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 * Smart Searching **

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Why do students need to learn "smart searching" skills? Students need to learn "smart searching" skills in order to navigate and evaluate the large number amount of information available in today's world due to the prevalence of the internet.

A Lesson Idea for "Smart Searching" Skills: With my 2nd grade students, we do smart searching in our Online Public Access Catalog (formerly known as Card Catalog). We learn what words are important in searching and which words we should leave out. When kids get to 3rd grade, we then use these same skills when searching the internet. Fourth grade adds domains and which are trustworthy and which we should be leary of. Finally, in 5th grade, we begin to look at site credibility (who published the information and why).

What 21st Century Skill is addressed using "Smart Searching"? The 21st Century Skill that can be addressed using "Smart Searching" is Information, Media and Technolgy, specifically, the areas of Information Literacy and Media Literacy.