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SweetSearch is a Search Engine for Students. Most search engines search billions of Web sites and return tens of millions of results; some are from reliable Web sites, some are not. SweetSearch searches only 35,000 Web sites that have been evaluated and approved by a staff of Internet research experts at Dulcinea Media, and its librarian and teacher consultants. SweetSearch excludes results from the unreliable sites that rank high in other search engines, and waste your time. It lets students choose the most relevant result from a list of credible results, rather than having them waste time on unreliable sites.

Check out this quick and easy searching lesson using the advanced Google search.

Through the great folks in the Google Certified Teachers community I've learned that you can now sort your search results by readability. The readability index is a bit coarse, but it is helpful none-the-less. The index use a simple ranking of "basic," "intermediate," and "advanced." In order to sort by readability you have to open the advanced search tools then select "reading level" from the drop-down menus.

A great list of kid-friendly search engines from Joyce Valenza

Way cool search engine that allows you to see multiple sites with searched resources

Precipitate lets you search for and launch the information you have stored in the cloud from within Spotlight or Google Desktop for Mac. It currently supports the following services: * Google Docs * Google Bookmarks * Picasa Web Albums

This is an amazing resource for teachers of all content areas. Along the same lines as NLVM, but with more content areas covered. Many lessons may be used with your ESL students.

More content than NLVM, AMAZING resource for interactives, videos and lessons. Good for all grades. Worth promoting with your teachers!

"Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more-using your own word lists."

More search options About Us Born on August 24, 2007. RTI Tools was designed to be a resource for teachers, school psychologists, speech pathologists, school interventionists, parents, etc. in their efforts to implement response to intervention (RTI).

Open Educational Resources are all about sharing. In a brave new world of learning, OER content is made free to use or share, and in some cases, to change and share again, made possible through licensing, so that both teachers and learners can share what they know. Browse and search OER Commons to find curriculum, and tag, rate, and review it for others. Use the Tutorials as a guide. Join and contribute to the global Open Education community.

We all know that Google offers a great search program, and you might even use other apps like Gmail or Google Calendar, but have you realized what Google has to offer for educators and students? Using Sites, Google Earth, Wave, and more, you can turn your classroom into a place where you can share, collaborate, and publish on the world wide web. Read on to find out how you can put Google to work for your class.

Google Wonder Wheel is a new great feature from Google which allows you to see relevant search results to your query in a unique semantically relevant and graphically design way. The following is a step by step guide on how to use the GoogleWonderWheel tool:

Came across this at the SMART Lesson Exchange site....looking at it further.... MS is the base... (enrichment at the Elem Level)

"With classes, homework, and projects-not to mention your social life-time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time."

An image search that provides a mind-map type result.  Click the main image and you are shown images that are similar.

Digitized collection of materials created through a teaming with Google Books project. You can search full-text or limited version only.