Web+Literacy+11



=**Web Literacy 11 : advanced Google commands**=


 * Aim:**

What are some advanced Google commands and when and how should I use them?


 * Common Core State Standards:**


 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.7** Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.


 * CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.8** Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.


 * Objectives:**

Students will learn some advanced Google commands and when and how to use them.


 * Vocabulary:**


 * url: command
 * inurl: command
 * allinurl: command
 * intitle: command
 * allintitle: command
 * allintext: command


 * Introduction:**

The url: command differs slightly from the site: command. The site: command searches for extensions only, and in some cases, as in the case with .k12, it requires the entire extension, such as U.S. state information and .su country code.


 * Discussion:**

The url: command is not as specific. It tries to match the information you type in after the colon and limits your search to Web addresses that contain the same text.

For example, if you do a url: command using the letters edu, the search will access all U.S. higher learning sites but it will also access any URL that has the word education or educator somewhere in its Web address.

If you do the search url:k12 + turtle, you will find all sites that have the word .k12 in the URL and turtle somewhere in the site.

The key difference between using the site: command and the url: command is the following:


 * the site: command searches for extensions only
 * the url: command searches for whatever you type after the colon, only within Web addresses that contain the same text.

The inurl: command restricts a search so that some keywords must appear in the page address.

The allinurl: command restricts a search so that all of the keywords must appear in the page address.

The intitle: command restricts a search so that some of the keywords must appear in the title.

The allintitle: command restricts a search so that all the keywords must appear in the title.

The allintext: command restricts a search so that all of the keywords must appear in the body text.


 * In-Class Activity:**

1) Create a new page on your wiki and name it Web Literacy 11. You will write all your answers on this page.

2) I want you to continue to either think about a topic you'd like to research, or to visit Web sites related to something you are learning in school. Perform a search in the search engine of your choice.

3) For this activity, you are going to perform 1 search each using all six commands. Write out your search strategy and record a few of the Web sites you found in your search results.


 * Summary Activity:**

3-2-1

Name 3 new things you learned from the lesson.

Name 2 areas in which you are still confused.

Name 1 way you might apply what you've learned to another area.


 * Source:**

November, Alan (2008). //Web literacy for educators//. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press.