Ms Acton is coaching her students who struggle to write long essays, especially when it comes to finding relevant articles and citing their sources. How can her students use Google Scholar to help improve these skills?
Request results within a date range
Use the “Cite” tool to correctly format citations
Access and read the entirety of all search results in a free online library
Use the “Related Articles” feature to find additional research related to specific search results
Search for articles by a particular author
Find academic sources and save the links to “My library” within Scholar
You are teaching a class on politics in the media, and you want your students to search for trending political stories online. What is the best and most efficient way they can find information on trending subjects?
Create a questionnaire in Forms to send to fellow students to understand trends within a school
Do a Google search for “Political trends” and search for relevant information
Go to Goolge.com/trends and browse through current trends across multiple categories and countries
Go to Google Analytics to see most viewed web pages and searches
You strongly believe that students need a voice so they can influence their environment and make a real difference. You have decided to support the creation of a school newspaper. Move the rows up and down to match each Google tool with the way it can be used to reimagine the traditional school newspaper online.
Google Tool
Use Case
Sites
Web hosting and publishing the newspaper
Google Photos
Storing photos and images
Docs
Drafting and editing articles
YouTube
Video hosting and editing
Calendar
Assigning draft due dates and final deadlines
Students in a programming class have asked if you can help them arrange a hackathon to support their autonomous robot development project. Move the rows up and down to show the best way each Google tool could be used to help facilitate the planning and execution of a hackathon.
Hackathon Tasks
Google tool
Creating a print-friendly schedule
Docs
Creating a project timeline to ensure everyone knows what deadlines and responsibilities they have
Sheets
Gathering feedback from other programming students on their preferred development tools
Forms
Presenting the final solution to an audience
Slides
Creating a flow diagram for the development process
Drawings
Forms can be adaptable based on the answers provided by the recipients. For example, if they get a question wrong, they can be directed to review the content again, and retake the question. Describe the process of making a “Create-Your-Own-Adventure” quiz using forms. Move the rows up and down to put the steps in the correct order.