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item	Google Linking
contact	Alan Levine (District Office) alan.levine@domail.maricopa.edu 1 of 30 packages by Alan Levine
college(s)	District Office
discipline(s)	all subjects
summary	Learn how to create web links that will reconstruct a specific Google search you have done before- these "Google Links" can be used as specific reference links then in course web pages, email messages, and bulletin board discussions.
details	Most everyone knows the power of Google for finding information on the web. But there is more to using Google than just popping in key words and hoping for good results, or just sending your students there with an assignment such as "do a search on ethics of euthanasia". One task we see teachers spending much time on is maintaining lists of relevant course, subject, or project web sources. This takes time to compile, create the web page, check for bad links, etc. By using the power of Google, you can preview its collections of results for a certain topic, and then rather than providing your students a single or limited set of resources, you can let the Power of Google send the most relevant and current collection of web links. But even better: * You are not dependent on a single web site for content (sites disappear, they move, or go down when you need them most). * You are providing your students a more focussed set of links rather than just sending them to a search engine web site, and they are not spending time figuring out the mechanics of search tools. * Your links will include newer, relevant sites that may not have been there when you first looked. * Students are given the responsibility of evaluating content, and are encouraged to explore and think about multiple sources of information. * Students who are search savvy can modify search criteria to refine a result. This is likely the most simple technical skill you can learn! All you need to do is to visit Google, try some test queries until you feel the top 5 or 10 results have worthy information, and just copy the URL from the Google Search result from your browser's URL/web address tool bar. Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback via the comments form below.
web links	http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Volcano+Monitoring+Data%22 sample Google Link for exact phrase search "Volcano Monitoring Data" http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Rene+Descartes%22 sample Google Link for exact name search "Rene Descartes" http://www.google.com/search?q=%22inverse+square+law%22+-physics+%2Bchemistry sample Google Link for on Inverse Square Law in Chemistry but not in Physics http://www.google.com/search?q=%22inverse+square+law%22+%2Bphysics+-chemistry sample Google Link for on Inverse Square Lawn Physics but not in Chemistry http://www.google.com/search?q=developmental+math+tutorial+%2Bsite%3Aedu sample Google Link for developmental math tutorials from college / university sites (.edu sites) http://www.google.com/search?q=108+North+40th+Street+Phoenix+Arizona+85034 sample Google Link for maps to specific addresses http://www.googleguide.com/ Google Guide: Interactive Tutorial Making Search Even Easier
supplements	These items are licensed under a Creative Commons License Google Linking (document) googling.html (7.7 kB) Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback below.
comments [1 comment(s)]	Most recent comment about this package: On Tue Apr 27, 2004 at 1:52PM Julie said: Alan, Your package came in so handy when I was working with a faculty member explaining how she could use predefined Google searches in her Blackboard course--a quick trip to the MLX provided all the information we needed! Thanks for sharing this package!
shareback [1 shareback(s)]	A "Shareback" cites the places on the web that mention, reference, or use this MLX package, and "shares" that information back here (more about shareback...) Most recent shareback for this package: New Tool BlogPulse (and how to GET what they POST) cited Fri May 14, 2004 at cogdogblog Somewhere in the aggregator today came a pointer to a new blog search tool, BlogPulse BlogPulse is an "automated trend discovery system for blogs. Blogs, a term that is short for weblogs, represent the fastest-growing medium of personal publishing and... Sharebacks can be generated automatically by weblog tools.
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