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With more and more of the world's content online, it is critical that students understand how to effectively use web search to find quality sources appropriate to their task. We've created a series of lessons to help you guide your students to use search meaningfully in their schoolwork and beyond. On this page, you'll find Search Literacy lessons and A Google A Day classroom challenges. Our search literacy lessons help you meet the new Common Core State Standards and are broken down based on level of expertise in search: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced. A Google A Day challenges help your students put their search skills to the test, and to get your classroom engaged and excited about using technology to discover the world around them.

With more and more of the world's content online, it is critical that students understand how to effectively use web search to find quality sources appropriate to their task. We've created a series of lessons to help you guide your students to use search meaningfully in their schoolwork and beyond. On this page, you'll find Search Literacy lessons and A Google A Day classroom challenges. Our search literacy lessons help you meet the new Common Core State Standards and are broken down based on level of expertise in search: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced. A Google A Day challenges help your students put their search skills to the test, and to get your classroom engaged and excited about using technology to discover the world around them.

Narrow down your search results by adding symbols and words to your search called search operators. Don't worry about memorizing every operator - 

Easy to use classroom blog. Students can respond to your blog posts or create their own blog posts. They can also be put into groups for book discussions, projects, etc!

Bring your own Device

This site is like a Facebook for your classroom plus so much more! Create posts that can include assignments, projects, quizzes, polls, and more! It even grades quizzes or assignments for you and you can set deadlines for your students!

A free course to sharpen your search skills 

Put your story on the map!

How can focusing on a specific task help as well as hinder you?

Student Responsible Use Guidelines for Technology 

Exemplar Lesson Plan in Social Studies, Reform Movement

An example of a possible rubric created/adapted from RubiStar for a multimedia project. file:///Users/lynnvogel3/Desktop/Your%20Rubric:%20Multimedia%20Project%20:%20Reform%20Movements.webarchive