Lesson #7: Social Bookmarking with Diigo
This video tutorial shows you how to bookmark web pages online as well as annotate, highlight, classify, and search bookmarks.
Lesson #6: Adding feeds to Google Reader
This video tutorial continues on the theme of building a personal learning network. It shows you how to add RRSS feeds to Google Reader to keep you connected to valuable information.
Lesson #5: iGoogle & Building a Personal Learning Network
This video tutorial shows you how to create a personalized home page using iGoogle. It is an introductory step towards developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN) keep you connected to valuable resources.
Lesson #4: Creating a Custom Search Engine
This video tutorial shows how to create a custom search engine using Google's Custom Search tool. It's useful for individual and group research activities and it's easy to do. Groups can even contribute to building the search engine.
Lesson #2: Johnny Can't Search -- Again!
This video tutorial focuses on improving web literacy and follows the original "Johnny Can't Search" video tutorial. It focuses on understanding Google rankings and evaluating web sites.
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Lesson #1: Johnny Can't Search
This video tutorial focuses on improving web literacy and improving search techniques and strategies.
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