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ram><bigger>I was asked by several people to post a HIT concerning
teaching internet search strategies to elementary students. Below
are the original post and the responses I received. Thanks to all
who replied.
Jill Sceifers
Media Specialist
<color><param>7F00,0000,0000</param>Jonathan Jennings & Pleasant Ridge Ele=
mentary Schools
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At 03:22 PM 10/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
<color><param>7F00,0000,0000</param>>Dear LM_Netters,
>
>I'd like to plan on teaching groups of my 4th and 5th graders
some
>Internet search strategies later this semester. Have any of you
had
>any experience with doing this? I'd like to hear your success
>stories and valuable lessons you learned during this process. I'd
>also appreciate any advice on content or specifics that you
have.
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Let me suggest something I think teachers forget ...as mom to an
LD kid....
Teach the kids how to use synonyms, etc to find things. IE my
son and I
were hunting something the other day. He could find very little
and his
teacher hadn't taught them to hunt around. When I started
working w/him, I
pointed out other words that could go with the key word. In this
case, we
tripped over the word "symbolism" and tacked it to the key
word and
suddenly found sites we hadn't found before. He had to know
to look for
alternative words in the listings which had come up and to keep
hunting.
Kids Search Engines
www.yahooligans.com [most listed]
www.kidsclick.org [tutorial:
www.usd327.org/EES/EES%20Library/eeslib/kidsearch.htm
Search Engines for Kids
www.searchopolis.com
For elementary, middle, high school
www.discoveryschool.com
www.ajkids.com
AskJeeves for Kids
www.mikids.com
K-8 educational site
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idspage/kidspage.html
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the K-12 student.
<color><param>0000,0000,FF00</param><smaller>Jill, I have done this with m=
y 5th graders in another school. If you
have an electronic encyclopedia, you might start with that and
then mo ve to the Internet.
Give the students a very defined list of search engines they can
use. KidsClick, Searchopolis, Yahooligans. While those aren't
exactly search engines, they are really directories, but they are all
safe and you can sure your students will n ot get somewhere they
shouldn't. I tried very hard to stay ahead of the teachers and put
the sites that they knew they would need for projects on our
website. It does a couple of things. It expedites their search.
Often students ha ve such limited time and also it keeps them
away from places you don't want them to get into to. My old site
is at http://www.cr.k12.ia.us/Wils/index.htm
If you click on Search engines it takes you to a page that will be
useful for your students. I hope to get this added to my new
school soon. Cheers, Ruie
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<color><param>7F00,0000,0000</param><bigger>I've been teaching Internet sk=
ills for a number of years. At 4th
grade, I
>start off with Internet safety. I have them go through "Internet
safety
>game"
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aram>.
I have
>them practice doing searches in Yahooligans using first
directory search (
>I "walk" them through a search by giving detailed instructions of
how to
>follow pathway), and then have them go through a site to
answer questions.
>Then we do a keyword search in Yahooligans, again going to
several sites
>and have them answer questions found at the site. In 5th grade,
I review
>Internet safety, and then talk about how to look at address of
site and
>description of site before going to that site. I have them
evaluate a
>number of web sites to look for this information: Who made
the site, what
>is the purpose of the page, evaluate the content of the page,
evaluate the
>design of the page. We then practice directory searching first in
>Yahooligans, then in Yahoo. Next is keyword searching in
Yahoo, then
>practice using other search engines like Hotbot, Altavista. Ask
Jeeves and
>Google. I have them compare the number and quality of sites
for a given
>topic at each search engine. I introduce them to Boolean
searching by
>having them make up search phrase for a variety of search
questions. I
>check the phrases before I let them search for the answer. I try
to follow
>each unit with a classroom project so they can apply their new
skills to
>an actual lesson. Any further questions, please let me know. I
have some
>worksheets I could send.
<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>Hi
I am working on internet searching with the grade 6 and 7
classes. I went
to Kathy Schrock's website and used her ideas for internet site
evaluations. Below is a copy of the worksheet. (I use
clarisworks, so I'm
not sure the attachment will go through for you, although I will
include
it.) Please feel free to use this if you so desire. Of course all the
formatting disappeared when I copied it onto this e-mail! The
kids worked
in partners and in some cases in groups of three to complete the
evaluation for each website they visited. It was very useful and
made the
kids think about the websites they were selecting. This might be
a bit
difficult, but I'm sure it could be adapted for your age group.
Name
Date
Website Evaluation Checklist
Authority
Purpose
Currency
Accuracy
Objectivity or bias
What Web browser are you using?
What is the URL of the Web page you are looking at?
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What is the name of the site?
How Does it Look?
Does the page take a long time to load? YES / NO
Are there big pictures on the page? YES / NO
Is the spelling correct on the page? YES / NO
Is the author=92s name and e-mail address on the page? YES /
NO
Is there a picture on the page that you can use to choose
links? (Image map) YES / NO
Is there information in columns on the page? (Table) YES / NO
Is there a date that tells you when the page was made? YES /
NO
Do the photographs look real? YES / NO / NO PHOTOS
Do the sounds sound real? YES / NO / NO SOUNDS
What Did You Learn?
Does the title of the page tell you what it is about? YES / NO
Is there an introduction on the page that tells you what is
included? YES
/ NO
Are the facts on the page what you were looking for? YES / NO
Would you have gotten more information from an encyclopedia
or
other print material? YES / NO
Does the author of the page say some things you disagree with?
YES / NO
Does the author of the page include information that you
know is wrong? YES / NO
Do the pictures and photographs on the page
help you learn? YES / NO / NO PICTURES
Summary
Looking at all of the questions and answers above, write a few
sentences
telling why this Web site is helpful (or not helpful) for your
project.
adapted from Kathy Schrock=92s Guide for Educators
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schrockguide/
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ries to this age.
Yahooligans is great. Google and Librarians Index to
the Internet are also good.
Since this is a BIG hockey town, I demonstrate
searching for penguins using a search engine, making
no mention of all the possible interpretations.
I act surprised when hockey sites come up and then the
kids figure out why. Then I show them how to use the
directory, eliminating the possibility of
mis-interpretation.
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ls.yahoo.com" </underline><color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>}I have a fa=
bulous book from ALA called KidsClick! It has web
related
lessons for K-6 in one book, and 7-12 in another, but both
include a CD
which includes all the levels. Very well put together.
Dorcas Hand
Annunciation Orthodox School
Houston TX
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