use another source (online encyclopedia, Badgerlink) • Redo your search

  25. To be a better searcher… • Choose the right size search engine or information source for your question

  26. For a simple or general question • World Book online • Kidsclick • Aolatschool.com • Askkids

  27. For a more detailed question • World Book Online • nettrekker • Yahoo

  28. For a complicated or very precise question • Google • Alltheweb.com • Yahoo • Badgerlink

  29. And always… • Put information in your own words • Give credit to where you found the information (bibliography)

  30. Goodbye!

More Related