What surprised me most about this week's assignment was how long it took me to complete the "search strategies" quiz! Was it me? Or did anyone else have a hard time finding the answers? I found myself trying to "google" the answers! Perhaps this was the point? In addition, I spent too much time going back and forth between pages-searching, copying, pasting, etc. Uggh. I'll admit it, I'm stuck in the StoneAge-give me a paper and pencil test, please!
However, during this experience, I can't believe how much I learned about searching. For example, I almost screamed when I discovered the advanced features such as the minus sign(-) to exclude words during a search-genious! The CommonCraft videos are awesome, I could become addicted to those. How about a CommonCraft video to review the French Revolution? I'll have to do a "search" for that in the future...when I haven't reached my maximum capacity for searching!
All in all, this experience was a positive one. I think that investing time to become an "expert searcher" could pay off in the long run. I know that I've logged many hours searching for items that I could have found in a fraction of the time. My students would benefit greatly from learning some of the advanced search techniques--become more efficient searchers. Finally, teaching students to be critical of websites is key. I'm going to use that lesson with my students in the near future.
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I had the same frustrating experience as you doing the quiz! I, too, had to Google a couple of the answers (irony?), and by the end I was quite frustrated. I definitely feel like such a "student" desperately trying to keep up and provide the correct answers. Oh well...I did learn quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteI, too, experienced major frustration doing the quiz. I had to Google a couple of the answers (irony?). I felt like a "student" while doing the whole thing, a bit confused, trying to keep up, wanting to know the right answer. Oh well....also learning a lot.
ReplyDeleteHi, Andrea. I printed out each lesson, put it in a notebook with section dividers, then was able to do the quiz. I'm stuck in the paper mode, too. I think that particular quiz had lots of small details that needed looking up.
ReplyDeleteAndrea,
ReplyDeleteI am glad that I wasn't the only one. I was very frustrated as well, toggling back and forth. I will use Jane McCabe's technique of printing out the pages so that I can do the quiz.
Andrea,
ReplyDeleteYou hit it right on the head here. Long and frustrating. Like you, I resorted to Googling to get answers to some of the questions. As you say, perhaps that was the point. I guess being a life-long learner has its ups and downs :).