· Sweet Search = http://www.sweetsearch.com/
"A search engine for students"
My take: This allows students to search only previewed and acceptable material. In addition, the sites are sorted and categorized. I debate if this is the best approach as we are teaching students to evaluate information in my class but if you want to ensure that there is only appropriate material viewable for students and your school's firewall is not enough this is a terrific site.
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Originally Posted:Sweet Search from Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero
Thanks for discussing SweetSearch. I am Mark Moran, CEO of Dulcinea Media, which publishes it. With SweetSearch, students still must review a long list of links, but they can focus more on what's most relevant to their research, and which sources are the best from a list of good sources - in other words, the same way we researched from a list of credible sources in the library. With general search engines, often they evaluate the first 5-10 links only to learn that most of them are not usable, which causes frustration and "search engine fatigue" and often leads them to focusing on the first two links. That's a good occasional exercise, just like an athlete may train by running burdened with a weight vest on to stress him and cause him to build extra muscle. But when it's game time, students should, like athletes, use the best tools available to help them succeed. Here is my blog post explaining why I think SweetSearch is the best search engine for student use. http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2010/02/why-sweetsearch-is-the-best-search-engine-for-students.html
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