Week 2: The World is More than Just about Google

One of the biggest wake-up call I had after joining the webskills course in the second week is that Google is not the only search engine that can help you in the learning process. After reading the article from www.noodletools.com, I found that there so many kinds of search engines for different purposes. Although I have used many facilities from the Google such as Google Scholar, Google Book, Google Image, and many others, I still find that I need more search engines that help me to do my tasks in teaching.

Source: http://www.secondeffort.com/seo_search_engine_optimization_faq.html

It is true that search engines are not only limited to Google, Yahoo, Bing, or others only. Search engines are various and they can be used for special needs to make the learning and teaching process run effectively. Specific search engine can be used for specific needs such as for debating class use pro-cons website, for discussion about current issues we can use surfwax.com or other similar sites.  In addition, The validity and reliability of your sources is very crucial. Therefore, using reliable search engine such as infomine, iseek, intute, and similar sites can support the validity of our research. Like Donna, my learning facilitator said, "use anything other than Google". Learn something new, and discover new treasure.