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A blog about search, search skills, teaching search, learning how to search, learning how to use Google effectively, learning how to do research. It also covers a good deal of sensemaking and information foraging.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Answer: How much did it cost?

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As you might have guessed by the large yellow bat-logo-looking illustration, there's a comic book connection here.   The fastest wa...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Wednesday Search Challenge (5/30/12): How much did it cost?

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. As readers of this column doubtlessly know, Barbara Gordon was bringing a book to the inhabitant of Wayne Manor when she realized t...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Answer: Who's the artist?

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Yesterday’s search challenge varied from fairly simple to advanced.  1. Where was this photograph taken?   Answer:  Corner of Secon...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Wednesday Search Challenge (5/23/12): Who's the artist?

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I was sorting through some photos I happen to take a while ago and it happened again.  I found this extraordinary picture of a mural.  It...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Answer: Where on earth?

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The short answer:  This photo was taken in March, 2004.  (I know, since I took the picture.)  It was shot at the Matei airport on Taveuni...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Wednesday Search Challenge (5/16/12): Difficult--Where on earth...?

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I'm back from my travels, but I'm still in a vacation kind of mind-set.  So today I've got a slightly more difficult problem fo...
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Friday, May 11, 2012

Announcing the new Google Search Education site

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As you know, one of the things we're doing is creating materials for students and teachers to use to both LEARN how to search, and TEAC...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Answer: Where do the bats go?

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In yesterday’s challenge I asked a few questions about bats in Austin, TX.  How did you do in answering them?  Here’s what I did.  1....
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Wednesday Search Challenge (5/9/12): Bats over Austin--where do they go?

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This week I’m in Austin, Texas attending a conference on Computer-Human Interaction, a place where we speak to each other in learned to...
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Answer: From fish to football--what's the connection?

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Finding the publisher of the fish image is pretty easy.   By now I assume you all know about Google's Search-by-image, and can dr...
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