Thursday, March 25, 2010

Google to investigate 'education searches'

I saw this article in the School Library Journal e-newsletter and wanted to share. Google is exploring the option of creating an 'education search' from its website. Now, the article is very vague about what that type of search would be, however it sounds intriguing.

What would an 'education search' look like? If I was doing any controlling of that type of search I would very start by making sure that all hits to my search were valid and credible websites. That if I did an education search on 'genetics' I did not find a website written by Sally Smith in Grade 4, but rather a website authored by a professor of genetics at a University. I hope Google hires some librarians/educators to work on this project, if it gets out of 'exploration' stage. Because wouldn't they be the best to evaluate how students use the internet to get information?

1 comment:

  1. This'd be helpful for students of all ages! I can just see how teachers might utilize it. Cool blog, Michelle.

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