How good of a searcher are you?
Why is searching online such an essential but under-taught skill among students today?
An exploration-strand post in an ongoing 2-strand series about Information Literacy
Would you consider yourself a “power searcher” when it comes to using Google?
How might a student (say, from 4th grade through college) respond to this same question?
Even though Google has become a tool and verb intrinsically connected to how we connect to the digital world today, our perceived expertise can be deceptive. We are all very familiar and seemingly fluent in speaking “Google”; however, if our use of it remains shallow compared to how we could be leveraging its power to really work for us, then we are likewise missing out on leveraging our own power to think and grow as searchers. Continue reading