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While the pages and media found via simple searches may seem unendingly huge at times, what is submerged and largely unseen – often referred to as the invisible web or deep web – is in fact far, far bigger. 
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"I have often suggested to teachers that when students have access to technology, whether it is provided by the school in a 1:1, BYOD, or simply the smart phone in their pocket, there should never be a question that goes unanswered –or un-followed. These are teachable moments for how to effectively search for information (information literacy & digital literacy) ...What I discovered in the 300+ observations I have done for our 21st Century Learning grant work was that the problem isn’t necessarily about allowing time for students to answer questions. The problem is that they rarely ask questions beyond simply clarifying what needs to be done for the assignment."
Beth Dichter's insight:
As teachers we ask our students questions all the time...but how often do your students ask questions...perhaps a better question would be do they know how to ask good questions? This post provides some background material as well as ideas for "how you might begin to shift from a culture of compliance, to a culture of questioning in your classroom." One of the ideas she suggests is looking at information from the Right Question Institute and purchasing a book "Make Just One Change: Teach Students To Ask Their Own Questions." I have been reading this book and find it an incredible resource.
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There is a new digital divide on the horizon. It is not based around who has devices and who does not, but instead the new digital divide will be based around students who know how to effectively find and curate information and those who do not.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Learning to search effectively is not easy. This post provides a look at four types of searchers and some crucial teaching skills to teach your students. Do your students know: * How and when to use dashes (or minus signs)? * When to use two periods? * How to do a site search? * How to use country codes? * What a filter bubble is? You will also find a link to Eli Pariser's TedTalk on filter bubbles as well as a short video on finding primary sources.
Pamela Perry King's curator insight,
October 21, 2013 12:09 PM
The Big Six taught me a lot on how we assume kids can skim and scan. We need to take more time to show them how to search. 
johanna krijnsen's curator insight,
December 4, 2013 2:07 PM
do your students know how to search, find and curate information? 
Cindy Gerken Butler's curator insight,
November 11, 2014 2:34 PM
We are a 1:1 school and we have several students who could learn a lot in regards to searching for content on the internet. |
Many students are not aware that there is an "invisible web" that may be searched, one that is not quite so easy to find but has more information than Google provides (which tends to look at the "Surface Web"). According to this post Google has indexed "roughly 200 terabytes" while the size of the Internet is estimated at "5 million terabytes" of information.
The post provides a look at what is not found through Google (or other common search engines) and then shares:
* A list of Open Access Journal Databases (with over 10 databases with descriptions)
* A list of Invisible Search Engines. Quoting from the post "The search engines that deliver results from the invisible web are distinctly different. Narrower in scope, these deep web engines tend to access only a single type of data…deep web searches tend to be more thoughtful in their initial query requirements." Ten search engines are listed and there is a short description for each.
* A list of subject-specific databases in the following areas
- Art & Design
- Business
- Legal & Social Services
- Science & Technology
- Healthcare
Although this post is geared to students in college there are resources that may be used by students in middle or high school provided, and as teachers it is important for us to learn more about this "invisible web" and to share it with our students.