NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ728071
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jun-1
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1481-1782
EISSN: N/A
Become a Google Power User
Gunn, Holly
Teacher Librarian, v32 n5 p14 Jun 2005
Become a Goggle Power User was developed for incoming students in Sackville High School, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2003, and has been adapted for use in other local schools and in several universities, it is an instructional program designed for first-year high school students that was integrated into the English Language Arts curriculum, the program was developed to teach students the skills they need to be effective web searchers. This article describes the rationale for developing the program, the administration of the unit, and the changes in students' searching skills following the activity. Pretest and posttest results demonstrated that students could become more effective web searchers as a result of the program. The instructional unit, Become a Google Power User, is included in the appendix.
Scarecrow Press, 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706. Web site: http://www.scarecrowpress.com.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Canada
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A