Following yesterday’s post about Google’s 15 second search tips,
I thought it would be pretty easy to pull together and develop
an on-going series of short tutorials on how to use Google’s
search engine. I was also motivated to do this because, co-
incidentally, at the Teaching and Learning Symposium yesterday,
I attended an elective where the question was asked by a
secondary school teacher, “tell me what I can do to help develop
my students’ IT skills for when they attend your university.”
One of the answers he got was “teach them how to use Google
search.” A lot of time can be spent by both new students and
staff, on achieving a basic level of digital literacy. Google’s
search engine is a powerful tool disguised by a very simple
interface which many of us don’t use to full effect. New
features are being added rapidly, too, so I thought a blog which
brought together tutorials made by Google and, in time, made by
me, might be a useful resource for both staff and students.
It’ll also give me the opportunity to