Searching The Web

So in the efforts to teach my students about information literacy and how to properly use " ", or, and, etc. in Google I came across a few resources.  The first is an amazing Prezi on Google Search Tricks by Tony Vincent.

Google Search Tricks on Prezi

I am certainly going to be showing my 6th graders and High school students this.   The next resource I stumbled upon is the Google Help page on Exploring Google Search.  Here users can look at the various searching tools.  Here's a preview of what you can search for.

When you click on any of the "hot links" listed above you will be taken to little search boxes with mini web browsers next to it.  This will show you a real life example on how you can modify/use the search feature.

This can easily be added to a curriculum to help students successfully search on Google.

It's not squared it's cubed!!!

Do you have multiple Youtube videos that you want to use, but don't want to have to click over and over to find them?  Are you looking for a way to show your Youtube videos on your website, blog, or other social media site in a way that is creative and interesting for people to see?

This new web 2.0 application is called YouCube.  It gives you a 3D cube in which you can add 6 Youtube URL video's that you can twirl through to view. 

This is what the "cube" looks like.  You can add your 6 videos at the left hand side of the screen.  Below is a picture of what that URL add lines look like.

Once you have your videos in you can play and view one movie at a time.  It's a neat little program that helps organize videos.  Check it out some time when you want to be a little more creative.  Also you can view other people's "cubes".

Enjoy!  The link is found here.