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A New Visual Search Engine - Athenir

A New Visual Search Engine - Athenir | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From athenir.com - May 28, 2015 6:24 AM
Research better. Feel better
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Thanks to Richard Byrne for sharing a post on a new search engine, Athenir. This visual search engine provides a view that may help learners discover additional search terms, allowing them to more easily find the information they are looking for. His post (linked to by clicking his name above) explains that this is just the beginning with additional items being added over the summer. 

If you have used Carrot2 the visual seen above may be familiar to you. Athenir is using Yahoo as the base for its' searches.

Providing learners access to search engines beyond Google, Bing and Yahoo is important. There are many search engines that are geared to younger students, that are more visual in nature...this list could go on. The visual component of this is colorful and allows learners to view their search in a format that many find helpful.

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John Evans's comment, June 29, 2016 9:04 AM
Just tried to access the site and it seems to have been shut down.
Karen E. Belter's comment, June 29, 2016 10:56 AM
The Athenir sire is closed.
Dennis Swender's curator insight, October 26, 2016 12:40 PM
Site is no longer in operation - but the concept insight lends itself to further entrepreneurship
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Four Helpful Web Search Strategy Tutorials

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From www.freetech4teachers.com - September 19, 2013 8:19 PM

"Vaughn Memorial Library at Acadia University hosts four free animated tutorials designed to teach lessons on web research strategies. The four tutorials are Credible Sources Count, Research It Right, Searching With Success, and You Quote It, You Note It."

Beth Dichter's insight:

Are you looking for some assistance in teaching students about web research strategies. If you are, and if you teach upper elementary or middle school, consider checking out these four interactive tutorials to help students understand:

* how to determine credibility of a website;

* the process of research, from forming a question through steps taken;

* search functions, including some advanced searching techniques;

* plagiarism, what it is and how to avoid it

Each of the tutorials will take about 10 minutes. If this is a new area for your students this provide a basic understanding.

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Maryalice Leister's curator insight, September 20, 2013 8:43 PM

Research/web searches don't come naturally to young learners and these tutorials form a foundation on which teachers can build. excellent and worth checking out.
Dean Mantz's curator insight, September 22, 2013 8:29 PM

This is a helpful share from Richard Byrne's site Free Tech 4 Teachers.  I encourage all educators to add this resource site to aid in the development/strenthening of student searching skills. 
Sue Alexander's curator insight, September 23, 2013 9:28 AM

just can't have too many tools in our 1:1 toolbox. These are aimed at intermediate and middle grades. Thanks Beth for another helpful Scoop!
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Great Google Search Strategies Every Student Can Use - Infographic

Great Google Search Strategies Every Student Can Use - Infographic | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.freetech4teachers.com - August 14, 2014 4:30 PM

"A couple of years ago I published 10 Google Search Tips All Students Can Use. In that post I included a small PDF to distribute to students. The folks at Canva.com took a look at the post and turned it into a slick infographic for me. You can view the infographic below. Click here to download it from Box.com where I have it hosted."

Beth Dichter's insight:

Canva was kind enough to take a great pdf file that Richard Bryne created on 10 Google Search Tips All Students Can Use and create an infographic. Since we know visuals are important to many learners, take the time to check this out and to share it with your students. Also remember that many search techniques that work with Google also work with other search engines.

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Using Images as Research Prompts to Teach Google Search Strategies

Using Images as Research Prompts to Teach Google Search Strategies | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.freetech4teachers.com - June 21, 2013 9:24 PM

"Over the last month I've shown the picture that you see to the left during a number of presentations and workshops. I've used the picture to model using pictures to spark students' minds at the beginning of lessons on search strategies. This is a strategy that I've developed by borrowing ideas from Daniel Russell's Search ReSearch activities and Dan Meyer's strategy of using videos and pictures to prompt students to ask math questions."

Beth Dichter's insight:

Richard Byrne shares how he uses images to help students (and teachers) learn search strategies. He suggests using Creative Common-licensed images from Flickr or Fotopedia as many are tagged with locations. He also shares some of the questions that often come up with this picture.

Using images to teach search strategies may help those students whom are more visual learners.

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Kimberly House's curator insight, July 28, 2013 9:39 AM

Great idea for getting curiousity going and engaging students in what can be a dry topic: search strategies! 
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