Be a Search Ninja – Use Minus

by admin | Mar 18, 2015 | Bing in the Classroom, Google, Search

One trick for doing a web search is to EXCLUDE terms by using a minus sign in front of the keyword. I am currently trying to do a search for the human population numbers in the circumpolar regions. Sample Search I start my search with circumpolar population However, I...

Use Quotations in Your Search

by admin | Mar 13, 2015 | Beginner, Bing in the Classroom, Google, Search

When performing a search try using quotations around your keywords. This ensures that your keywords are placed next to each other in the text. I typed Alice Keeler into a Google News search. The first two articles were about me. However all the rest of the results...

Research Tip: Start with an Image Search

by admin | Nov 13, 2014 | Bing in the Classroom, Google, Microsoft

When trying to find information on a new topic one is likely to use a search engine such as Google or Bing. The results will be a text based list of websites that probably talk about that topic. Given that you do not know anything about the topic, how do you choose...

Use Quotations in Your Search

by admin | Sep 12, 2014 | Bing in the Classroom, Google

“Use Quotations” When using a search engine such as Google.com or Bing.com or any other search engine this search technique might help you to more quickly find what you are looking for. OR When you type in two words or a phrase into a search box the search...

Teaching my Daughter to Search

by admin | Aug 11, 2014 | Beginner, Bing in the Classroom, Blog Entries, Google, Microsoft

One of the projects I work on is the Bing in the Classroom lesson of the day. This project requires that I look at a picture and a description of the picture and come up with an essential question to help students learn to search. While working on the project I...

Bing in the Classroom: Free Lesson Plans

by admin | Jul 26, 2014 | Bing in the Classroom, Microsoft

Everyday on Bing.com a high quality photo image is displayed. Microsoft’s Bing in the Classroom provides free search lessons to go along with the image of the day. In the bottom right hand corner of the image of the day is a photo info button. Click on this to...