I attended a Google mini conference over the weekend up in Waukegan, IL, and although I learned a wealth of information there was something very specific that stuck with me. During a session on Design Thinking to encourage metacognition, presenter Martin Moran (on Twitter @martinmoran21) said that he hated the term digital native and that educators can't assume that our students all fit into that category. The room fell silent when Martin said "Just because a teenager knows how to use social media, knows how to type with emoticons, and knows how to bully someone online does not make them a digital native," but we were silent because of our delayed and collective agreement on the statement.
Kids come to school with with an arsenal of knowledge on how to retrieve information off of the internet, and now they can do it as fast as asking "Siri, when was the Declaration of Independence signed?" to "Okay Google, how fast an a cheetah run?" When it comes to conducting inquiry studies in the classroom, a students first rule of thumb to ask the internet a question does not always provide them with the best, most reliable sources.
Here are 3 tips to get students to "get more out of Google".
Discover advanced search techniques. You can use keyboard shortcuts and other advanced operators to get specific results as you search (i.e.: use key words, truncation, limit phrasing, file-type search, etc.) See the presentation slideshow below! Infographic originally from an article on Mashable.
I'd also recommend taking a look at these two blog posts:
5 steps to more accurate and efficient Google search
10 (more) awesome things Google Search can do for you
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