Tired of "googling" something but you can't find what you need? This session will teach you some tips and tricks so you can "google" like a pro. Need a calculator? Google it. Need a photo of a rose that is red? Google it. Need to research plate tectonics but you only want scholarly articles? Google it. Need articles on the Inca Indians written on the third grade level? Google it! Really, it's that simple!

1. Searching is a Snap!

2. Presenter
Director of Professional Development
972-275-9251
dbenner@tcea.org
@diben
Diana Benner
@diben
@tcea
TWEET It!

3. Tired of “googling”
something and not finding
what you need?

4. Goals
• Identify search strategies for Google to
better locate relevant information
• Identify search strategies for Twitter to
better locate resources
• Create a custom search engine

5. Session Resources
http://goo.gl/B9VmYP

6. Today’s Meet
Today’s Meet
https://todaysmeet.com/search081914
1. Introduce Yourself
• Name, Position, Campus, Grade Level
2. How often do you search the Internet for
information?

7. The web is made up of over
60 TRILLION individual page…and
growing!

8. Searching the Internet can feel like
drinking from a fire hydrant.

9. Bing: Cure for Search Overload Syndrome (Commercial)

10. How Does Google Work?

11. Reverse Image Lookup
1. Go to
images.google.com
2. Click on the
camera icon
3. Paste a link or
upload your
image
4. Review search
results

12. Reading Level
1. Perform your
search
2. Click on Search
Tools
3. Click on All
Results
4. Select Reading
Level

13. Time
1. Perform your
search
2. Click on Search
Tools
3. Click on Any Time
4. Select time or set
custom range

14. Site
Limit your search results to a particular site(s)
by adding site:site_name to your search terms.
Examples:
[ biology site:.edu ]
Search results for biology limited to edu domains
[ flipped classroom -site:.com ]
Search results for flipped classroom excluding all commercial
domain sites
[ technology grant site:ed.gov ]
Search results for technology grant limited to only pages found at
ed.gov

15. Filetype
Easily locate files on the web by restricting your
search results to just that file extension.
Examples:
[ storyboard filetype:doc ]
Search results for storyboards that are MS Word files
[ prezi filetype:pdf ]
Search results about Prezi that are pdf files
[ creative commons license filetype:ppt ]
Search results for PowerPoint files that are about creative
commons licensing

16. Advanced Search Form
Google Advanced Search Form-http://www.google.com/advanced_search

17. Voice
1. Go to google.com
2. Click on the small microphone icon
3. Clearly speak your search terms into your
microphone

18. Google Custom Search Engine Tool - https://www.google.com/cse/
1. Adds sites to be searched.
2. Select the Language
3. Update the name of your
custom search engine
4. Share public URL
5. Edit your CSE to add more
features

19. Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com
• Provides a search of scholarly literature across
many disciplines and sources, including theses,
books, abstracts and articles.
• -Cited by
-Sort by date
-Sort by relevance

20. Google Calculator
• Guide for Google Calculator
• Instructions on how to use the math functions
built into Google
• More information here:
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/3
284611?hl=en

21. Google Fight
Google Fight – http://www.googlefight.com
• Tool to see how many times a word or phrase is
used in a website
Using Google Fight in the Classroom
• An article on how to use Google Fight when
teaching language usage.

22. What Do You Love?
http://www.wdyl.com/#
• The tool wdyl allows users to conduct a search and
Google in turn provides results via communities or
services like results in Groups, Trends, YouTube and
more.

23. Let Me Google That for You
(LMGTFY)
http://www.Imgtfy.com/
• Let Me Google That For You let's you conduct
the search and send the process
• Funny Google Humor!

24. Filters
Limit your Twitter search results to find
resources faster.
Examples:
[ book study filter:links ]
Tweets with links with the word(s) book study
[ bulletin board filter:images ]
Tweets with images with the word(s) bulletin board
[ flipped classroom filter:videos ]
Tweets with videos with the word(s) flipped
classroom

25. Hashtags
Examples:
#edtech #yalit
#iwb #ece
#gbl #byot
#smedu #txed
#sschat #libchat
#txedchat #ntchat
#elemchat #ioschat
http://goo.gl/zmdJGQ

26. Google Power Searching Online Course - http://goo.gl/Q5MNBk

27. Tips & Tricks

28. Inside Search Tips & Tricks - http://goo.gl/2vMgh6

29. http://goo.gl/dd6fXa

30. Google Search Star - http://goo.gl/mA2umH

31. Google Search
Tips & Tricks
http://goo.gl/JHfUwU

32. What is your
favorite search
strategy?
Share at Today’s Meet:
https://todaysmeet.com/share081914

33. Searching
Challenge #1
https://todaysmeet.com/share081914
1. Go to the Google Custom Search Engine Tool -
https://www.google.com/cse/
2. Create a Custom Search Engine
3. Share your custom search on Today’s Meet
“Learn Today, Use Tomorrow”

34. Searching
Challenge #2
https://todaysmeet.com/share081914
1. Go to the Google Advanced Search -
https://www.google.com/advanced_search
2. Conduct a search and narrow your results
3. Share what you searched for and how you
narrowed the results
“Learn Today, Use Tomorrow”

35. Now What?
Share:
• Twitter - @diben or @tcea
• Today’s Meet
https://todaysmeet.com/share081914
What will you take back to your campus
after this session and how will it be used?

36. Questions

37. Resources

38. Session Resources
1. Great Google Search Strategies
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/08/great-google-search-strategies-
every.html#.U_Al48VdU9J
2. How to Search the Invisible Web
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/articles/students/how-to-search-invisible-
web/
3. Visible vs Invisible Web
https://www.hartnell.edu/library/LIB5/visible_invisible_web.htm
4. Advanced Search Operators
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190
5. 10 Google Search Tips for Students
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/11/10-google-search-tips-all-students-
can.html
6. Become a Power Searcher
https://sites.google.com/a/tcea.org/get-your-google-on/power-searching
7. General Searching Techniques
http://berglandresources.wikispaces.com/Google+Search

39. Thank You and
Happy Searching!
follow me on twitter
@diben