This week you will share your experiences (maybe frustrations) trying out the different types of search strategies and showing understanding of how each one works. Happy Surfing🏄
Through my experiment using different search strategies I began to find searching to be easy. A lot of the strategies that were shared by Professor Freeman were strategies that I had no idea about. I started to experiment with the different strategies by putting quotes and using advanced search which is field searching. I personally would rather advanced search because it helps get specific results for exactly what one is looking for. I can pick key words and whether I want those keywords to appear in the title or URL. I can also say what words I don't want to appear in my search which I think it is pretty cool. I can put what domain I want to use which is .edu most of the time so that helps narrow my search down and even eliminates time that is wasted trying to find a reliable site. I also like that I can select when I prefer the site was last updated because I find myself looking for current information but unsure how to make it easier.
I used the advanced search for one of my other classes in which I am implementing the project approach into a lesson. I was able to put in my key words along with the age level I am targeting and the domain I wanted which was .edu. I even put that I wanted the words to appear in the title. This search found me the exact site I need to help me understand more about project approaches, examples, and how to implement one in the classroom.
"Boolean uses AND, OR, and NOT as a way to link words and phrases for more precise searches" (USC, 2014). To use Boolean strategies one would put the word AND/OR/NOT into their search depending on what specifics they want. Using AND in the search will help narrow the results as will have the exact key words one uses. Using OR expands one's search in a way that the search engine will find results that include either or all of the keywords. Using NOT will bring up results with all the keywords except the word/words that one puts after the NOT. Personally, I prefer doing the field searches through advanced search because I can put it all in and it does the work for me. I don't have to worry about knowing where to put a certain phrase or anything else.
I enjoyed reading your post this week. I enjoyed reading what you had to say in regards to the information presented this week. I enjoyed reading your summary for the information this week and how you felt about it. I liked reading about the information that you picked out. I agree with you that after experimenting with the different searching strategies, searching became easier. I found that the strategies that were mentioned helped narrow down the result to exactly what I wanted. It made it to where I did not have to look through so many results. Why did it make it easier for you? What about the strategies made searching easier for you? What hard part did it eliminate for you? I honestly had no idea about some of the strategies as well. The strategies mentioned were new to me and I am glad that I am not the only one. These are strategies I wish I had known about when I was in high school because it would have made some of my papers easier. I agree that I would rather use Google advanced because it gets more specific results. It helps narrow it down and makes it easier to find the information I am looking for. What do you like most about Google advanced? What aspect do you enjoy the mot about it? I agree that finding current information is hard and Google advanced make it easier. If it always a bummer when you find good information and then find out that the site has not been updates recently. I agree that Google advanced is easier because it does all the work for me. It makes it easier. This was a great post this week
Cierra- I am not very familiar with other search engines besides Google and Google scholar. I get confused when I have to use quotation marks and a plus or minus sign to narrow down a search.You are right, I think that this just has to be worked with to figure out the best way use the advanced search. Hopefully once we use it for a while it will become easier to use. It was interesting to learn about Boolean Operators, what it is and how it works. I agree with you though, using the advanced search does seem easier. That way the AND,OR, NOT, or AND NOT don't have the chance of being put in the wrong spot in the search.
Cierra, I agree that advanced searches makes finding results much easier. It is a quicker and easier way to find specific information without having to sort through a ton of sources. I never knew about the advance search through google. I am going to start using it from now on. All the different ways to narrow down searches was something I learned about awhile back and had forgotten about.
I also did not know about a lot of the ways to search as discussed by Professor Freeman. I knew that there were some special keys that could be used to help narrow down searches, but didn't know what they were or how to use them. I also found a lot of the information about searching to be very useful. I can see how helpful google advanced is. I also agree that I would rather use google advanced, rather than using the long-hand version in the basic search engine. Google advanced definitely does make searching easier. That's great that you have already had the chance to use these knew skills for another course. I haven't needed to use them yet, but I know I definitely will need to use them at some point. Not only is this kind of searching useful for school assignments, but also for work. During my assignments this week, I found a lot of really useful teacher websites using these search strategies. I will definitely be using this to help me lesson plan for my various studies. Kaylee
Hi Cierra I enjoyed reading your post and how much the google advance search helped you in another class. This was also something new for me to I didn't even know about an advance way to search for things. I just assume that you just had to be detail when typing what you wanted to look for in google. I do feel that having more options to close the search bar to find exactly what you want is better this way you aren't wasting time reading things that has nothing to do in what you really need.
Great post! I agree with you the resources we received this week was very informative. I've learned a lot and there's much more that I just don't understand. You were blessed to have been introduced to advance searches in your prior class. Moreover, my technology knowledge is basic. I know how to use the basic functions of the computer to complete my desired goals. After this class is over I'll be looking through my notes for assistance on my newly acquired skills. Lastly, the Boolean method is very new for me. However, it's a good strategy.
Cierra, I think a lot of us learned new ways to search the internet that we didn’t know about before. It’s interesting to know that we can still learn effective ways to properly use the internet. I’m glad to see that you are already able to put some of these new strategies into play with your other courses. Using advance search is definitely something that I will be using myself.
I do not know about anyone else, but I feel like searching the Web is ‘new’ to me after reading the Bare Bones pages by Ellen Chamberlain (2014) on the University of South Carolina Library site. That is a bit concerning considering I have been using the Internet to search for any number of things over the last 25 years or so. Yet, I have come to realize that I could have avoided many of those very frustrating moments when I am fed up with not being able to find what I am actually looking for. What I needed then was this very handy and informative Web site from USC on how to proficiently search the Internet using any number of searching tips and search engines available.
According to the Bare Bones tutorial (2014), Yahoo! is a subject directory that can be used to locate subject area information. Google is a major search engine that is good for locating specific information; there are also specialized databases that work well for specific searches. When conducting a search, one wants to avoid using “stop words,” words that are ignored when searching, to improve the quality of your search (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 6). Personally, I have never heard of “stop words” before reading these pages, so I am happy to now have a better understanding of what search engines focusing on when they are asked to locate information.
Another helpful tip from the tutorial is to type the most important terms first and to use at least three keywords that are nouns or objects but not common words. Additional tips included using AND, OR and NOT (ANDNOT) operators when conducting a Boolean search. Using AND or ‘+sign’ will tell the search engine to narrow the search to documents and pages that include all of the keywords; OR with the words in parentheses tell the search engine to reveal documents and pages that have either or both keywords; and NOT (ANDNOT) or ‘-sign’ limits a search to only the first keyword and not any words following it (Chamberlain, 2014, lessons 7-8).
Additional tips to make ones search more productive include Nesting (i.e., using parentheses). This is when one combines several keywords or phrases into one search statement using more than one Boolean operator. Double quotation marks around a phrase, written in lowercase, will ensure the words are searched for exactly as they are written (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 7). One may also choose to conduct a field search, looking for information in an exact location such as the title, domain, host, URL, or link. A title search will result in documents with the keywords or phrase in the title; a host search will locate and retrieve information from a specific computer or server; a URL search will bring you information from a file that has the file name in the URL; and a link search will result in web pages that carry links to a specific page that may be of interest to you. Conducting a domain search means looking for information about or produced by a particular institution such as edu – eduation, com – commercial business, gov – government, mil – military, net – networks & ISPs, and org – non-profit organization (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 9).
Again, this is all very good information that I wish I had known about many years ago. I have every intention of using these tips for every search, personal and professional, from now on. I am certain there will be more than enough practice with the assignment for this week. As an educator, I can see how introducing these search strategies to students will be beyond helpful for them. Being able to conduct a productive search proficiently is beneficial for narrowing down search results to the most relevant information and perhaps bypassing some of the most harmful information on the Internet.
Reference: Chamberlain, E. (2014). Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web. (M. Hanes-Ramos, Editor) Retrieved October 7, 2019, from USC Beaufort Library: http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml
Hello Jocelyn, I conquer with you with feeling like we’ve been ‘correctly’ re-introduced to the internet to allow precise searches for personal or professional use. I remember when I was originally introduced to the intranet for inner office work only. In which the system then required you to use the “And, Or, and Stop” words to retrieve in house work information. Since the internet offers unlimited access to information, I’m glad the digital literacy programing has simplified our keyword searches. Now that I have learned about Google ‘Advance’, which I did not know existed, I will use it more often for assistance with research papers. Especially for use with creating ideas for classroom worksheet assignments for my future students to use when inquiring research projects. The way you address the other area to conduct searches through Boolean or with specific domains just explains how much information BONES really was hiding in the closet. Great post.
I absolutely agree with you that it seems like searching the web is a whole "new" idea since getting all of this information. I did not know that there was so many ways to narrow down your search! I have done numerous research papers using google over the years. It would have been very useful to have learned this information earlier on in order to make searching easier. Using google advanced, and knowing how to use it, can eliminate so much "junk" that is not needed to go through. I also found it useful to know that the different search engines should be used for different kinds of searches. That is definitely useful to know as well. I wonder why teachers never really taught us how to search. Even in High School when the teachers taught us how to write research papers, I would think it would have also been useful to really teach us how to search the web as well. I can see this being very useful information to pass on to future students. I teach Pre-K, so this would be too much information for them. However, I can see teaching this to older children. Although this information really would have helped in the past, I know it now and will absolutely use it for conducting future searches for research assignments as well as for when I need information for work.
Jocelyn, I agree that searching the internet has completely changed for me after this week. We learned so many new ways to appropriately search for information and be most effective with it. I think google advance is something that I will begin to use more consistently. The different ways that we learned to get the most accurate results was very helpful. The Boolean search strategy is probably one I will begin to use daily.
Jocelyn, I will have to agree with you, searching the Internet does seem new. As I read the Bare Bones article, I found myself taking notes because there was so many things I was not aware of. It is quite funny to me that before taking this course, I actually considered myself to be tech-savvy. I am not starting to second guess myself and my technological abilities. As you mentioned, the information that we learned this week is so beneficial and crucial. I also wish that I knew about it sooner. The greatest positive in this situation is that we now know this information and can teach it to the students that we work with so that they are not in our shoes. Brandy
The main search engine I have been using over the years is Google. In the last few years while in college I have used Google scholar to get information for writing papers. I did not know there was an advanced search and then in the advanced search it can be narrowed down even more. For assignment 4 Task 1 we did an advanced search with certain words were typed in the search bar of either ‘all of these words’ or ‘none of these words’ which could narrow or widen the number of items searched for. A term searched for was Boolean Operators which I had never heard of before but found out it was really very simple. Boolean Operators are simple words (AND, OR, NOT, or AND NOT) used as conjunctions to combine or exclude keywords in a search, resulting in more focused and productive results. (library.alliant.edu) I wish I had a class back in junior high or high school about advanced searches and how to use them. It could have made finding information for writing papers much easier as I would have been able to type in key words and not have to search through pages to find educational material. According to the University of South Carolina Beaufort Library article, “it is always a good idea to think about your search before you begin. Create a strategy in your head by asking yourself this question: What do I want to do? 1) Browse, 2) Locate a specific page of information, or 3) Retrieve everything I can on the subject.” (sc.edu, 2014). This strategy is good when writing research papers and you know your topic. You can use the advanced search and quickly get valuable information by using an exact phrase with quotation marks and/or a plus/minus sign. Domain was not exactly a new term, as I had heard of the word many times before but didn’t exactly know what it meant or couldn’t remember and had heard it called domain name as well. Simply, it is the part after the https:// or the name of the website. While the domain suffexes are .com, .gov, .edu, .org, or .net
Chamberlain, E. (2014, October). Bare Bones Lesson 6: Creating a Search Strategy. Retrieved from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson6.shtml.
I enjoyed reading your post this week. I enjoyed reading what you had to say regarding the prompt. I enjoyed reading your summary and opinions on some things as well. I did not see many posts from classmates, and I am not sure why. I am glad that the amount of people that posted did post so there is something to respond to. I am the same way as you. The main thing I have used for years is Google as well. I use it on my computer and on my phone. I do because I feel like it gives better results and it is laid out in a way that is easier to understand better than most other search engines. It is also the one that I grew up knowing because it is the biggest one. Why is Google the one you go to? What makes you disregard other search engines? I am not experienced with Google scholar. I have used it a few times in school, but not that much. I used it a couple times for one class, but not since then. What do you like most about it? Does it give good and reliable results? I have heard of Google advanced before this class, but never used it. I am in the same boat as you in a way. I do agree that it narrows down the searches so much more. This makes it easier to find what you need. Did you find it easy to use? I have never heard of Boolean Operators before this class either. The term is new to me and I am glad that I am not the only one. I also agree that the advanced search should have been taught in high school. I feel like it would have helped with a lot of homework assignments. I like that you bring up thinking about your search before you begin. I do because one should think about and know what they are trying to find. What happens when the search is not thought of beforehand? Domain was not a new term for me as well. However, id di not realize how many domains there was. I knew of the major ones, but there are ones that I neve knew existed. Did you discover new ones? This was a great post this week.
Jensen, I like you have always used Google. This is the first time hearing of Google advance search. It makes searching for information using key words and phrases much easier. The search results get narrowed down, making finding information on specific topics easier.
Hello Jensen. I completely agree with you on the part of why wasn't using advance search in google taught while being in high school why as adults are we learning about it now. Do high school children today even know about it now. When I want to search for things I never really pay attention to how I can make the search easier I would just put in what I wanted and look at everything till I found it. But this class has shown me that there is an easier way to search and in this we don't have to get frustrated at the same time. Ashley
Hey Jensen, I can relate to what you said, because for the longest time I have used Google as my main search engine. It's just the fastest and easiest way to search things. I agree with you and I wish I would have known about all these great searching tips back when I was in high school. I think the Google advance is a great tool to use when looking things up, especially for a paper. I wish I could have known about that a long time ago, but I'm glad I know about it now. I feel like this class has already taught me new things that I didn't know about and that will continue to help me throughout my education. I guess I just never really thought about how search engines have more than just going to Google and searching things. Now I know that there are certain words or phrases that can help with searching the internet. Lili
Hi Jensen, I can relate to your post because I have been using Google search for a very long time. I first started out using Ask.com a lot and even then I felt as though I was getting all the answers then until I had to find something that Ask couldn’t give me the answer to but google did. Google advanced search was something created that helped many of us. Advanced search helped us to narrow things down. It is great to know that you were able to experience that.
I have not heard of Google Scholar but I do agree with you that these techniques should have been taught in high school. Learning these techniques in high school would have prepared us better for researching in college. Do you see yourself using Google Advanced in the future for your classes? Do you think Google Advanced is easier than typing in the specifics such as the quotation marks and the words NOT, AND, or OR in the search field? Thank you for sharing.
Jensen, I am really glad I'm not the only one! I had heard about google advanced search but really did not know just how helpful and how narrow it could make your search. How do you feel this would have changed you as a student in highschool, and how do you think this knowledge will help you as a teacher?
Jensen, Similar to you, Google has always been my go to whenever I need to conduct searches. I think it is so simple to just type what I need in the tool box, click enter, and the rest is history. As I learned about using Google Advanced and Boolean searches, I thought to myself how new and foreign the concepts seemed. I understand why we want to use Google Advanced, but it seems easier to go about it the old way. I also wish that these concepts were taught to us when we were in middle and high school, possibly even elementary. I think about how far I have come on my college journey and how much more simpler it could have been conducting research if I had these tools beforehand. I think it will take some time for me to master and get used to using Google Advanced and Boolean searches, but in the long run it will ensure narrow, relevant, and reliable results. Brandy
It might seem that searching for information is pretty easy and basic, as you can just type a few simple keywords. However, the results can vary depending on what keywords you put into the search engine. Chamberlain (2014) states, “it’s always a good idea to think about your search before you begin” (para 1). I think this is great advice because you really need to think about what kind of search you are doing as well as what kind of keywords would be best to use for your search. Both the video and the article discuss a lot of important concepts about conducting a search that not a lot of people would think of. I already knew there were a few things you could do to narrow down your search, but didn’t really know the commands. I also knew about google advanced, but definitely did not understand how to utilize it properly until after watching the assigned video. I thought it was actually pretty neat to practice using the search engine as directed in the video. I learned a lot about how to better conduct a search through using the different techniques in google advanced. I also learned the long-handed way of doing the same type of searches, but it is much easier to just use google advanced. I think you can get a lot more research done, quicker, by using these techniques. The URL search was interesting to me because people aren’t always sure about a specific site or URL when conducting a search. However, I can see how it would be useful. If you do have a specific site in mind that you know is reliable and you would like to find your information in that site, it makes finding the information you need within that site much easier. Rather than going to the site and navigating through it yourself, you can conduct your search by inputting the specific site into google advanced along with your keywords. Then, any information on that topic within the site should pop up in the results. I found the domain search interesting as well because it allows you to just but the ending part of a site (.edu, .com, etc). I can see this being useful if you want only certain sites with certain domains to be available. The phrase search is great as well because you can make sure to get a specific phrase in your results. I actually didn’t think about the fact that when you just put keywords, it doesn’t mean that those words will pop up in the results together as you typed it. Searching an exact phrase makes sure to only pull results that have the words you put together. The OR search allows you to find information about a couple different subjects at once. You get a lot more results during this search, but it can still be beneficial. I found all of the searches to be very beneficial and I can see myself using the information I learned this week for future research assignments, or just any time I need to conduct a search in general.
References
Chamberlain, E. (2014). The University of South Carolina Beaufort. Retrieved from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson6.shtml.
Kaylee- It would seem that doing a search would be easy. I did a search about numbers for grade school studetns earlier and a few of the results were something about accountants which didn't pertain to me or my topic. I had not used the advanced search before so the Task 1 assignment was helpful. It told you which words would need to be in quotation marks or use a plus or minus sign. I feel like with the advanced search though, you have to use specific words or phrases. Good information this week.
Good-evening Kaylee! Great post! I'm the person that thought searching the web was easy. Well let me just say, I was sadly mistaken. When you're searching the internet for reliable information it's vitally important for you verify your sources to ensure that you are getting specific information. Although, I've learned a lot of new information this week, I still need time to process it all. Although I have learned various ways on how to search the web, I'll need to master these new skills so that I can implement them effectively.
I have never really looked at the large number of results I get during my searches. I do find myself playing around with the key words in my searches to find the website or information I am looking for. Since learning about Google Advanced I have been able to narrow my search down and find my information easier and quicker. I don't spend so much time researching as I used to. That's great that you now understand how to utilize Google Advanced in a way that benefits you. Thank you for sharing.
This week we learned about the different ways to search the web. We learned about how keywords can be used and how things are done. We learned how to use an OR, EXACT PHRASE, TITLE, URL, DOMAIN, and HOST search. In this post I am going to go over what I learned from the video that was created and the article that was assigned. I found that there are two ways to do searches. One way is the old fashioned way with certain keys on the keyboard and the other way is google advanced. When doing any type of type for search, the search engine goes off of the keywords that are entered (Freeman, 2018) When one does an OR search, the search engine takes the key words that are entered in the main box and looks for them in the title, URL, or description (Freeman, 2018). The search engine also takes into account the words that are entered in the “all of these words” box (Freeman, 2018). For example, if one wanted to look for the life cycle of frogs or toads, then they should type “the life cycle” for the keywords and “frogs or toads” in the “all of these words section” (Freeman, 2018). This is how this is done using google advanced, but there is the old fashioned way. The old fashioned way involves simply going to google and putting the word “or” between the two words (USC Beaufort Library, 2014). For example, one would simple type “the life cycle of toads or frogs.” When one does an exact phrase search, the search engine takes the phrase that is put in and looks for it within a bunch of different sites (Freeman, 2018). When using google advanced, the person should put the exact phrase in the box that says, “This exact words or phrase” (Freeman, 2018). The old fashioned way is simply putting quotation marks around the exact phrase when typing it into google (USC Beaufort Library, 2014). When one does a title search they should use google advanced. When doing this search the search engine look for the keywords in the title of the website. Google advanced should also be used for a URL search and when this is done that search engine looks for the keywords in the URL. Google advanced should also be used for a domain and host search. A domain search tells the search engine what type of domain to look for the keywords in. For example, the search engine would look for the domain .edu in everything when doing a domain search. When doing a host search the search engine will look for keywords in a certain site that is entered (Freeman, 2018). A few other facts I learned is that search engines go out and account for every word on every webpage and then organizes what it finds into results (Freeman, 2018). When doing searches, I like to use google advanced. I feel like google advanced is easier to understand and follow. I also feel like the old fashioned way takes a longer time and it is more time consuming. I feel like google advanced is easier because it lays out everything for you. I will use google advanced over the old fashioned way all the time.
References
The University of South Carolina Beaufort. (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 10, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
Freeman, S. (2018, May 7). LOOKING STUFF UP! Retrieved October 10, 2019, from https://prezi.com/uqtsrdwijocs/looking-stuff-up/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy.
After watching the Prezi presentation, I remembered learning how to search and narrow my search by adding quotation marks and more descriptive words in high school. But I had completely forgotten that I even learned that until now. Using key words to help narrow down your search. The more keywords you use, the more it narrows down the results to the information I am looking for. When narrowing down searches, the titles of the searches will have all the keywords you are using in the search bar. When you want to expand your search you can use the word "or" to widen the search to more information. When searching for specific things, use exact phrases to narrow the search down to the exact information and specifics you are looking for. You can even specify where you want to find the key words you are using in either the title and or URL of the sources. This can narrow down your results by the key words not just showing up in the description on a page for something unrelated. When using Google advance, it offers different ways to search up your key words. You can specify if you are looking for these words in the title, URL, if you want specific words or phrases searched for. It offers a more precise way to search, unlike the old fashioned way of just throwing key words into the search bar and hoping for the best. The University of South Carolina Beaufort. (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 10, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
Freeman, S. (2018, May 7). LOOKING STUFF UP! Retrieved October 10, 2019, from https://prezi.com/uqtsrdwijocs/looking-stuff-up/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy.
Victoria, I like the way you summarized this weeks information. It was streamlined and mostly easy to follow. I feel all it missed was taking about the use of and/or in searches, otherwise it was a fantastic summary!
Reflection: I had never heard of google advance search before this course. It was such an easy way to narrow my searches down and find sources that were specific to what I was looking for. It would be a huge asset it learn and know about for any student.
Hello Victoria, I enjoyed reading your blog this week, with your thoughts on this week’s material. I think you organized your ideas very well to understand your summary of different search strategies for reliable sources of information. I agree with you that Google search advance made the search a lot easier to find the source of information need. I like how I was able to type certain words or phrases to complete my spreadsheet this week. Before I learned about Google search advance my research use to be dreadful, and stressful because I would have to look or search through so many different sources of information. To find the reliable sources, that I need to complete a paper or assignment. Great blog, thank you for sharing. Felisha “
Professor Freeman’s prezi was a great recap of search strategies I learned in high school and still use today. It is important to remember these strategies when doing research and even in lesson planning. I can’t tell you how often an exact phrase search has made my life so easy. When it comes down to it, the search engine of your choice looks up the keywords you type in and searches the web for websites that have matching words. In an OR search, the advance engine is sent to look for one word or another, in the video example it was the life cycle of a toad OR a frog. This is helpful when you need specific results, but between two words. An exact phrase search is when you put quotation marks around the keywords and the engine has to find words in that exact order, it can’t split them up. A title search is when you use the advance search to look for keywords specifically in the website title. Similar, a URL search tells the search engine to look for keywords specifically in the URL of a webpage. A domain search looks for keywords in the selected domain only and a host search looks for keywords in the provided host website. Listed above is a bunch of ways to use google advanced search. I find this to be better than the typical/old fashioned search because it gives me more control over what I’m searching. When I do an old fashion search the engine looks through any portion of the webpage and brings back any site that contains any of the keywords, sometimes billions of websites. I find I get more accurate results with google advanced search.
Hello Kassandra, I enjoyed reading your blog this week, with your thoughts on this week material. I think you organized your ideas very well to understand your summary on different search strategies for reliable sources of information. I also agree, with you that Professor Freeman’s prezi presentation was an interesting refresher to some of the older methods of researching for different material. I also enjoyed how google advance made my search this week, a lot easier to find required activities to add and update to my spread sheet this week. Great blog, thank you, for sharing. Felisha,
Hello Kassandra, I thought the presentation was very helpful. I had heard of prezi but had never done one or seen one. The videos and the information that was presented was a lot of new things that I didn't know. Now that I know how to use Google advance and that I have seen how helpful it is, I think I will be using it more. This type of search makes finding things much easier. Simple things such as "and, or" can really make a difference when searching. I'm going to keep this in mind for when I have to do searches on things. Lili
Whenever I need to search for something, I opened the internet browser Safari, typed in what I wanted and hit search. I've never really thought about it more than that. Therefore I didn't realize that there were other ways and more advanced ways to search for the information that I needed. If the result did not turn up what I was looking for, I would just add more descriptions until I either found what I was looking for or I gave up. After using Google for this class and seeing that there is much more to the search engine that I've blindly been using for years, it surprised me. At first, I thought it was going to be extremely difficult and I also wondered why there were so many sections. Were all these sections needed? However, I found that they were indeed useful and extremely helpful. Using keywords is important to better find what you are looking for. You never know what you may need to look up and having the ability to expand the search on Google can helpful. It can be especially helpful for a teacher because you want to have the answers at your fingertips to provide to the students when something unexpected is arrises. While watching the video, Professor Freeman showed examples of various searches and how detailed the results could get depending on how you searched. Finding more detailed information is important as the topic needs to be as relevant as possible. Using phase searching is adding quotation marks in the beginning and end of what you want to search. This allows you to search for a phrase and group of words. If you do do this process in advance search, you can add more words to narrow down the results to more specific results. We need to remember that we have multiple ways of looking things up so it makes sense to use them. It may be easier to just type in the search box and click but how much time do you spend after that finding specific things. The same time or less could be spent getting the results right the first time.
Reading the article on 'Bare Bones Lesson 6' has added valuable insight into many things that I had never heard about. If someone were to ask me about 'Stop Words', I would ask them to explain what are they talking about. Most search engines wouldn't realize these words, however; there is one that does and that is Google. A few examples of these words are ' a, about, an, and, are, as, at, be, by, from, how, I, in, is, it, of, on, or, that, the this, to, we, what, when, where, which, with'. Simple words that we use everyday can sidetrack a search. The article also gave seven statement tips for a better search 'be specific, Whenever possible, use nouns and objects as keywords,Put most important terms first in your keyword list; to ensure that they will be searched, put a +sign in front of each one,Use at least three keywords in your query, Combine keywords, whenever possible, into phrases, Avoid common words, e.g., water, unless they're part of a phrase, Think about words you'd expect to find in the body of the page, and use them as keywords, Write down your search statement and revise it before you type it into a search engine query box'. There are many ways to get the results you are looking for and this article does a great job of explaining how to get them.
Ashley, I agree with you. I have always just sort of mindlessly searched without much thought into what I was searching and what I wanted out of it. I really liked the google advance this week. How do you think this will change you as an educator, and do you see yourself using it beyond this class?
When we use the Web to search for something, it can seem like a vast ocean. Search engines help to turn oceans of information into small pools. With that being said, there are several search strategies that can be use when we want to find out information. To reduce the results, specific descriptions are needed with all searches. One basic shortcut when conducting searches with words that appear together or phrases, is to use quotations. Another shortcut when conducting a search with words that have the same meaning, is to use a minus sign. In addition to using these shortcut, there are specific searches that can be used to narrow results and get the needed information, both the old fashion way and using Google Advanced. Before beginning a search, it is a good idea to think about the search. According to the USC Beaufort Library, a search strategy can be created in your head by asking yourself “What do I want to do? Browse? Locate a specific piece of information? Retrieve everything I can on the subject?” (Chamberlain, 2014, p. 5). The answer to this question will help in determining how the search is conducted and what tools are used. A search statement should be used. According to the USC Beaufort Library, when creating a search statement, the following tips should be kept in mind: be specific, use nous and objects as keywords, put most important terms first in your keyword list; to ensure that they will be searched, put a +sign in front of each one, use at least three keywords in your query, combine keywords into phrases, avoid common words unless they are part of a phrase, and think about words you would expect to find in the body of the page and use them as keywords (Chamberlain, 2014, p. 5). With basic AND searches, it is important to use a keyword. According to the USC Beaufort Library the Boolean AND “actually narrows your search by retrieving only documents that contain every one of the keywords you enter” (Chamberlain, 2014, p. 6). When wanting to expand a search, OR searching can be use. According to the USC Beuafort Library the Boolean OR “expands your search by returning documents in which either or both keywords appear” (Chamberlain, 2014, p. 6). Using Google Advanced, the searcher would type the keyword in the any of these words field. To narrow down results, “Phrase” searching can be used. With this type of search, quotation marks are put around the exact word or phrase. Using Google Advanced, the keyword(s) would be typed in this exact word or phrase field. Field searching is another strategy that can be used. According to the USC Beaufort Library, field searching allows you to “specify exactly where you want the search engine to look in the Web document” (Chamberlain, 2014, p. 9). Field searching consists of: URL and Title searching, Host/Site searching, and Domain searching. Host/Site searching is convenient when you have a reliable site you want to use. Using Google Advanced, the address would be put in the site or domain field. Domain searching limits the field search if you are seeking information from a particular kind of site. For instance, the suffix .edu may be desired if you are researching education or .gov if you are looking for historical information.
I have conducted searches the old fashion way for a long time. After watching the videos,reading the required readings, and actually doing both searches, I feel like using Google Advanced simplifies the process. With Google Advanced helps to narrow results that are relevant and reliable. I think it is important to know how to conduct searches the old fashion way and will still use this method for some searches. All of the strategies mentioned this week definitely are useful when needing to find information.
The University of South Carolina Beaufort. (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 10, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
Hello Brandy, It’s funny how we reference our current searches as the “old fashion” way of searching the internet for information. I believe our student would think our “new found” way of searching would be titled “doing too much” or out dated for them, because of us teaching them how to narrow their searches. The discovery of Google Advance is a wonderful joy, but I’m still trying to work with the Boolean search site. Remembering to drag and drop the specific areas I want to search with is a work in progress on the Boolify Boolean site. Yet, to have students search with this engine it reduces any pop-up advertisements and it will surely cause them to appreciate how the “fast and I want it now” search engines came into existence.
Final Reflection: I have often heard that it is good to be challenged. I would have to say that completing the three tasks this week turned out to be a challenge for me. When I was reading the required readings and watching the videos, I thought that I had an understanding of using Google Advanced and conducting Boolean searches. When the time came to actually conduct these searches, it’s like my mind went blank. I had my notes sitting next to me and used them to help me with the tasks, but I still was a bit confused. A major confusion I faced was the difference between a URL and domain search. I can’t count how many times I went back trying to distinguish between the two. I feel I can conduct the domain search, but still need to work on URL. I also became confused when it came to the Title search. With the “Phrase” search I second guessed rather or not I should use quotation marks. I saw in the assignment directions to not use them, but my Google Advanced page made me feel like I needed to use them. As with the OR search, I saw that I was not supposed to include OR in the keywords, but again I second guessed myself. I can truly say that I have learned new concepts and skills this week that I know I will use again. I have not mastered them yet, but after all practice makes perfect. Another lesson and reality check I faced this week is the importance of reading the directions closely.
Have you ever wondered how the Internet can find many webpage links with only typing one keyword or a phrase of keywords that your searching for with ease? Well, if you’re somewhat of a geek like me you’ll find it’s interesting how a search engine such as Google (my favorite) or rather use your favorite web browser is able to do so. You’re probably not aware that within the search engine software programing there are ‘invisible conjunctions’ like the word AND or the word OR added into or along with your keywords to assist in your search that are called ‘defaults’ or the ‘basic settings’ programed for that specific engine (USC Lsn 6). First a little history, a British mathematician named George Boole had a theory about the system of logic that any searching could produce precise queries, a “calculus of thought”. Therefore, using his notes on the “calculus of thought”, the Boolean logic and its operators were calculated and created into link words or phrases that assist with narrowing our inquiries (USC Lsn 8). When the US originally created the Internet, there were ‘exact’ wording or ‘symbol markings’ we had to use in the browser to obtain our electronic file from a specific host / site. Depending upon the search engine used some defaults require you to type them in capital letters, include the plus, the minus symbols or quotation marks called phrases, along with using specific domains as suffixes attached to the ending of file address (USC Lsn 7). An example such as searching for the title of a book, the URL address could look like: Title: “Edgar Allen Poe”. Thanks to our internet evolving we currently only type the keywords required. Yet, sometimes the links of a webpage result are not always the exact host / site that we are searching for or you receive an error response. Well never fear, Google is here to correctly Advance your search. Google Advance is an extension on their search engine that assist with narrowing a search by using exact category fill in boxes (Google Adv). On its homepage, there is a language box to fill - Edgar Allen Poe, then you can narrow it to a specific site or domain as “.edu”, an education site. There are many other fields available to explore, give it a try.
University, S. C. (2014, Oct). Search strategies bare bones. Retrieved from: https://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson
Freeman, S. (2019). Prezi presentation. Retrieved from: prezi.com/uqtsdwijocs/looking-stuff-up/?utm_camp
Google, A. (2019). Google advanced search. Retrieved from: google.com/advance_search
Reflection All I want to know is when and where was I when the class for “Introducing the Internet - Understanding it’s Terminology and Navigating Rules” was being held. Even though I have wondered what “.com or .org” meant but I never took the time to deeply investigate the terms. I’ve tried to search on Amazon for books defining Internet verbiage or its acronyms meaning but I never really found one – that wasn’t too wordy at least. Honestly, I am grateful to finally know what the domains correctly mean. I know that this is just a small portion of learning about the Internet, but this was a thoroughly interesting assignment. It was a challenge for me to instill how to narrow my searches while working in Google Advance. Trying to use the specific domains or attempting to use the host name just to see what results I would receive, became frustrating at times because the results were not giving me what I was seeking. As for navigating in between the internet search of topics to find a correct and informative site then applying the site to my spreadsheet was extensive. Especially, with the “Snipping Tool” screenshot coordination of copy, paste, cancel – back and forth, did require some time to get use too. At first, I had not correlated the screenshots along with the sites for my spreadsheet. Needless to say, it cost me, but it taught me as well to keep my patients and take my time with the directions
When searching the internet for effective resources we may find ourselves frustrated. Many times we search for something and find that not only do we get back thousands or even millions of hits, but those results do not always give us the information that we are looking for. This is when it becomes frustrating and we begin to feel overwhelmed. Although we may think using sites like google are fairly easy it is also important to be able to effectively use these search sites. This week, we read and watched some videos on how to be effective when using search engines.
According to Bare Bones lesson 8, Boolean Logic uses the words AND, OR, and NOT to link words and phrases in order to get more precise queries (USC Beaufort Library, 2014). When we use AND we are able to only find documents that only include the keywords that we enter in our search. This is most effective when we use a lot of keywords. When we use OR we get results that are similar or synonymous to the keywords we enter. Using NOT or AND NOT creates a limit on our search. This means that it will include the first keyword, but not the second.
I have honestly never heard of the Boolean Logic and found this information to be very useful. It showed me how not only are keywords important, but how to effectively use these terms to get the best results. Sometimes we may search for things on the internet that may give us a lot of unnecessary information. For example, if I want to learn about the history of Chicago I can use the Boolean logic to help. I would type history of Chicago AND NOT sports if I do not want to include sports history in my search.
A few other useful tips that I found useful was using the plus and minus sign. This is similar to some of the tips we learned in the Boolean Logic. This can be similar to using the plus sign and the AND word or using the minus and the NOT or AND NOT words in our search.
In conclusion, I am definitely an “ask google” type of person. It was interesting to find out about new ways to search for information in the future. Others that I will put into consideration are domain searching, title searching, URL searching, and host searching.
References
Freeman, S. (2018, May 7). LOOKING STUFF UP! Retrieved October 10, 2019, from https://prezi.com/uqtsrdwijocs/looking-stuff-up/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
The University of South Carolina Beaufort. Bare Bones (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 9, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
I used to think I knew how to search the internet. After this week's readings and videos, I realized I didn't know much about it. There are various techniques that can be used when searching the internet. The prezi presentation was a great example of how there are different strategies for searching the web. I hadn't really thought of how certain words can really make a difference when doing research. Using the words "and, or" can really make a difference in the search results. I remember having used advanced search but I hadn't used it in a long time. Being able to go back and use it again was helpful. It really helps you when wanting to make a refined search. For me, I've always used Google. It's just the fastest and easiest way to search things, in my opinion. I think a lot more people feel this way. With Google advance, we can use it to make more in depth research. I'm glad I was able to use it again. Something I would want more information on is databases. I've used them a couple of times, but I sometimes still don't feel to confident using them. I wonder if there are any similarities between databases and the advanced Google search. I'm sure there are but I would like to know what they are. Until now, I hadn't really thought of how important it is to have different searching techniques. I think it's sometimes easy for us to just get on Google and search things. We don't really think about how there are other ways to search things. I would say that's something I'm learning in this class. As the semester continues, I hope to keep learning how to do different types of searches.
I'm confused by the significance of data bases as well. I understand the difference but it feels limiting to search in a database. In my mind, and this might be wrong, but I think databases are more useful for things like seeing who has a membership at the gym (from the admin side) than searching for information.
Overall, the information I learned from this week lesson was very helpful in regard to search engines. Although it was a little overwhelming, I have a better understanding of field searching, title searching and domain searching. Furthermore, I never knew the meaning of domain searches. In addition, the quick tips were very helpful as well and how they’re used in basic searches. Use the plus (+) and minus (-) signs in front of words to force their inclusion and/or exclusion in searches (USC, 2014). This class has definitely taught me a lot about technology. The advanced search and other search methods I learned about from the readings and videos made me feel like I was doing all wrong. Now, I know how to properly use keywords and how I want them to show up in my search. I’ve never used advanced search before, everything done up until now had been very basic. Moreover, I never heard of Boolean Searches. In Boolean searches, always enclose OR statements in parentheses. Always use CAPS when typing Boolean operators in your search statements. Most engines require that the operators (AND, OR AND NOT/NOT) be capitalized. Other engines will accept either CAPS or lower case, so you’re on safe ground if you stick to CAPS (USC, 2014). Finding reliable internet information is vitally important for everyone. Children need to learn how to get accurate sources when they are searching different sites. It is also imperative for educators to make sure they encourage children to locate proper sources as well as give them many examples. Given that I’m learning so much about new search strategies. I’ll be better equipped to guide the children I serve through internet searches and give them educational material to help them make informed decisions. Lastly, this class is not hard but, very complicated for me because of my basic technology understanding. I’m going to continue to go over this information as time go on. Also, using Google advanced search will give you better results, without all of the additional pools of search in a shorter time frame. In addition, the search will yield more accurate results.
I feel like this week was very helpful. Honestly I wish I had this information from professor Freeman, and all of her examples in high school. I found the advanced search discussions very helpful. I like how specific you can get with your search and how certain key words can really help direct your search to a more narrow results of information rather than getting such broad information! Something I found very interesting was about Boolean Operators, which are simple words (AND, OR, NOT, or AND NOT) used as conjunctions to combine or exclude keywords in a search, resulting in more focused and productive results. (library.alliant.edu)
I think this is great information to have because rather than searching one thing at a time this will help the search Process a lot! The University of South Carolina Beaufort. Bare Bones (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 9, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
After learning about using different search strategies I would have to admit that I didn’t know there were search strategies and now I understand why sometimes I didn’t get the results that I was looking for when searching for certain things. When using the search engine google, google carries so much database that when you type in the first 3 letters or even certain words it automatically begins to show different results. Just typing anything into google doesn’t help you to narrow down your results and give you if not exactly what you are looking for but something close to it. I was a bit frustrated trying the different search strategies because you have to be able to understand each strategy and know how it is used and at first it was a bit confusing for me. The search engine google uses the keywords for each strategy such as and/or and not, those words are used as a part of Boolean searches. Boolean search is a search where it allows users to combine keywords with operators, however, you have to be careful when using those words because those words can link your keywords together and causing you to alter your search. According to Bare Bones, “In your search statement, if you enter more than one keyword without using any accompanying sign, mark or symbol, the search engine will automatically add either the AND or the OR conjunction to link your search terms together. This could radically alter your search in unexpected ways” (The University of South Carolina Beaufort).
I personally liked to use the advanced search because it allowed you to break down your search. You can put in your keywords and choose what domain you wish to use or you can choose the exact words you want to appear in the title. Advanced search gives you different options to use to help narrow down your search. I had the experience of using the advanced search for another class. I had to search fall math lesson plans for preschoolers. I used the phrase strategy and it gave me great results and narrowed it down to just fall and the subject and the age group.
I prefer to use advanced search because I can just plug in everything myself. I can choose my own keyword and it is going to narrow down my search instead of having to see many results that you aren’t able to go through so many.
The University of South Carolina Beaufort. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson6.shtml.
As I reviewed the required resource material for this week blog. I learned that there are easier methods to conduct research for different reliable sources of material. The Prezi presentation shared, the old fashion strategies for searching for information on the internet through a search engine. When conducting a host search the search engine will search for keywords in a certain site that is entered (Freeman, 2018). In additional facts from the presentations explains that search engine could look for the domain, like edu. That will share almost everything associated with the domain search. In fact, search engines go out and account for every word on every webpage and then organizes what it finds into results (Freeman, 2018). I believe this process take longer time to search for reliable information, however some people feel more comfortable with the first methods that they are accustomed too. I enjoy learning new and faster method to conduct research, because I had challenges and frustration when conducting research for assignments or project.
The Second resource that explain how to use the Google advance search was very helpful with offering tips and strategies to locate reliable information on the internet. According to the Bare Bones tutorial (2014), Yahoo! is a subject directory that can be used to locate subject area information. Google is a major search engine that is good for locating specific information; there are also specialized databases that work well for specific searches. When conducting a search, one wants to avoid using “stop words,” words that are ignored when searching, to improve the quality of your search (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 6). I didn’t have any knowledge about stop word before reading this resource a list of stop words are “a, about, an, and, are, as, at, be, by, from, how, i, in, is, it, of, on, or, that, the, this, to, we, what, when, where, which, with” I now know that these word can effect my search of information in the search engines. Furthermore, there are more tips that are offered such as, included using AND, OR and NOT (ANDNOT) operators when conducting a Boolean search. Using AND or ‘+sign’ will tell the search engine to narrow the search to documents and pages that include all of the keywords; OR with the words in parentheses tell the search engine to reveal documents and pages that have either or both keywords; and NOT (ANDNOT) or ‘-sign’ limits a search to only the first keyword and not any words following it (Chamberlain, 2014, lessons 7-8). In addition to, more strategies for searching more productively one should try Nesting (i.e., using parentheses). Meaning one combines several keywords or phrases into one search statement using more than one Boolean operator. Double quotation marks around a phrase, written in lowercase, will ensure the words are searched for exactly as they are written (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 7). If you choose to conduct a field search, look for information in an exact location such as the title, domain, host, URL, or link. A title search will result in documents with the keywords or phrase in the title; a host search will locate and retrieve information from a specific computer or server; a URL search will bring you information from a file that has the file name in the URL; and a link search will result in web pages that carry links to a specific page that may be of interest to you information from a file that has the file name in the URL; and a link search will result in web pages that carry links to a specific page that may be of interest to you. Conducting a domain search means looking for information about or produced by an institution for example, edu -- educational site, com -- commercial business site, gov -- U.S. governmental/non-military site, mil -- U.S. military sites and agencies, net -- networks, internet service providers, organizations, and org -- U.S. non-profit organizations and others (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 9). I think this information was very helpful to learn how to transition from the old fashion method to newer methods of conducting searches on the internet with different databases. The strategies provide different examples of how to locate information to a newer method to obtain reliable information. There also are options for safe share for people searching for reliable information on the internet that might be offensive for student or create challenges to located reliable sources of information on the topic or subject matter.
References The University of South Carolina Beaufort. (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 10, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml. Freeman, S. (2018, May 7). LOOKING STUFF UP! Retrieved October 10, 2019, from https://prezi.com/uqtsrdwijocs/looking-stuff-up/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy.
I enjoyed everything that we did this week. I enjoyed reading the articles for this week and reading about what my classmates had to say. I enjoyed learning new things and trying out new skills. This week I learned how to use Google advanced in many different ways. I learned about Boolean operators and the details about what they are. I learned how to do the different type so searches. I learned how to do an OR, EXACT PHRASE, TITLE, URL, and DOMAIN search. This is stuff that I did not know about before. I learned how to use the different sections in Goggle advanced to narrow down the results. This is something I wish I knew about before. I say this because it would have bene useful when writing papers. I will use this for my papers now because I know about it. I will also use it for my classroom. I will use it to narrow down the results when looking up ideas in regard to lesson plans. To be honest, there is nothing that I wish I would have learned. I say this because I have learned some valuable information. I also learned the old fashioned way and I like that. However, I do prefer Google advanced over the old fashioned way because it makes things easier. I learned a lot this week and I am glad I did because I will carry it with me when working in the classroom. I will also use it in my personal life.
This weeks lesson was a refresher on effective internet searches. It was great to be reminded of all the different ways google's advanced search could be used. I had fun completing the activites and looking for more websites for the spreedsheet.
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What I hadn't fully realized was how useful searching a specific domain could be. I had seen that option a couple of times but always ignored it in favor of searching on the websites built in search, if it had one. The ability to search in the title or URL is probably one of my favourite as I feel it provides the best results for what I'm searching. For me, this is something I do every day at work, so outside of the domain I did not learn much from this weeks lesson. I am excited to see how useful it was for some other students and reading how much it has helped them encourages me to share this knowledge with more people!
Reflecting on this week's assignment has made me realize the importance of learning more about the internet and the different ways I can gather reliable information. Searching for specific information and using keywords will prevent the user from wasting time on unnecessary searches. Lastly, even though I learned a lot of new information this week. The task associated with these assignments were not easy for me. I have learned more than information about technology. I've learned how important it'll be for to be empathetic as an educator. I promised, I was clueless and everything looked foreign to me. When a student tell me they don't get it and they cannot connect the dots. I'm going to do like Professor Freeman, and do my very best to make sure they get a clear understanding of every lesson taught.
I think most of us have all experience this as something we have never known about. Searching for things can be so frustrating. I myself didn’t know how to narrow down my searches so this was all new to me as well. This week it taught us how to search for things the correct way. Providing different search strategies helps to understand how to search for things on the web.
Although the assignments this week were time consuming, they were very useful. The first assignment went the quickest, but was a good introduction into the next assignment. It was nice to have a little bit of practice using the google advanced search engine and to see what kind of results I got. It also showed me how using this engine correctly can help narrow down searches. The second assignment was probably the most time-consuming part. However, it helped with the third assignment at the same time. I tried to conduct the searches so that I could use a site from the results to put into my spreadsheet. Some of the searches took me a little time to figure out. I tried using different keywords in order to change the results I got. The assignment told us the different ways to try and search for the various subjects, but did not tell us the keywords to use. So, it took me a couple of tries to figure out what keywords worked best and how to input them. However, this is part of the process of searching. It does sometimes take time to figure out what keywords are going to work best when conducting any kind of search. Google advanced can help narrow things down and get a bit more specific in what you are looking for, but the user still has to figure out what keywords to input. That’s why it is important to think about it ahead of time and then to write down some of the searches you have already tried so you know what works and what does not work. I actually found a lot of really good websites during these searches for both interactive games for students and teaching resources. Most of the time, I just use Pinterest to find activities and ideas for my lesson plans. However, now that I know how to better utilize the search engine, I can use that to help me find lessons or ideas as well. At the center where I work, we do not have computers accessible to the students. However, if we ever do get computers or tablets that the children can use, I already have a good list of website that would be perfect for children to learn different skills. Not only did this week teach me how to better utilize search engines, but it also taught me the importance of this knowledge and how much it can help in so many different aspects. I think these are all important concepts that children need to learn as well to help them conduct searches in the future as well. The students that I teach are too young to understand these concepts, but it would definitely be beneficial information to maybe elementary school children.
This week we learned how to use Google Advanced and the many different searches you can do with it. I had never heard of Google Advanced before this week and am now using it every chance I get. Before I would search for what seemed like hours sometimes to find the information I was looking for. I would change my keywords up in hopes that the result I was wanting would pop up. Using google advanced this week has helped me with my other classes as well. The videos that Professor Freeman posted were very helpful in learning the different ways to find the results one is looking for. Although the assignments this week were time consuming, learning about google advanced will help my research in the future. I liked being able to follow the step-by-step instructions and see how little changes were making the number of results go down. Being able to utilize google advanced in our tasks for this weeks assignments helped me better comprehend all the different ways to use google advanced.
Reflection For this week we differently have learned many ways of searching using Google. Doing week 4 assignment gave us an insight on that in using advance search and the fact that it can cut down time in what we really want to find in my books isn't a bad thing. I feel that school with older students should use this way of searching for things. It will get them familiar with early on. As teacher I know we are always looking for more to add on to a lesson and not becoming frustrated in the process would be nice.
This week we learned about Google advanced search which was new to me. It did seem like a good search engine to use becaue it tends to only show what you searched for. When completing one of the assignment tasks, we used advanced search to search Boolean Operators, which I had not heard of before. It was good to learn that you can add words such as AND, OR, NOT, or AND NOT to a search and it helps narrow the search. The assignments this week did seem to be a bit time consuming, but informative and informational about different ways to search for topics such as URL or domain. It seems like many of my classmates have better technology skills than me.
Reading through everyones posts, I am glad to see that I was not the only one who wasn't already using google advanced search. It seems we are all mostly on the same page and were surprised by just how useful it WAS. We all seemed to really get a lot out of the Boolean method about using AND, and OR in our searches to change the results that we get. Overall I think this was a great week
Final Reflection This week we all learned a lot of new ways to effectively search the internet for information. Many of us found ourselves to have realized that we weren’t very savvy in effectively searching the internet. I have heard of Google Advance in the past, but I have never personally used it on my own. Being able to learn effective strategies on how to use google advance is going to be beneficial moving forward. Also, being able to do the homework activities was very helpful because I was able to begin practicing those skills. Since we had to search specific information I was able to continue to learn best practices and what keywords to use.
The Boolean model really stuck out to me a lot this week. I feel that it is a simple to use and an easy to remember method to use when searching for information. It will help me to find specific information and get most accurate results. I have already begun using this method when working on homework and it’s definitely more effective. My search results are giving me the exact information that I am looking for and my results are becoming smaller. Fewer results will ensure that I’m getting the exact information that I am looking for. This also means that I will spend less time scrolling through unnecessary search results.
After learning different search strategies I believe it is very beneficial to learn especially when giving assignments to students where they have to do major researching. Learning and knowing the different search strategies will be greatly beneficial for students. Task 1 worksheet was really helpful to begin searching and understanding that advanced search is way easier to use. Advanced search helps you to fill in your own keywords and it allows you to narrow down your searches. I learned Boolean operations are used to connect and define the relationship between your search terms.
Task 2 was a bit frustrating for me in the beginning because it was kind of difficult finding certain websites for the subjects especially for age appropriateness. I had a difficult moment using advanced search for finding interactive reading activities. Many of the sites required you to sign up for it and or pay for the activities. I’ve noticed that many things on the internet is asking you to pay for learning activities which I think for children to learn we shouldn’t have to pay so much for children to learn. Lastly, I believe I found some great websites for reading, math, science, and social studies. It made me understand how searching for things is so important and the different search strategies helped me to understand how to search things better.
So, I was not/am not happy with the assignment that we had for week 4. I did not find the Google Advanced search all that helpful. I didn’t really get the results I thought I would. To complete the resources spreadsheet, I actually reverted to searching the way I have always done. The only thing that I did differently was use the “-“ to eliminate certain results like teacherpayteachers, amazon, and pages with a subscription or sign-in. Perhaps I was a bit overextended with the amount of work I had to do during this past week and I just wasn’t as focused on this. I will attempt to use the search strategies in the future because I feel that using them can be beneficial; I just did not experience that this past week.
I appreciate everyone who commented and noted similar feelings to mine, that of being a novice to Internet searching after having done so for so long. I want to improve my skills but I think I needed more time and more energy. I will get better (hopefully) and be able to share these skills with my family and current and future students who are using the Internet on a regular basis for school and recreation. Teaching students how to protect themselves while searching is very important to me and do not want to be neglectful in this area.
Through my experiment using different search strategies I began to find searching to be easy. A lot of the strategies that were shared by Professor Freeman were strategies that I had no idea about. I started to experiment with the different strategies by putting quotes and using advanced search which is field searching. I personally would rather advanced search because it helps get specific results for exactly what one is looking for. I can pick key words and whether I want those keywords to appear in the title or URL. I can also say what words I don't want to appear in my search which I think it is pretty cool. I can put what domain I want to use which is .edu most of the time so that helps narrow my search down and even eliminates time that is wasted trying to find a reliable site. I also like that I can select when I prefer the site was last updated because I find myself looking for current information but unsure how to make it easier.
ReplyDeleteI used the advanced search for one of my other classes in which I am implementing the project approach into a lesson. I was able to put in my key words along with the age level I am targeting and the domain I wanted which was .edu. I even put that I wanted the words to appear in the title. This search found me the exact site I need to help me understand more about project approaches, examples, and how to implement one in the classroom.
"Boolean uses AND, OR, and NOT as a way to link words and phrases for more precise searches" (USC, 2014). To use Boolean strategies one would put the word AND/OR/NOT into their search depending on what specifics they want. Using AND in the search will help narrow the results as will have the exact key words one uses. Using OR expands one's search in a way that the search engine will find results that include either or all of the keywords. Using NOT will bring up results with all the keywords except the word/words that one puts after the NOT. Personally, I prefer doing the field searches through advanced search because I can put it all in and it does the work for me. I don't have to worry about knowing where to put a certain phrase or anything else.
Cierra,
DeleteI enjoyed reading your post this week. I enjoyed reading what you had to say in regards to the information presented this week. I enjoyed reading your summary for the information this week and how you felt about it. I liked reading about the information that you picked out. I agree with you that after experimenting with the different searching strategies, searching became easier. I found that the strategies that were mentioned helped narrow down the result to exactly what I wanted. It made it to where I did not have to look through so many results. Why did it make it easier for you? What about the strategies made searching easier for you? What hard part did it eliminate for you? I honestly had no idea about some of the strategies as well. The strategies mentioned were new to me and I am glad that I am not the only one. These are strategies I wish I had known about when I was in high school because it would have made some of my papers easier. I agree that I would rather use Google advanced because it gets more specific results. It helps narrow it down and makes it easier to find the information I am looking for. What do you like most about Google advanced? What aspect do you enjoy the mot about it? I agree that finding current information is hard and Google advanced make it easier. If it always a bummer when you find good information and then find out that the site has not been updates recently. I agree that Google advanced is easier because it does all the work for me. It makes it easier. This was a great post this week
Kortney
Cierra-
DeleteI am not very familiar with other search engines besides Google and Google scholar. I get confused when I have to use quotation marks and a plus or minus sign to narrow down a search.You are right, I think that this just has to be worked with to figure out the best way use the advanced search. Hopefully once we use it for a while it will become easier to use. It was interesting to learn about Boolean Operators, what it is and how it works. I agree with you though, using the advanced search does seem easier. That way the AND,OR, NOT, or AND NOT don't have the chance of being put in the wrong spot in the search.
Jensen
Cierra,
DeleteI agree that advanced searches makes finding results much easier. It is a quicker and easier way to find specific information without having to sort through a ton of sources. I never knew about the advance search through google. I am going to start using it from now on. All the different ways to narrow down searches was something I learned about awhile back and had forgotten about.
Cierra,
DeleteI also did not know about a lot of the ways to search as discussed by Professor Freeman. I knew that there were some special keys that could be used to help narrow down searches, but didn't know what they were or how to use them. I also found a lot of the information about searching to be very useful. I can see how helpful google advanced is. I also agree that I would rather use google advanced, rather than using the long-hand version in the basic search engine. Google advanced definitely does make searching easier. That's great that you have already had the chance to use these knew skills for another course. I haven't needed to use them yet, but I know I definitely will need to use them at some point. Not only is this kind of searching useful for school assignments, but also for work. During my assignments this week, I found a lot of really useful teacher websites using these search strategies. I will definitely be using this to help me lesson plan for my various studies.
Kaylee
Hi Cierra
DeleteI enjoyed reading your post and how much the google advance search helped you in another class. This was also something new for me to I didn't even know about an advance way to search for things. I just assume that you just had to be detail when typing what you wanted to look for in google. I do feel that having more options to close the search bar to find exactly what you want is better this way you aren't wasting time reading things that has nothing to do in what you really need.
Good-evening Cierra,
DeleteGreat post! I agree with you the resources we received this week was very informative. I've learned a lot and there's much more that I just don't understand. You were blessed to have been introduced to advance searches in your prior class. Moreover, my technology knowledge is basic. I know how to use the basic functions of the computer to complete my desired goals. After this class is over I'll be looking through my notes for assistance on my newly acquired skills. Lastly, the Boolean method is very new for me. However, it's a good strategy.
Cierra,
DeleteI think a lot of us learned new ways to search the internet that we didn’t know about before. It’s interesting to know that we can still learn effective ways to properly use the internet. I’m glad to see that you are already able to put some of these new strategies into play with your other courses. Using advance search is definitely something that I will be using myself.
Laura
I do not know about anyone else, but I feel like searching the Web is ‘new’ to me after reading the Bare Bones pages by Ellen Chamberlain (2014) on the University of South Carolina Library site. That is a bit concerning considering I have been using the Internet to search for any number of things over the last 25 years or so. Yet, I have come to realize that I could have avoided many of those very frustrating moments when I am fed up with not being able to find what I am actually looking for. What I needed then was this very handy and informative Web site from USC on how to proficiently search the Internet using any number of searching tips and search engines available.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Bare Bones tutorial (2014), Yahoo! is a subject directory that can be used to locate subject area information. Google is a major search engine that is good for locating specific information; there are also specialized databases that work well for specific searches. When conducting a search, one wants to avoid using “stop words,” words that are ignored when searching, to improve the quality of your search (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 6). Personally, I have never heard of “stop words” before reading these pages, so I am happy to now have a better understanding of what search engines focusing on when they are asked to locate information.
Another helpful tip from the tutorial is to type the most important terms first and to use at least three keywords that are nouns or objects but not common words.
Additional tips included using AND, OR and NOT (ANDNOT) operators when conducting a Boolean search. Using AND or ‘+sign’ will tell the search engine to narrow the search to documents and pages that include all of the keywords; OR with the words in parentheses tell the search engine to reveal documents and pages that have either or both keywords; and NOT (ANDNOT) or ‘-sign’ limits a search to only the first keyword and not any words following it (Chamberlain, 2014, lessons 7-8).
Additional tips to make ones search more productive include Nesting (i.e., using parentheses). This is when one combines several keywords or phrases into one search statement using more than one Boolean operator. Double quotation marks around a phrase, written in lowercase, will ensure the words are searched for exactly as they are written (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 7). One may also choose to conduct a field search, looking for information in an exact location such as the title, domain, host, URL, or link. A title search will result in documents with the keywords or phrase in the title; a host search will locate and retrieve information from a specific computer or server; a URL search will bring you information from a file that has the file name in the URL; and a link search will result in web pages that carry links to a specific page that may be of interest to you. Conducting a domain search means looking for information about or produced by a particular institution such as edu – eduation, com – commercial business, gov – government, mil – military, net – networks & ISPs, and org – non-profit organization (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 9).
Again, this is all very good information that I wish I had known about many years ago. I have every intention of using these tips for every search, personal and professional, from now on. I am certain there will be more than enough practice with the assignment for this week. As an educator, I can see how introducing these search strategies to students will be beyond helpful for them. Being able to conduct a productive search proficiently is beneficial for narrowing down search results to the most relevant information and perhaps bypassing some of the most harmful information on the Internet.
Reference:
Chamberlain, E. (2014). Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web. (M. Hanes-Ramos, Editor) Retrieved October 7, 2019, from USC Beaufort Library: http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml
Hello Jocelyn,
DeleteI conquer with you with feeling like we’ve been ‘correctly’ re-introduced to the internet to allow precise searches for personal or professional use. I remember when I was originally introduced to the intranet for inner office work only. In which the system then required you to use the “And, Or, and Stop” words to retrieve in house work information. Since the internet offers unlimited access to information, I’m glad the digital literacy programing has simplified our keyword searches. Now that I have learned about Google ‘Advance’, which I did not know existed, I will use it more often for assistance with research papers. Especially for use with creating ideas for classroom worksheet assignments for my future students to use when inquiring research projects. The way you address the other area to conduct searches through Boolean or with specific domains just explains how much information BONES really was hiding in the closet. Great post.
Jocelyn,
DeleteI absolutely agree with you that it seems like searching the web is a whole "new" idea since getting all of this information. I did not know that there was so many ways to narrow down your search! I have done numerous research papers using google over the years. It would have been very useful to have learned this information earlier on in order to make searching easier. Using google advanced, and knowing how to use it, can eliminate so much "junk" that is not needed to go through. I also found it useful to know that the different search engines should be used for different kinds of searches. That is definitely useful to know as well. I wonder why teachers never really taught us how to search. Even in High School when the teachers taught us how to write research papers, I would think it would have also been useful to really teach us how to search the web as well.
I can see this being very useful information to pass on to future students. I teach Pre-K, so this would be too much information for them. However, I can see teaching this to older children. Although this information really would have helped in the past, I know it now and will absolutely use it for conducting future searches for research assignments as well as for when I need information for work.
Kaylee
Jocelyn,
DeleteI agree that searching the internet has completely changed for me after this week. We learned so many new ways to appropriately search for information and be most effective with it. I think google advance is something that I will begin to use more consistently. The different ways that we learned to get the most accurate results was very helpful. The Boolean search strategy is probably one I will begin to use daily.
Laura
Jocelyn,
DeleteI will have to agree with you, searching the Internet does seem new. As I read the Bare Bones article, I found myself taking notes because there was so many things I was not aware of. It is quite funny to me that before taking this course, I actually considered myself to be tech-savvy. I am not starting to second guess myself and my technological abilities. As you mentioned, the information that we learned this week is so beneficial and crucial. I also wish that I knew about it sooner. The greatest positive in this situation is that we now know this information and can teach it to the students that we work with so that they are not in our shoes.
Brandy
Initial:
ReplyDeleteThe main search engine I have been using over the years is Google. In the last few years while in college I have used Google scholar to get information for writing papers. I did not know there was an advanced search and then in the advanced search it can be narrowed down even more. For assignment 4 Task 1 we did an advanced search with certain words were typed in the search bar of either ‘all of these words’ or ‘none of these words’ which could narrow or widen the number of items searched for.
A term searched for was Boolean Operators which I had never heard of before but found out it was really very simple. Boolean Operators are simple words (AND, OR, NOT, or AND NOT) used as conjunctions to combine or exclude keywords in a search, resulting in more focused and productive results. (library.alliant.edu)
I wish I had a class back in junior high or high school about advanced searches and how to use them. It could have made finding information for writing papers much easier as I would have been able to type in key words and not have to search through pages to find educational material.
According to the University of South Carolina Beaufort Library article, “it is always a good idea to think about your search before you begin. Create a strategy in your head by asking yourself this question: What do I want to do? 1) Browse, 2) Locate a specific page of information, or 3) Retrieve everything I can on the subject.” (sc.edu, 2014). This strategy is good when writing research papers and you know your topic. You can use the advanced search and quickly get valuable information by using an exact phrase with quotation marks and/or a plus/minus sign.
Domain was not exactly a new term, as I had heard of the word many times before but didn’t exactly know what it meant or couldn’t remember and had heard it called domain name as well. Simply, it is the part after the https:// or the name of the website. While the domain suffexes are .com, .gov, .edu, .org, or .net
Chamberlain, E. (2014, October). Bare Bones Lesson 6: Creating a Search Strategy. Retrieved from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson6.shtml.
https://library.alliant.edu/screens/boolean.pdf
Jensen,
DeleteI enjoyed reading your post this week. I enjoyed reading what you had to say regarding the prompt. I enjoyed reading your summary and opinions on some things as well. I did not see many posts from classmates, and I am not sure why. I am glad that the amount of people that posted did post so there is something to respond to. I am the same way as you. The main thing I have used for years is Google as well. I use it on my computer and on my phone. I do because I feel like it gives better results and it is laid out in a way that is easier to understand better than most other search engines. It is also the one that I grew up knowing because it is the biggest one. Why is Google the one you go to? What makes you disregard other search engines? I am not experienced with Google scholar. I have used it a few times in school, but not that much. I used it a couple times for one class, but not since then. What do you like most about it? Does it give good and reliable results? I have heard of Google advanced before this class, but never used it. I am in the same boat as you in a way. I do agree that it narrows down the searches so much more. This makes it easier to find what you need. Did you find it easy to use? I have never heard of Boolean Operators before this class either. The term is new to me and I am glad that I am not the only one. I also agree that the advanced search should have been taught in high school. I feel like it would have helped with a lot of homework assignments. I like that you bring up thinking about your search before you begin. I do because one should think about and know what they are trying to find. What happens when the search is not thought of beforehand? Domain was not a new term for me as well. However, id di not realize how many domains there was. I knew of the major ones, but there are ones that I neve knew existed. Did you discover new ones? This was a great post this week.
Kortney
Jensen,
DeleteI like you have always used Google. This is the first time hearing of Google advance search. It makes searching for information using key words and phrases much easier. The search results get narrowed down, making finding information on specific topics easier.
Hello Jensen.
DeleteI completely agree with you on the part of why wasn't using advance search in google taught while being in high school why as adults are we learning about it now. Do high school children today even know about it now. When I want to search for things I never really pay attention to how I can make the search easier I would just put in what I wanted and look at everything till I found it. But this class has shown me that there is an easier way to search and in this we don't have to get frustrated at the same time.
Ashley
Hey Jensen,
DeleteI can relate to what you said, because for the longest time I have used Google as my main search engine. It's just the fastest and easiest way to search things. I agree with you and I wish I would have known about all these great searching tips back when I was in high school. I think the Google advance is a great tool to use when looking things up, especially for a paper. I wish I could have known about that a long time ago, but I'm glad I know about it now. I feel like this class has already taught me new things that I didn't know about and that will continue to help me throughout my education. I guess I just never really thought about how search engines have more than just going to Google and searching things. Now I know that there are certain words or phrases that can help with searching the internet.
Lili
Hi Jensen,
DeleteI can relate to your post because I have been using Google search for a very long time. I first started out using Ask.com a lot and even then I felt as though I was getting all the answers then until I had to find something that Ask couldn’t give me the answer to but google did. Google advanced search was something created that helped many of us. Advanced search helped us to narrow things down. It is great to know that you were able to experience that.
Betty
Jensen,
DeleteI have not heard of Google Scholar but I do agree with you that these techniques should have been taught in high school. Learning these techniques in high school would have prepared us better for researching in college. Do you see yourself using Google Advanced in the future for your classes? Do you think Google Advanced is easier than typing in the specifics such as the quotation marks and the words NOT, AND, or OR in the search field? Thank you for sharing.
Cierra
Jensen,
DeleteI am really glad I'm not the only one! I had heard about google advanced search but really did not know just how helpful and how narrow it could make your search. How do you feel this would have changed you as a student in highschool, and how do you think this knowledge will help you as a teacher?
Jensen,
DeleteSimilar to you, Google has always been my go to whenever I need to conduct searches. I think it is so simple to just type what I need in the tool box, click enter, and the rest is history. As I learned about using Google Advanced and Boolean searches, I thought to myself how new and foreign the concepts seemed. I understand why we want to use Google Advanced, but it seems easier to go about it the old way. I also wish that these concepts were taught to us when we were in middle and high school, possibly even elementary. I think about how far I have come on my college journey and how much more simpler it could have been conducting research if I had these tools beforehand. I think it will take some time for me to master and get used to using Google Advanced and Boolean searches, but in the long run it will ensure narrow, relevant, and reliable results.
Brandy
It might seem that searching for information is pretty easy and basic, as you can just type a few simple keywords. However, the results can vary depending on what keywords you put into the search engine. Chamberlain (2014) states, “it’s always a good idea to think about your search before you begin” (para 1). I think this is great advice because you really need to think about what kind of search you are doing as well as what kind of keywords would be best to use for your search. Both the video and the article discuss a lot of important concepts about conducting a search that not a lot of people would think of. I already knew there were a few things you could do to narrow down your search, but didn’t really know the commands. I also knew about google advanced, but definitely did not understand how to utilize it properly until after watching the assigned video.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was actually pretty neat to practice using the search engine as directed in the video. I learned a lot about how to better conduct a search through using the different techniques in google advanced. I also learned the long-handed way of doing the same type of searches, but it is much easier to just use google advanced. I think you can get a lot more research done, quicker, by using these techniques. The URL search was interesting to me because people aren’t always sure about a specific site or URL when conducting a search. However, I can see how it would be useful. If you do have a specific site in mind that you know is reliable and you would like to find your information in that site, it makes finding the information you need within that site much easier. Rather than going to the site and navigating through it yourself, you can conduct your search by inputting the specific site into google advanced along with your keywords. Then, any information on that topic within the site should pop up in the results. I found the domain search interesting as well because it allows you to just but the ending part of a site (.edu, .com, etc). I can see this being useful if you want only certain sites with certain domains to be available. The phrase search is great as well because you can make sure to get a specific phrase in your results. I actually didn’t think about the fact that when you just put keywords, it doesn’t mean that those words will pop up in the results together as you typed it. Searching an exact phrase makes sure to only pull results that have the words you put together. The OR search allows you to find information about a couple different subjects at once. You get a lot more results during this search, but it can still be beneficial. I found all of the searches to be very beneficial and I can see myself using the information I learned this week for future research assignments, or just any time I need to conduct a search in general.
References
Chamberlain, E. (2014). The University of South Carolina Beaufort. Retrieved from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson6.shtml.
Kaylee-
DeleteIt would seem that doing a search would be easy. I did a search about numbers for grade school studetns earlier and a few of the results were something about accountants which didn't pertain to me or my topic. I had not used the advanced search before so the Task 1 assignment was helpful. It told you which words would need to be in quotation marks or use a plus or minus sign. I feel like with the advanced search though, you have to use specific words or phrases. Good information this week.
Jensen
Good-evening Kaylee!
DeleteGreat post! I'm the person that thought searching the web was easy. Well let me just say, I was sadly mistaken. When you're searching the internet for reliable information it's vitally important for you verify your sources to ensure that you are getting specific information. Although, I've learned a lot of new information this week, I still need time to process it all. Although I have learned various ways on how to search the web, I'll need to master these new skills so that I can implement them effectively.
Kaylee,
DeleteI have never really looked at the large number of results I get during my searches. I do find myself playing around with the key words in my searches to find the website or information I am looking for. Since learning about Google Advanced I have been able to narrow my search down and find my information easier and quicker. I don't spend so much time researching as I used to. That's great that you now understand how to utilize Google Advanced in a way that benefits you. Thank you for sharing.
Cierra
This week we learned about the different ways to search the web. We learned about how keywords can be used and how things are done. We learned how to use an OR, EXACT PHRASE, TITLE, URL, DOMAIN, and HOST search. In this post I am going to go over what I learned from the video that was created and the article that was assigned. I found that there are two ways to do searches. One way is the old fashioned way with certain keys on the keyboard and the other way is google advanced. When doing any type of type for search, the search engine goes off of the keywords that are entered (Freeman, 2018)
ReplyDeleteWhen one does an OR search, the search engine takes the key words that are entered in the main box and looks for them in the title, URL, or description (Freeman, 2018). The search engine also takes into account the words that are entered in the “all of these words” box (Freeman, 2018). For example, if one wanted to look for the life cycle of frogs or toads, then they should type “the life cycle” for the keywords and “frogs or toads” in the “all of these words section” (Freeman, 2018). This is how this is done using google advanced, but there is the old fashioned way. The old fashioned way involves simply going to google and putting the word “or” between the two words (USC Beaufort Library, 2014). For example, one would simple type “the life cycle of toads or frogs.”
When one does an exact phrase search, the search engine takes the phrase that is put in and looks for it within a bunch of different sites (Freeman, 2018). When using google advanced, the person should put the exact phrase in the box that says, “This exact words or phrase” (Freeman, 2018). The old fashioned way is simply putting quotation marks around the exact phrase when typing it into google (USC Beaufort Library, 2014).
When one does a title search they should use google advanced. When doing this search the search engine look for the keywords in the title of the website. Google advanced should also be used for a URL search and when this is done that search engine looks for the keywords in the URL. Google advanced should also be used for a domain and host search. A domain search tells the search engine what type of domain to look for the keywords in. For example, the search engine would look for the domain .edu in everything when doing a domain search. When doing a host search the search engine will look for keywords in a certain site that is entered (Freeman, 2018).
A few other facts I learned is that search engines go out and account for every word on every webpage and then organizes what it finds into results (Freeman, 2018). When doing searches, I like to use google advanced. I feel like google advanced is easier to understand and follow. I also feel like the old fashioned way takes a longer time and it is more time consuming. I feel like google advanced is easier because it lays out everything for you. I will use google advanced over the old fashioned way all the time.
References
The University of South Carolina Beaufort. (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 10, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
Freeman, S. (2018, May 7). LOOKING STUFF UP! Retrieved October 10, 2019, from https://prezi.com/uqtsrdwijocs/looking-stuff-up/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy.
After watching the Prezi presentation, I remembered learning how to search and narrow my search by adding quotation marks and more descriptive words in high school. But I had completely forgotten that I even learned that until now. Using key words to help narrow down your search. The more keywords you use, the more it narrows down the results to the information I am looking for. When narrowing down searches, the titles of the searches will have all the keywords you are using in the search bar. When you want to expand your search you can use the word "or" to widen the search to more information.
ReplyDeleteWhen searching for specific things, use exact phrases to narrow the search down to the exact information and specifics you are looking for.
You can even specify where you want to find the key words you are using in either the title and or URL of the sources. This can narrow down your results by the key words not just showing up in the description on a page for something unrelated.
When using Google advance, it offers different ways to search up your key words. You can specify if you are looking for these words in the title, URL, if you want specific words or phrases searched for. It offers a more precise way to search, unlike the old fashioned way of just throwing key words into the search bar and hoping for the best.
The University of South Carolina Beaufort. (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 10, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
Freeman, S. (2018, May 7). LOOKING STUFF UP! Retrieved October 10, 2019, from https://prezi.com/uqtsrdwijocs/looking-stuff-up/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy.
Victoria,
DeleteI like the way you summarized this weeks information. It was streamlined and mostly easy to follow. I feel all it missed was taking about the use of and/or in searches, otherwise it was a fantastic summary!
Reflection: I had never heard of google advance search before this course. It was such an easy way to narrow my searches down and find sources that were specific to what I was looking for. It would be a huge asset it learn and know about for any student.
DeleteHello Victoria,
DeleteI enjoyed reading your blog this week, with your thoughts on this week’s material. I think you organized your ideas very well to understand your summary of different search strategies for reliable sources of information. I agree with you that Google search advance made the search a lot easier to find the source of information need. I like how I was able to type certain words or phrases to complete my spreadsheet this week. Before I learned about Google search advance my research use to be dreadful, and stressful because I would have to look or search through so many different sources of information. To find the reliable sources, that I need to complete a paper or assignment. Great blog, thank you for sharing.
Felisha
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Professor Freeman’s prezi was a great recap of search strategies I learned in high school and still use today. It is important to remember these strategies when doing research and even in lesson planning. I can’t tell you how often an exact phrase search has made my life so easy. When it comes down to it, the search engine of your choice looks up the keywords you type in and searches the web for websites that have matching words. In an OR search, the advance engine is sent to look for one word or another, in the video example it was the life cycle of a toad OR a frog. This is helpful when you need specific results, but between two words. An exact phrase search is when you put quotation marks around the keywords and the engine has to find words in that exact order, it can’t split them up. A title search is when you use the advance search to look for keywords specifically in the website title. Similar, a URL search tells the search engine to look for keywords specifically in the URL of a webpage. A domain search looks for keywords in the selected domain only and a host search looks for keywords in the provided host website.
ReplyDeleteListed above is a bunch of ways to use google advanced search. I find this to be better than the typical/old fashioned search because it gives me more control over what I’m searching. When I do an old fashion search the engine looks through any portion of the webpage and brings back any site that contains any of the keywords, sometimes billions of websites. I find I get more accurate results with google advanced search.
Hello Kassandra,
DeleteI enjoyed reading your blog this week, with your thoughts on this week material. I think you organized your ideas very well to understand your summary on different search strategies for reliable sources of information. I also agree, with you that Professor Freeman’s prezi presentation was an interesting refresher to some of the older methods of researching for different material. I also enjoyed how google advance made my search this week, a lot easier to find required activities to add and update to my spread sheet this week. Great blog, thank you, for sharing.
Felisha,
Hello Kassandra,
DeleteI thought the presentation was very helpful. I had heard of prezi but had never done one or seen one. The videos and the information that was presented was a lot of new things that I didn't know. Now that I know how to use Google advance and that I have seen how helpful it is, I think I will be using it more. This type of search makes finding things much easier. Simple things such as "and, or" can really make a difference when searching. I'm going to keep this in mind for when I have to do searches on things.
Lili
Whenever I need to search for something, I opened the internet browser Safari, typed in what I wanted and hit search. I've never really thought about it more than that. Therefore I didn't realize that there were other ways and more advanced ways to search for the information that I needed. If the result did not turn up what I was looking for, I would just add more descriptions until I either found what I was looking for or I gave up. After using Google for this class and seeing that there is much more to the search engine that I've blindly been using for years, it surprised me. At first, I thought it was going to be extremely difficult and I also wondered why there were so many sections. Were all these sections needed? However, I found that they were indeed useful and extremely helpful. Using keywords is important to better find what you are looking for. You never know what you may need to look up and having the ability to expand the search on Google can helpful. It can be especially helpful for a teacher because you want to have the answers at your fingertips to provide to the students when something unexpected is arrises. While watching the video, Professor Freeman showed examples of various searches and how detailed the results could get depending on how you searched. Finding more detailed information is important as the topic needs to be as relevant as possible. Using phase searching is adding quotation marks in the beginning and end of what you want to search. This allows you to search for a phrase and group of words. If you do do this process in advance search, you can add more words to narrow down the results to more specific results. We need to remember that we have multiple ways of looking things up so it makes sense to use them. It may be easier to just type in the search box and click but how much time do you spend after that finding specific things. The same time or less could be spent getting the results right the first time.
ReplyDeleteReading the article on 'Bare Bones Lesson 6' has added valuable insight into many things that I had never heard about. If someone were to ask me about 'Stop Words', I would ask them to explain what are they talking about. Most search engines wouldn't realize these words, however; there is one that does and that is Google. A few examples of these words are ' a, about, an, and, are, as, at, be, by, from, how, I, in, is, it, of, on, or, that, the this, to, we, what, when, where, which, with'. Simple words that we use everyday can sidetrack a search. The article also gave seven statement tips for a better search 'be specific, Whenever possible, use nouns and objects as keywords,Put most important terms first in your keyword list; to ensure that they will be searched, put a +sign in front of each one,Use at least three keywords in your query, Combine keywords, whenever possible, into phrases, Avoid common words, e.g., water, unless they're part of a phrase, Think about words you'd expect to find in the body of the page, and use them as keywords, Write down your search statement and revise it before you type it into a search engine query box'. There are many ways to get the results you are looking for and this article does a great job of explaining how to get them.
Ashley,
DeleteI agree with you. I have always just sort of mindlessly searched without much thought into what I was searching and what I wanted out of it. I really liked the google advance this week. How do you think this will change you as an educator, and do you see yourself using it beyond this class?
When we use the Web to search for something, it can seem like a vast ocean. Search engines help to turn oceans of information into small pools. With that being said, there are several search strategies that can be use when we want to find out information. To reduce the results, specific descriptions are needed with all searches. One basic shortcut when conducting searches with words that appear together or phrases, is to use quotations. Another shortcut when conducting a search with words that have the same meaning, is to use a minus sign. In addition to using these shortcut, there are specific searches that can be used to narrow results and get the needed information, both the old fashion way and using Google Advanced.
ReplyDeleteBefore beginning a search, it is a good idea to think about the search. According to the USC Beaufort Library, a search strategy can be created in your head by asking yourself “What do I want to do? Browse? Locate a specific piece of information? Retrieve everything I can on the subject?” (Chamberlain, 2014, p. 5). The answer to this question will help in determining how the search is conducted and what tools are used. A search statement should be used. According to the USC Beaufort Library, when creating a search statement, the following tips should be kept in mind: be specific, use nous and objects as keywords, put most important terms first in your keyword list; to ensure that they will be searched, put a +sign in front of each one, use at least three keywords in your query, combine keywords into phrases, avoid common words unless they are part of a phrase, and think about words you would expect to find in the body of the page and use them as keywords (Chamberlain, 2014, p. 5). With basic AND searches, it is important to use a keyword. According to the USC Beaufort Library the Boolean AND “actually narrows your search by retrieving only documents that contain every one of the keywords you enter” (Chamberlain, 2014, p. 6).
When wanting to expand a search, OR searching can be use. According to the USC Beuafort Library the Boolean OR “expands your search by returning documents in which either or both keywords appear” (Chamberlain, 2014, p. 6). Using Google Advanced, the searcher would type the keyword in the any of these words field.
To narrow down results, “Phrase” searching can be used. With this type of search, quotation marks are put around the exact word or phrase. Using Google Advanced, the keyword(s) would be typed in this exact word or phrase field.
Field searching is another strategy that can be used. According to the USC Beaufort Library, field searching allows you to “specify exactly where you want the search engine to look in the Web document” (Chamberlain, 2014, p. 9). Field searching consists of: URL and Title searching, Host/Site searching, and Domain searching. Host/Site searching is convenient when you have a reliable site you want to use. Using Google Advanced, the address would be put in the site or domain field. Domain searching limits the field search if you are seeking information from a particular kind of site. For instance, the suffix .edu may be desired if you are researching education or .gov if you are looking for historical information.
I have conducted searches the old fashion way for a long time. After watching the videos,reading the required readings, and actually doing both searches, I feel like using Google Advanced simplifies the process. With Google Advanced helps to narrow results that are relevant and reliable. I think it is important to know how to conduct searches the old fashion way and will still use this method for some searches. All of the strategies mentioned this week definitely are useful when needing to find information.
References
DeleteThe University of South Carolina Beaufort. (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 10, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
Hello Brandy,
DeleteIt’s funny how we reference our current searches as the “old fashion” way of searching the internet for information. I believe our student would think our “new found” way of searching would be titled “doing too much” or out dated for them, because of us teaching them how to narrow their searches. The discovery of Google Advance is a wonderful joy, but I’m still trying to work with the Boolean search site. Remembering to drag and drop the specific areas I want to search with is a work in progress on the Boolify Boolean site. Yet, to have students search with this engine it reduces any pop-up advertisements and it will surely cause them to appreciate how the “fast and I want it now” search engines came into existence.
Final Reflection:
DeleteI have often heard that it is good to be challenged. I would have to say that completing the three tasks this week turned out to be a challenge for me. When I was reading the required readings and watching the videos, I thought that I had an understanding of using Google Advanced and conducting Boolean searches. When the time came to actually conduct these searches, it’s like my mind went blank. I had my notes sitting next to me and used them to help me with the tasks, but I still was a bit confused. A major confusion I faced was the difference between a URL and domain search. I can’t count how many times I went back trying to distinguish between the two. I feel I can conduct the domain search, but still need to work on URL. I also became confused when it came to the Title search. With the “Phrase” search I second guessed rather or not I should use quotation marks. I saw in the assignment directions to not use them, but my Google Advanced page made me feel like I needed to use them. As with the OR search, I saw that I was not supposed to include OR in the keywords, but again I second guessed myself. I can truly say that I have learned new concepts and skills this week that I know I will use again. I have not mastered them yet, but after all practice makes perfect. Another lesson and reality check I faced this week is the importance of reading the directions closely.
Search Strategies
ReplyDeleteHave you ever wondered how the Internet can find many webpage links with only typing one keyword or a phrase of keywords that your searching for with ease? Well, if you’re somewhat of a geek like me you’ll find it’s interesting how a search engine such as Google (my favorite) or rather use your favorite web browser is able to do so. You’re probably not aware that within the search engine software programing there are ‘invisible conjunctions’ like the word AND or the word OR added into or along with your keywords to assist in your search that are called ‘defaults’ or the ‘basic settings’ programed for that specific engine (USC Lsn 6).
First a little history, a British mathematician named George Boole had a theory about the system of logic that any searching could produce precise queries, a “calculus of thought”. Therefore, using his notes on the “calculus of thought”, the Boolean logic and its operators were calculated and created into link words or phrases that assist with narrowing our inquiries (USC Lsn 8). When the US originally created the Internet, there were ‘exact’ wording or ‘symbol markings’ we had to use in the browser to obtain our electronic file from a specific host / site. Depending upon the search engine used some defaults require you to type them in capital letters, include the plus, the minus symbols or quotation marks called phrases, along with using specific domains as suffixes attached to the ending of file address (USC Lsn 7). An example such as searching for the title of a book, the URL address could look like: Title: “Edgar Allen Poe”.
Thanks to our internet evolving we currently only type the keywords required. Yet, sometimes the links of a webpage result are not always the exact host / site that we are searching for or you receive an error response. Well never fear, Google is here to correctly Advance your search. Google Advance is an extension on their search engine that assist with narrowing a search by using exact category fill in boxes (Google Adv). On its homepage, there is a language box to fill - Edgar Allen Poe, then you can narrow it to a specific site or domain as “.edu”, an education site. There are many other fields available to explore, give it a try.
University, S. C. (2014, Oct). Search strategies bare bones. Retrieved from: https://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson
Freeman, S. (2019). Prezi presentation. Retrieved from: prezi.com/uqtsdwijocs/looking-stuff-up/?utm_camp
Google, A. (2019). Google advanced search. Retrieved from: google.com/advance_search
Reflection
DeleteAll I want to know is when and where was I when the class for “Introducing the Internet - Understanding it’s Terminology and Navigating Rules” was being held. Even though I have wondered what “.com or .org” meant but I never took the time to deeply investigate the terms. I’ve tried to search on Amazon for books defining Internet verbiage or its acronyms meaning but I never really found one – that wasn’t too wordy at least. Honestly, I am grateful to finally know what the domains correctly mean. I know that this is just a small portion of learning about the Internet, but this was a thoroughly interesting assignment. It was a challenge for me to instill how to narrow my searches while working in Google Advance. Trying to use the specific domains or attempting to use the host name just to see what results I would receive, became frustrating at times because the results were not giving me what I was seeking.
As for navigating in between the internet search of topics to find a correct and informative site then applying the site to my spreadsheet was extensive. Especially, with the “Snipping Tool” screenshot coordination of copy, paste, cancel – back and forth, did require some time to get use too. At first, I had not correlated the screenshots along with the sites for my spreadsheet. Needless to say, it cost me, but it taught me as well to keep my patients and take my time with the directions
When searching the internet for effective resources we may find ourselves frustrated. Many times we search for something and find that not only do we get back thousands or even millions of hits, but those results do not always give us the information that we are looking for. This is when it becomes frustrating and we begin to feel overwhelmed. Although we may think using sites like google are fairly easy it is also important to be able to effectively use these search sites. This week, we read and watched some videos on how to be effective when using search engines.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Bare Bones lesson 8, Boolean Logic uses the words AND, OR, and NOT to link words and phrases in order to get more precise queries (USC Beaufort Library, 2014). When we use AND we are able to only find documents that only include the keywords that we enter in our search. This is most effective when we use a lot of keywords. When we use OR we get results that are similar or synonymous to the keywords we enter. Using NOT or AND NOT creates a limit on our search. This means that it will include the first keyword, but not the second.
I have honestly never heard of the Boolean Logic and found this information to be very useful. It showed me how not only are keywords important, but how to effectively use these terms to get the best results. Sometimes we may search for things on the internet that may give us a lot of unnecessary information. For example, if I want to learn about the history of Chicago I can use the Boolean logic to help. I would type history of Chicago AND NOT sports if I do not want to include sports history in my search.
A few other useful tips that I found useful was using the plus and minus sign. This is similar to some of the tips we learned in the Boolean Logic. This can be similar to using the plus sign and the AND word or using the minus and the NOT or AND NOT words in our search.
In conclusion, I am definitely an “ask google” type of person. It was interesting to find out about new ways to search for information in the future. Others that I will put into consideration are domain searching, title searching, URL searching, and host searching.
References
Freeman, S. (2018, May 7). LOOKING STUFF UP! Retrieved October 10, 2019, from https://prezi.com/uqtsrdwijocs/looking-stuff-up/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
The University of South Carolina Beaufort. Bare Bones (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 9, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
I used to think I knew how to search the internet. After this week's readings and videos, I realized I didn't know much about it. There are various techniques that can be used when searching the internet. The prezi presentation was a great example of how there are different strategies for searching the web. I hadn't really thought of how certain words can really make a difference when doing research. Using the words "and, or" can really make a difference in the search results. I remember having used advanced search but I hadn't used it in a long time. Being able to go back and use it again was helpful. It really helps you when wanting to make a refined search. For me, I've always used Google. It's just the fastest and easiest way to search things, in my opinion. I think a lot more people feel this way. With Google advance, we can use it to make more in depth research. I'm glad I was able to use it again. Something I would want more information on is databases. I've used them a couple of times, but I sometimes still don't feel to confident using them. I wonder if there are any similarities between databases and the advanced Google search. I'm sure there are but I would like to know what they are. Until now, I hadn't really thought of how important it is to have different searching techniques. I think it's sometimes easy for us to just get on Google and search things. We don't really think about how there are other ways to search things. I would say that's something I'm learning in this class. As the semester continues, I hope to keep learning how to do different types of searches.
ReplyDeleteLili,
DeleteI'm confused by the significance of data bases as well. I understand the difference but it feels limiting to search in a database. In my mind, and this might be wrong, but I think databases are more useful for things like seeing who has a membership at the gym (from the admin side) than searching for information.
Angela Williams SOE-380
ReplyDeleteOverall, the information I learned from this week lesson was very helpful in regard to search engines. Although it was a little overwhelming, I have a better understanding of field searching, title searching and domain searching. Furthermore, I never knew the meaning of domain searches. In addition, the quick tips were very helpful as well and how they’re used in basic searches. Use the plus (+) and minus (-) signs in front of words to force their inclusion and/or exclusion in searches (USC, 2014).
This class has definitely taught me a lot about technology. The advanced search and other search methods I learned about from the readings and videos made me feel like I was doing all wrong. Now, I know how to properly use keywords and how I want them to show up in my search. I’ve never used advanced search before, everything done up until now had been very basic.
Moreover, I never heard of Boolean Searches. In Boolean searches, always enclose OR statements in parentheses. Always use CAPS when typing Boolean operators in your search statements. Most engines require that the operators (AND, OR AND NOT/NOT) be capitalized. Other engines will accept either CAPS or lower case, so you’re on safe ground if you stick to CAPS (USC, 2014).
Finding reliable internet information is vitally important for everyone. Children need to learn how to get accurate sources when they are searching different sites. It is also imperative for educators to make sure they encourage children to locate proper sources as well as give them many examples. Given that I’m learning so much about new search strategies. I’ll be better equipped to guide the children I serve through internet searches and give them educational material to help them make informed decisions.
Lastly, this class is not hard but, very complicated for me because of my basic technology understanding. I’m going to continue to go over this information as time go on. Also, using Google advanced search will give you better results, without all of the additional pools of search in a shorter time frame. In addition, the search will yield more accurate results.
I feel like this week was very helpful. Honestly I wish I had this information from professor Freeman, and all of her examples in high school.
ReplyDeleteI found the advanced search discussions very helpful. I like how specific you can get with your search and how certain key words can really help direct your search to a more narrow results of information rather than getting such broad information! Something I found very interesting was about Boolean Operators, which are simple words (AND, OR, NOT, or AND NOT) used as conjunctions to combine or exclude keywords in a search, resulting in more focused and productive results. (library.alliant.edu)
I think this is great information to have because rather than searching one thing at a time this will help the search Process a lot!
The University of South Carolina Beaufort. Bare Bones (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 9, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
After learning about using different search strategies I would have to admit that I didn’t know there were search strategies and now I understand why sometimes I didn’t get the results that I was looking for when searching for certain things. When using the search engine google, google carries so much database that when you type in the first 3 letters or even certain words it automatically begins to show different results. Just typing anything into google doesn’t help you to narrow down your results and give you if not exactly what you are looking for but something close to it. I was a bit frustrated trying the different search strategies because you have to be able to understand each strategy and know how it is used and at first it was a bit confusing for me. The search engine google uses the keywords for each strategy such as and/or and not, those words are used as a part of Boolean searches. Boolean search is a search where it allows users to combine keywords with operators, however, you have to be careful when using those words because those words can link your keywords together and causing you to alter your search. According to Bare Bones, “In your search statement, if you enter more than one keyword without using any accompanying sign, mark or symbol, the search engine will automatically add either the AND or the OR conjunction to link your search terms together. This could radically alter your search in unexpected ways” (The University of South Carolina Beaufort).
ReplyDeleteI personally liked to use the advanced search because it allowed you to break down your search. You can put in your keywords and choose what domain you wish to use or you can choose the exact words you want to appear in the title. Advanced search gives you different options to use to help narrow down your search. I had the experience of using the advanced search for another class. I had to search fall math lesson plans for preschoolers. I used the phrase strategy and it gave me great results and narrowed it down to just fall and the subject and the age group.
I prefer to use advanced search because I can just plug in everything myself. I can choose my own keyword and it is going to narrow down my search instead of having to see many results that you aren’t able to go through so many.
The University of South Carolina Beaufort. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson6.shtml.
As I reviewed the required resource material for this week blog. I learned that there are easier methods to conduct research for different reliable sources of material. The Prezi presentation shared, the old fashion strategies for searching for information on the internet through a search engine. When conducting a host search the search engine will search for keywords in a certain site that is entered (Freeman, 2018). In additional facts from the presentations explains that search engine could look for the domain, like edu. That will share almost everything associated with the domain search. In fact, search engines go out and account for every word on every webpage and then organizes what it finds into results (Freeman, 2018). I believe this process take longer time to search for reliable information, however some people feel more comfortable with the first methods that they are accustomed too. I enjoy learning new and faster method to conduct research, because I had challenges and frustration when conducting research for assignments or project.
ReplyDeleteThe Second resource that explain how to use the Google advance search was very helpful with offering tips and strategies to locate reliable information on the internet. According to the Bare Bones tutorial (2014), Yahoo! is a subject directory that can be used to locate subject area information. Google is a major search engine that is good for locating specific information; there are also specialized databases that work well for specific searches. When conducting a search, one wants to avoid using “stop words,” words that are ignored when searching, to improve the quality of your search (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 6). I didn’t have any knowledge about stop word before reading this resource a list of stop words are “a, about, an, and, are, as, at, be, by, from, how, i, in, is, it, of, on, or, that, the, this, to, we, what, when, where, which, with” I now know that these word can effect my search of information in the search engines. Furthermore, there are more tips that are offered such as, included using AND, OR and NOT (ANDNOT) operators when conducting a Boolean search. Using AND or ‘+sign’ will tell the search engine to narrow the search to documents and pages that include all of the keywords; OR with the words in parentheses tell the search engine to reveal documents and pages that have either or both keywords; and NOT (ANDNOT) or ‘-sign’ limits a search to only the first keyword and not any words following it (Chamberlain, 2014, lessons 7-8).
ReplyDeleteIn addition to, more strategies for searching more productively one should try Nesting (i.e., using parentheses). Meaning one combines several keywords or phrases into one search statement using more than one Boolean operator. Double quotation marks around a phrase, written in lowercase, will ensure the words are searched for exactly as they are written (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 7). If you choose to conduct a field search, look for information in an exact location such as the title, domain, host, URL, or link. A title search will result in documents with the keywords or phrase in the title; a host search will locate and retrieve information from a specific computer or server; a URL search will bring you information from a file that has the file name in the URL; and a link search will result in web pages that carry links to a specific page that may be of interest to you information from a file that has the file name in the URL; and a link search will result in web pages that carry links to a specific page that may be of interest to you. Conducting a domain search means looking for information about or produced by an institution for example, edu -- educational site, com -- commercial business site, gov -- U.S. governmental/non-military site, mil -- U.S. military sites and agencies, net -- networks, internet service providers, organizations, and org -- U.S. non-profit organizations and others (Chamberlain, 2014, lesson 9). I think this information was very helpful to learn how to transition from the old fashion method to newer methods of conducting searches on the internet with different databases. The strategies provide different examples of how to locate information to a newer method to obtain reliable information. There also are options for safe share for people searching for reliable information on the internet that might be offensive for student or create challenges to located reliable sources of information on the topic or subject matter.
References
The University of South Carolina Beaufort. (2014, October 9). Retrieved October 10, 2019, from http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml.
Freeman, S. (2018, May 7). LOOKING STUFF UP! Retrieved October 10, 2019, from https://prezi.com/uqtsrdwijocs/looking-stuff-up/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy.
I enjoyed everything that we did this week. I enjoyed reading the articles for this week and reading about what my classmates had to say. I enjoyed learning new things and trying out new skills. This week I learned how to use Google advanced in many different ways. I learned about Boolean operators and the details about what they are. I learned how to do the different type so searches. I learned how to do an OR, EXACT PHRASE, TITLE, URL, and DOMAIN search. This is stuff that I did not know about before. I learned how to use the different sections in Goggle advanced to narrow down the results. This is something I wish I knew about before. I say this because it would have bene useful when writing papers. I will use this for my papers now because I know about it. I will also use it for my classroom. I will use it to narrow down the results when looking up ideas in regard to lesson plans. To be honest, there is nothing that I wish I would have learned. I say this because I have learned some valuable information. I also learned the old fashioned way and I like that. However, I do prefer Google advanced over the old fashioned way because it makes things easier. I learned a lot this week and I am glad I did because I will carry it with me when working in the classroom. I will also use it in my personal life.
ReplyDeleteThis weeks lesson was a refresher on effective internet searches. It was great to be reminded of all the different ways google's advanced search could be used. I had fun completing the activites and looking for more websites for the spreedsheet.
ReplyDelete(Apologies, it only copied the first section of my reply)
DeleteWhat I hadn't fully realized was how useful searching a specific domain could be. I had seen that option a couple of times but always ignored it in favor of searching on the websites built in search, if it had one. The ability to search in the title or URL is probably one of my favourite as I feel it provides the best results for what I'm searching.
For me, this is something I do every day at work, so outside of the domain I did not learn much from this weeks lesson. I am excited to see how useful it was for some other students and reading how much it has helped them encourages me to share this knowledge with more people!
Reflecting on this week's assignment has made me realize the importance of learning more about the internet and the different ways I can gather reliable information. Searching for specific information and using keywords will prevent the user from wasting time on unnecessary searches. Lastly, even though I learned a lot of new information this week. The task associated with these assignments were not easy for me. I have learned more than information about technology. I've learned how important it'll be for to be empathetic as an educator. I promised, I was clueless and everything looked foreign to me. When a student tell me they don't get it and they cannot connect the dots. I'm going to do like Professor Freeman, and do my very best to make sure they get a clear understanding of every lesson taught.
ReplyDeleteHi Jocelyn,
ReplyDeleteI think most of us have all experience this as something we have never known about. Searching for things can be so frustrating. I myself didn’t know how to narrow down my searches so this was all new to me as well. This week it taught us how to search for things the correct way. Providing different search strategies helps to understand how to search for things on the web.
Betty
Although the assignments this week were time consuming, they were very useful. The first assignment went the quickest, but was a good introduction into the next assignment. It was nice to have a little bit of practice using the google advanced search engine and to see what kind of results I got. It also showed me how using this engine correctly can help narrow down searches. The second assignment was probably the most time-consuming part. However, it helped with the third assignment at the same time. I tried to conduct the searches so that I could use a site from the results to put into my spreadsheet. Some of the searches took me a little time to figure out. I tried using different keywords in order to change the results I got. The assignment told us the different ways to try and search for the various subjects, but did not tell us the keywords to use. So, it took me a couple of tries to figure out what keywords worked best and how to input them. However, this is part of the process of searching. It does sometimes take time to figure out what keywords are going to work best when conducting any kind of search. Google advanced can help narrow things down and get a bit more specific in what you are looking for, but the user still has to figure out what keywords to input. That’s why it is important to think about it ahead of time and then to write down some of the searches you have already tried so you know what works and what does not work.
ReplyDeleteI actually found a lot of really good websites during these searches for both interactive games for students and teaching resources. Most of the time, I just use Pinterest to find activities and ideas for my lesson plans. However, now that I know how to better utilize the search engine, I can use that to help me find lessons or ideas as well. At the center where I work, we do not have computers accessible to the students. However, if we ever do get computers or tablets that the children can use, I already have a good list of website that would be perfect for children to learn different skills. Not only did this week teach me how to better utilize search engines, but it also taught me the importance of this knowledge and how much it can help in so many different aspects. I think these are all important concepts that children need to learn as well to help them conduct searches in the future as well. The students that I teach are too young to understand these concepts, but it would definitely be beneficial information to maybe elementary school children.
This week we learned how to use Google Advanced and the many different searches you can do with it. I had never heard of Google Advanced before this week and am now using it every chance I get. Before I would search for what seemed like hours sometimes to find the information I was looking for. I would change my keywords up in hopes that the result I was wanting would pop up. Using google advanced this week has helped me with my other classes as well. The videos that Professor Freeman posted were very helpful in learning the different ways to find the results one is looking for. Although the assignments this week were time consuming, learning about google advanced will help my research in the future. I liked being able to follow the step-by-step instructions and see how little changes were making the number of results go down. Being able to utilize google advanced in our tasks for this weeks assignments helped me better comprehend all the different ways to use google advanced.
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ReplyDeleteFor this week we differently have learned many ways of searching using Google. Doing week 4 assignment gave us an insight on that in using advance search and the fact that it can cut down time in what we really want to find in my books isn't a bad thing. I feel that school with older students should use this way of searching for things. It will get them familiar with early on. As teacher I know we are always looking for more to add on to a lesson and not becoming frustrated in the process would be nice.
Final Reflection:
ReplyDeleteThis week we learned about Google advanced search which was new to me. It did seem like a good search engine to use becaue it tends to only show what you searched for. When completing one of the assignment tasks, we used advanced search to search Boolean Operators, which I had not heard of before. It was good to learn that you can add words such as AND, OR, NOT, or AND NOT to a search and it helps narrow the search. The assignments this week did seem to be a bit time consuming, but informative and informational about different ways to search for topics such as URL or domain. It seems like many of my classmates have better technology skills than me.
Reading through everyones posts, I am glad to see that I was not the only one who wasn't already using google advanced search. It seems we are all mostly on the same page and were surprised by just how useful it WAS. We all seemed to really get a lot out of the Boolean method about using AND, and OR in our searches to change the results that we get. Overall I think this was a great week
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ReplyDeleteThis week we all learned a lot of new ways to effectively search the internet for information. Many of us found ourselves to have realized that we weren’t very savvy in effectively searching the internet. I have heard of Google Advance in the past, but I have never personally used it on my own. Being able to learn effective strategies on how to use google advance is going to be beneficial moving forward. Also, being able to do the homework activities was very helpful because I was able to begin practicing those skills. Since we had to search specific information I was able to continue to learn best practices and what keywords to use.
The Boolean model really stuck out to me a lot this week. I feel that it is a simple to use and an easy to remember method to use when searching for information. It will help me to find specific information and get most accurate results. I have already begun using this method when working on homework and it’s definitely more effective. My search results are giving me the exact information that I am looking for and my results are becoming smaller. Fewer results will ensure that I’m getting the exact information that I am looking for. This also means that I will spend less time scrolling through unnecessary search results.
Reflection
ReplyDeleteAfter learning different search strategies I believe it is very beneficial to learn especially when giving assignments to students where they have to do major researching. Learning and knowing the different search strategies will be greatly beneficial for students. Task 1 worksheet was really helpful to begin searching and understanding that advanced search is way easier to use. Advanced search helps you to fill in your own keywords and it allows you to narrow down your searches. I learned Boolean operations are used to connect and define the relationship between your search terms.
Task 2 was a bit frustrating for me in the beginning because it was kind of difficult finding certain websites for the subjects especially for age appropriateness. I had a difficult moment using advanced search for finding interactive reading activities. Many of the sites required you to sign up for it and or pay for the activities. I’ve noticed that many things on the internet is asking you to pay for learning activities which I think for children to learn we shouldn’t have to pay so much for children to learn. Lastly, I believe I found some great websites for reading, math, science, and social studies. It made me understand how searching for things is so important and the different search strategies helped me to understand how to search things better.
Final Reflection:
ReplyDeleteSo, I was not/am not happy with the assignment that we had for week 4. I did not find the Google Advanced search all that helpful. I didn’t really get the results I thought I would. To complete the resources spreadsheet, I actually reverted to searching the way I have always done. The only thing that I did differently was use the “-“ to eliminate certain results like teacherpayteachers, amazon, and pages with a subscription or sign-in. Perhaps I was a bit overextended with the amount of work I had to do during this past week and I just wasn’t as focused on this. I will attempt to use the search strategies in the future because I feel that using them can be beneficial; I just did not experience that this past week.
I appreciate everyone who commented and noted similar feelings to mine, that of being a novice to Internet searching after having done so for so long. I want to improve my skills but I think I needed more time and more energy. I will get better (hopefully) and be able to share these skills with my family and current and future students who are using the Internet on a regular basis for school and recreation. Teaching students how to protect themselves while searching is very important to me and do not want to be neglectful in this area.