Teachable: Top Quality Teaching Resources instaGrok.com 5 Safe Search Engines for Kids If you are a parent or a teacher looking for search engines to recommend to your kids and students, the list below will be a great start for you. 1- Ask Kids Ask Kids is a search engine designed exclusively for young people ages 6 to 12. It's a free, safe, fun way for kids and their parents to quickly and easily research school topics like science, math, geography, language arts, and history in a search environment that's safer and more age-appropriate than traditional, adult search engines. 2- KidRex KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids! 3- KidzSearch KidzSearch offers a unique solution to this important problem. 4- Searchy Pants Searchy Pants is a simple and safe internet search engine for families, children and pupils.
Kids From Topical Search Wiki K-12 Education Main Page Search Engines:Free of Charge/Education/K-12 Family Friendly Search Engines KidsHealth – A health portal for for parents, for kids, for teens, and for educators. Custom Built Search Engines More Search Engines Specialized Directories External Links Phil Bradley, Children's search engines: searching the internet safely. References ↑ "About Yippy:Privacy,", Yippy, accessed Dec 28, 13, "About Yippy:Censorship,", Yippy, accessed Dec 28, 13, "About SweetSearch4me", SweetSearch4me, accessed Dec 15, 13,
Diana's Blog | Big6 After the great kick off to our biography unit that Mary Dodson Wade gave us, we looked at several of her biographies along with a handful of others. The students were asked to read and fill in a graphic organizer, also taking note of how the information was presented (one was in verse) and point of view. We then discussed what we wanted to include in our biographies. It was time for the students to start choosing the person they wanted to research. All of our middle school students are completing this project. I started out by putting up a list of 20 or so notable people from the revolutionary War. Next the students scoured their textbooks for information; I wanted them to practice using the index, a skill they all need to improve. The students then went back to their textbooks to fill in the K-W Chart from their Big6™ Research Notebooks. Revised Questions Following the Big6™ research model, we discussed the types of resources they needed to use and where to find them. Sample Note Sheet
12 Fabulous Academic Search Engines Coming to you from the wonderful Nova Scotian city, Halifax (Canada), Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is an educational blog dedicated to curating, reviewing and sharing EdTech tools and mobile apps. The purpose is to help teachers and educators effectively integrate digital technologies into their day-to-day teaching, learning and professional development. For any questions regarding the blog website or the published content , please contact EdTech admin, editor and blog owner, Med Kharbach at: info@educatorstechnology.com. Med Kharbach is a doctoral researcher and a former teacher with 10 years of classroom teaching experience. Med's research interests include: discourse analysis, language learning, linguistics, Internet linguistics, critical linguistics, new (emerging) literacies, critical pedagogy, and educational technology. Kharbach, M. Example: Kharbach, M. (2016, December 30). 9 Fundamental digital skills for 21st century teachers [Blog post].
ICDL - International Children's Digital Library Research Like a Librarian: Using "Big6 Skills" for Better Grades! PSSSTT! Let me let you in on a little librarian research secret: finding information at branches and online isn't hard (anyone can do it). In fact, in this digital age of online databases, Google and Wikipedia we are on information overload. We are surrounded by too much information actually. So how do librarians research? Well, we know how to evaluate information, dissect it, analyze it, reassemble it and put it to use effectively. "The Big6 Skills" process isn't a shortcut. Step 1: Defining the Assignment or Project What is it exactly your teacher wants from you? Step 2: Research Strategizing and Planning Now that you understand the assignment, have chosen your topic and written down what you need to find out, you must decide how to go about finding the information you need. One key to good research are good keywords. Tip: An online library database is always preferable to a Googled website. *A quick word on Wikipedia. Step 3: Location, Location, Location Step 5: Information Fusion
Kids Search Engines EDITOR'S NOTE: For an updated look at search engines for children, see "Savvy Little Searchers: Kids' Search Engines" The services below are designed primarily to serve the needs of children, either in focus, or by filtering out sites that some parents and teachers might find inappropriate for kids. These usually include sites that deal with explicit sexual matters, porn sites, violence, hate speech, gambling and drug use. Scroll down for listings or jump directly to: Major Children's Guides - Filtering Options Other Children's Search Engines - Filtering and Blocking SoftwareRelated Articles Major Children's Guides & Directories The kid-safe directories below use human beings to filter out sites that might be considered objectionable for viewing by children. Ask Jeeves For Kids Ask Jeeves is a unique service where you enter a question, and Ask Jeeves tries to point you to the right web page that provides an answer. KidsClick! Yahooligans