Benefits from the Power Searching with Google Classes

I will benefit from the Power Searching with Google classes in the following ways:

1.)  My family is planning an upcoming vacation.  Now that I efficiently know how to use Google and all of its tools, I can help research and plan the trip.

2) On my history projects, I have to write many primary source analyses on pictures.  Now that I am aware that I can drag an image in the Google Image and it will give you information, it will make writing the analysis much easier.  I will also be able to check the credibility of the website.     

Power Searching with Google

In the "Power Searching with Google" classes, I have learned many new helpful tricks that I plan on using to my advantage.   In class one I learned how to use color filtering and how to find text on a page.  Color filtering narrows your image results to images made primarily of a certain color.  The color box is located in the left panel.  This tool is beneficial and I plan on using it when I am searching for an image of a specific color.  Additionally, in class one I learned how to find text on a page.  On Windows computers, you press the control and F keys at the same time.  On Apple computers, you press the command and F keys at the same time.  This tool is also very helpful and I will use it when I am doing a research project for school.  

In class two I learned how to quickly find a definition of a word and how to filter results by different categories.  To find a definition of a word, you simply do a search query of  [define: unknown word].  This tool will save me a lot of time because it is quick and efficient.  On the left panel of the search result's page,  I can filter results by different categories.  These categories include blogs, discussions, recipes, patents, books, 3D models, scholarly sources, and legal documents.  This tool will help me narrow down my results and find exactly what I am looking for.

In class three I learned how to remove invasive results and how to use the intext operator.  To eliminate irrelevant results, you have to use the minus sign (-).  There must be a space before the minus sign, but there is no space between the minus sign and the word you want to eliminate.  The intext operator is used when you want to make sure that a term appears specifically in the text you can see on a page.  Both the minus sign and the intext operator are very valuable tools that I will use when I am searching for specific results.  The "Power Searching with Google" classes taught me many useful tips and tricks.  

Monstrous Midterms

For a student, the announcement of an upcoming exam is repulsive.  However, five exams in one week, each two hours long, is even more nauseating.  The school district magnanimously places midterms after Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  Thus the students have three entire days to lock themselves in their room beforehand and prepare for the exams, which is every student's dream.  Students anxiously review their notes from the last five months, resulting in an abundant amount of stress thrust upon the students.  They even skip their extracurricular activities in order to cram in more time for studying.  Then midterm week arrives.  Teachers lock the students in a room for two hours and force them to shade in one hundred bubbles with a number two pencil.  After the students finish, they have a one hour break until the next exam begins. During this break, the cafeteria is filled with scared students whom nervously nibbles at their lunches.  The students then report to their next classroom to shade in some more bubbles.  The students repeat this process for the next three days.  At the end of midterm week, all the stress and anxiety vanishes and there is such great relief because the monstrous midterms have finally been slayed.