tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128908838311784462.post3569647421957765987..comments2024-03-26T00:55:28.400-04:00Comments on The Daring Librarian: Why We Need to Teach Google Search@GwynethJones - The Daring Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00455804690126231910noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128908838311784462.post-19358256842788182562010-02-23T10:59:02.427-05:002010-02-23T10:59:02.427-05:00Well, the post title was what i would call a "...Well, the post title was what i would call a "grabber"...I both agree and disagree with you. <br />Of course Google is but one search engine....We also teach database searching with Gale, Sirs, etc <br /><br />But i think we're putting our heads in the sand if we think our kids aren't using Google on their own without the skills to narrow, evaluate, and choose the right results. ...we Should be allowed to teach them advanced Google searching skills so that they are more savvy researchers....Really it IS about Computer literacy - but then again, i'm a longtime Google fangrrl! <br /><br />Mark, as someone who works for a search website for students (http://www.sweetsearch.com/) i understand why you would have this opinion. Thanks for your comment, i love a friendly debate! Even ones that are commercially motivated!@GwynethJones - The Daring Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00455804690126231910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128908838311784462.post-71457229963459937752010-02-22T14:28:50.158-05:002010-02-22T14:28:50.158-05:00Yes, this is a teachable moment. Clearly, most In...Yes, this is a teachable moment. Clearly, most Internet users, and even most supposedly tech-savvy students, do not know how to find, evaluate & use information. But your fallacy is in stating that "we need to teach Google search." Google is but one tool for finding information on the Internet, and a crude one at that. Yet students think it's a magical answer machine to which they should always optimistically turn first in the hope that it will spit out the answer in the first two results. And your post buttresses that belief.Mark Moran, Dulcinea Mediahttp://www.sweetsearch.comnoreply@blogger.com