Like most people, I use Google as my primary search engine. It is arguably the best meta search engine available. The problem with Google is that it takes some experience to understand how to search effectively.
For students, this is difficult. Instead, try a search engine called Clusty. Clusty categorizes searches for you. This can help a student narrow results as well as show them how topics are organized. This is especially helpful when beginning research.
What other search engines do you like for kids?
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October 31st, 2005 at 2:15 pm
That’s very cool. I’ve already put it in my blog for my teachers!
November 7th, 2005 at 9:18 pm
I ran across this one, too. It’s cool, but I’m still looking for one that’s safe for younger students. Amazing what kids can Google up innocently enough. Tough to explain to parents what their kids saw at school when they were trying to research a topic on the Internet. As a parent, I’m concerned what the district is NOT doing to solve this problem.
I agree with Ryan, a great resource for teachers.
I’d sure like to know what other schools are doing to spare the kids some of the awful stuff on the web.