Teacher Resources - Internet Searching
Ask Jeeves
http://www.ask.com/
Cuil Search Engine
http://www.cuil.com/
Welcome to Cpedia — the automated encyclopedia from Cuil. Traditionally, search
engines have returned a list of references in response to a query — ten blue links.
Cpedia changes this. A natural way for people to receive information is a report — a
summary of the topic. Current search results are more analogous to receiving a
bibliography than a sourced report. For each query, Cpedia algorithmically summarizes and
clusters the ideas on the web and uses this to generate a report. We do the heavy lifting
of removing all the repetition, so that unique and novel content surfaces. Just as
Wikipedia uses the effort of a large number of people to edit a topic, we combine all the
documents written about an idea on the web to generate one article."
CyberSleuth Kids
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/
“An Internet Search Guide for the K-12 Student.” There are links to educational
clipart, flashcards, worksheets, online wrod searches, lesson plans for teachers and much
more. Sections are conveniently grouped and linked by subject, for instance, Art &
Music, Health, History, Language Arts, and Media.
Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com
Excite
http://www.excite.com
Google
http://www.google.com
Google for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/
Read important announcements, find high-quality online resources, connect with other
educators, read about best-practice teaching examples, Google classroom contests, and stay
informed about free upcoming webinars to supplement your professional development
activities over the summer. Learn to use Google Apps, Google online books, and Google
Teacher Academy!
Google Searching
http://www.google.com/help/features.html
In addition to providing easy access to billions of web pages, Google has many special
features to help you to find exactly what you're looking for. Click the title of a
specific feature to learn more about it. One example is the Google Calculator: To use
Google's built-in calculator function, enter the calculation you'd like done into the
Google Search box and press the Enter key or click on the Google Search button. The
calculator can solve math problems involving basic arithmetic, more complicated math,
units of measure and conversions, and physical constants. Refer to complete instructions
for help in building your own expressions.
LookSmart
http://search.looksmart.com/
Lycos
http://www.lycos.com
Metacrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com
Seven Steps Toward Better Searching
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/WebQuest/searching/sevensteps.html
Spezify
http://www.spezify.com/
"Spezify is a search tool presenting results from a large number of websites in
different visual ways. We take web search further, away from endless lists of blue text
links and towards a more intuitive experience. We want you to get a good overview of a
subject, find useful information and be inspired with Spezify. Everything communicates and
helps building
the bigger picture." Just enter a word, then use the bars at the bottom and side to
scroll.
Vivisimo
http://vivisimo.com/
Vivisimo is a very useful metasearch tool that is effective, powerful and easy to use. To
use the site, enter any search term into the search window. The search return clusters Web
sites and presents them on the left border of the page. Vivisimo presents three options
for viewing a Web site found in a search: new window, full window, and preview. The most
interesting is the preview function which displays the Web site in a scrollable window
directly below the Web site listing in the search return. Users never have to leave the
search return to view the site so that locating useful Web resources becomes a more
efficient process.
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com
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