What is Google & How do we Use it? 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

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1 What is Google & How do we Use it? 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

2 History Started in 1996 Stanford U students - Sergey Brin and Larry Page Project to create a search engine that ranked websites more efficiently Originally known as Backrub 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

3 Mission: Google s mission statement is to organize the world s information and make it universally accessible and useful. 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

4 How does Google Work? PageRank: Each results site given a relevancy score based on: How many times the keywords appear in the web page How long the web page has existed *The number of web pages that link to the site Uses spiders to scan web pages in search of keywords Create a Keyword index listing all sites it finds with that keyword 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

5 The quality of your search skills and the terms used will determine the quality of the information you find 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

6 How do you Use Google for Research? 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

7 Begin your research by Pre-Researching your topic for information and KeyWords related to your topic that will be used to find further information Use a general info resource like WorldBook Online. 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

8 Create a Search Statement using Key Words & Phrases Main idea of your topic Describes your topic Information Search Guide 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

9 Finding your Key Words & Phrases Many people believe that marijuana has valuable health benefits. We know that is helps lessen the side effects of cancer and AIDS. The drug Marinol, a capsule containing THC, is used as a treatment of nausea, vomiting, and weight loss in patients under going chemotherapy. Many others believe the use of medical marijuana will lead to drug addiction. 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

10 Boolean Operators: AND OR NOT George Boole Used to connect your keywords & key phrases 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

11 Combining key words medical marijuana AND health benefits medical marijuana NOT recreational marinol OR THC THC AND chemotherapy side effects effects of marijuana AND Teens AND grades 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

12 Search Statement Reminders Be specific Use synonyms Use around phrases Type the Boolean Connectors all in CAPS 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

13 Google & Natural Language Searching Using everyday language, phrasing questions as you would ask them if you were talking to someone Example: How tall is Mt. Everest 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

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15 More Search Operators define: Find the definition of a word filetype: Search for results of a specific file type like pdf or ppt intext: intitle: inurl: link: movie: Find the word(s) within the text of the article Find specific word(s) in the title of the article Find specific word(s) in the web address of the article Find pages that link to a certain page. Searches for movies and show times in a particular zip code related: Find sites that are similar to a web address you already know. site: Get results from certain sites or domains like.edu or.gov 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

16 Understanding the Results Page 5. Filter tools 1. Search Result 2. Title 3. Snippet 4. Web Address 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

17 Google Filtering Tools: 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

18 Image Search: 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

19 Find it on the Page: Ctrl F 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

20 A Google A Day 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

21 Culture

22 The Question: The three-lobed leaves of a tall tree are powdered and used in a traditional New Orleans dish, and the bark is the traditional flavoring for a soft drink. What drink is it?

23 Hints Things to think about as you get started 1.What information do you need? 2.What source might be best? 3.What Keywords should I use?

24 What are the keywords? The three-lobed leaves of a tall tree are powdered and used in a traditional New Orleans dish, and the bark is the traditional flavoring for a soft drink. Three-lobed leaves powdered Traditional New Orleans dish Bark Flavoring for a soft drink 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

25 How to find the answer Search Steps: 1. Search [tree three-lobed leaves powdered] to find it's the sassafras tree. 2. Search [sassafras drink] to learn that root beer is traditionally made with sassafras root and bark. 3. The traditional dish from New Orleans is gumbo, which contains filé made up of powdered sassafras leaves. Answer Root beer

26 Background and further discussion While many different parts of a plant can be used for seasoning, tree leaves are fairly unusual and using the bark of a tree is even more unusual. There's at least one other fairly common drink that's flavored with tree bark, and most pumpkin pies contain a fair bit of ground up tree bark from the South Seas. What is the name of this pumpkin pie ingredient?

27 How do we find the Answer? 1.What do you think we are looking for? 2.What are our key words? spice, pumpkin pie, tree bark Search Statement: pumpkin pie spice made from tree bark

28 The Answer: Cinnamon

29 Graded Activity Go to Join the class Early High School Class using Class code y0qk7i

30 Good Luck!!! See Mrs. Hays if you need help! 6/27/2017 Hays Fall

31 The Answer: Mavi Cinnamon

32 Find it on the Page: 6/27/2017 Hays Fall