Reflection on Power Searching

After completing classes 1-6 on power searching with google, I feel like I am now capable of finding quotations and true information for essays. Not everything we read is true, and because of these classes, I know how to check if what I read on one website is an actual fact or not. By using Google Books, I can find out who said certain quotes that I find. Before, I would find great quotes but not know who the first person to say it was. Now I can site quotations in my essays much better. I also learned how to check if the information I read on one website is a fact or more of an opinion. By doing one more search I can check the information. This search can't be too specific because then it still won't be effective. The query should have the name of the topic that you are searching for but no specific numbers. These classes overall will improve the quality of all my work and hopefully enhence the actual outcome of the essay itself.

Power Searching with Google

In class one, we learned about how to effectively search for a topic in Google. The word order, word choice, and symbols used all matter when making a good query, however spelling and capitalization don’t make a difference in the query. We also learned a tool to help us search a page for certain words faster. By pressing the Control and F keys at the same time, a little box appears where you can type in a certain word that you are searching for. This makes research so much easier and faster. Both of these pieces of information will help me in research projects at school. In the next class, we learned about all the different types of media available on Google. Depending on what you’re searching for depends on which piece of media to use. The ones that I use most of the time are the images, videos, and web. However there are so many more options like news, maps, shopping and books. We also learned how to read the SERP. There are three parts to the SERP which are the title, web address, and the snippet. There are also two arrows which give you a preview of the site to make sure that it’s what you are looking for. I use this tool to help speed up my searching by quickly previewing each site so I know if it’s what I need or not. In class 3 we learned about many different operators. There are five of them which include filetype, site, minus (-), quotes, OR, and intext. Most of these are like filters so when you search for a topic it eliminates sites that you don’t want. Quotes and OR aren’t filters. Quotes allow you to search for the exact words that you type into the query. OR lets you search two topics at once by placing the word OR in-between the two queries. I can use these when I am trying to search for specific topics in the computer. For quotes, I can use this to search the author of famous quotes or the lyrics to a song. All the information I learned from classes 1, 2, and 3 have improved my ability to search in Google.

Disney World

Imagine leaving today and entering the world of tomorrow, yesterday, and fantasy. Disney World is the most magical place in the world. It is also the only place that something like this is possible. When you go to Disney World, you suddenly feel like a little kid again. You believe that anything is possible and you even believe in magic. Happiness flows through you as you watch the fireworks burst above Cinderella's castle. Knowing that you are in the happiest place on earth sends a wave relaxation throughout your whole body. You forget about the real world and all the stress you might have had back at home. It's important to enjoy every moment at Disney because before you know it, it will be over. However the memories you have made will be with you forever.