Search Strategies for Online Resources

Search Strategies For Online Resources

1. Why use Web Resources?
   
   
• Free course content
• Up to the minute information
• Add variety
• Illustrate real-world applications of course concepts
• Teach students how to evaluate web-based materials
• Examples, illustrations, case studies
• Discussion prompts
• WAC ~ 'how is this relevant?' 'Summarize,' 'Respond.'
  
  
2. To get ideas for lectures, etc.
   
   
3. Just Google it.
   
   
4. Sharing and Collaboration
• Engaging Ideas Weblog
• Create your own archive
  
  
5. How to Integrate and Use Resources - Beyond Web Links Lists
• Into discussions
• Into Learning modules
• Engage Students
  
  
6. Finding Resources:  Some Suggestions
   
   
7. Be a regular online reader. Scan favorite sites regularly. Follow Blogs. Have themes or ideas in mind. Let your colleagues know so they will send you links. 
   

• Google News
  
• Newstimeline! : http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/
•  Newseum: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
• World News: http://www.wn.com/
  
  

• Finding Relevant Blogs: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/identify_top_blogs.php

• Technorati.com

• Digg.com
• Clipmarks.com
• Popurls.ocm
• http://delicious.com/

• Google Video
• Youtube
• TED
• Yahoo Video

• http://www.flickr.com/
• Google Image

• Google
• http://live.grokker.com/
• Choose the Best Search: http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

• http://www.pollingreport.com/

• http://www.findsounds.com/types.html
• http://www.soundsnap.com/

• http://www.podcastalley.com/
• http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
• http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/

• Intratext: http://www.intratext.com/
• Guterberg Project: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Electronic Text Center: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/Elist.html
• Bartelby.com http://www.bartleby.com/index.html

• Arts and Letters Daily http://aldaily.com
  
• http://www.intute.ac.uk/  -- Very Cool