Slide 1:Teacher’s guide to creating your own search engine IA


Slide 2:By the end of this e-torial, you will Understand the value of a customized search engine Create your own search engine Embed your search engine into your blog/website This e-torial makes use of the following applications: Browsers: Internet Explorer/Firefox etc Google applications Outcomes Tools Level Intermediate  Advanced IA


Slide 3:Motivation Selecting the sites that you will search Getting started Provide Basic information Adding your search sites Testing your site You can do more!! Finding your search engine Share your search engine Embed your search engine IA Just click on the Home Icon (top right) to return to this index


Slide 4:Specific Subject/project Focus your learners Protect younger learners against possible “bad sites” Act as a knowledge filter Make good sites more accessible Eliminate possible millions of irrelevant results Guide learners towards educator-evaluated web sources ……. You can also embed (place) your search engine on any school site or your class blog Why can’t I just use a normal search engine?


Slide 5:You will have to do your research before hand. Make a list of all the sites that you would like to be included in your search engine! You can restrict the search to just one page!! For a Single page/document to be searched, use the page exact url egwww.mysite.com/mypage.html (the last part of the URL address will have a file name (.pdf; .htm ; .doc…) Or you can search across an entire site… Entire sites: Add /* onto the addresseg www.mysite.com/* will include all the pages on www.mysite.com Examples:www.factmonster.com/ *www.kidsclick.org/* Include the site Url in your list, 1 Url address per line It might be a good idea to first type your list of web addresses in a text editor


Slide 6:You can even restrict the search to certain parts of a website Parts of sites: Use wildcard patterns to include just certain parts of a site. Eg www.mysite.com/*about* will include only files on www.mysite.com that have about in their name. Entire domains: You can also specify an entire domain using *.mydomain.com./* If you specify mydomain.com, it will automatically be converted to *.mydomain.com/*. Include the site Url in your list, 1 Url address per line


Slide 7:Open your browser and type in (or click):http://tr.im/googlesearch Sign into Google using your username and password or Register for an account: If you already have a Gmail Account you can sign into any Google application with your username and password To use all the lovely Google stuff you need an account! Piet@gmail.com ********** Video: Click here to Play


Slide 8:By choosing a good search engine name, it will make it easy for other teachers to find it easily and re-use it as well! Decide on a name for your search engine. Provide a brief description of exactly where your search engine will be searching Restrict the sites to those you choose Mrs M’s kid safe search engine Only sites with safe information for kids… Kids safe E-books search Class search engine Video: Click here to Play


Slide 9:You will be able to edit this list and add more sites later. Type in the sites that you want to include (1 per line) Or you can copy and paste the links if you have prepared it beforehand Format the urls (/* to search the whole site) Agree Next http://www.askkids.com http://www.kidsites.com http://www.refdesk.com/kids.html www.factmonster.com/ www.kidsclick.org/ www.lea.co.nz/ict/eResources/ /*/*


Slide 10:You will now be able to share the link to your search engine or you can even embed it on your school/class website or blog Type in a search term Does your search engine work?? Click on Finish Mathematics


Slide 11:Keep this e-mail safe as a quick reference to what you can do with your search engine You will receive and e-mail with further instructions and links


Slide 12:You can copy the web address (URL) by putting your curser on the link and pushing CtrlC on your keyboard How do I find my search engine again? Sign into your Google account at www.google.com Click on Settings (top-right) Under Products, click on My search engines Double-Click on your new search engine to open It is a good idea to save this page to your favourites in your browser:Internet explorer: Favourites Add to favouritesFirefox: Bookmark Bookmark this page


Slide 13:You can also bookmark it using your favourite bookmarking system like Delicious or Diigo Copy the search engine page link and paste it into an e-mail to share with your friends/ colleagues / learners…. What is the easiest way to share my search engine? Create a hyperlink to it from your school websiteeg My search engine Twitter it!


Slide 14:You can copy the web address (URL) by putting your curser on the link and pushing CtrlC and share (paste) it in an e-mail Go to your setting page (see how on previous slide) Double-Click on custom search element Highlight and copy (CtrlC) the code Log into your blog/website and make sure that you are in the code view Paste your code where you want your search engine to appear Embed your search engine in your blog /website


Slide 15:This e-torial was developed by maggiev for use by subject advisors and teachers in South Africa and everywhere My learning places: www.school2.co.za http://learnwithmaggie.ning.com Mathsliteracy blog Library blog Follow my learning tweets: www.twitter.com/maggiev