Join us and learn all about Google Custom Search Engine a FREE tool from Google. You can create a list of sites you want your students to go to and then they can search JUST those sites. Also, no advertisements are shown on these searches.
What it is...
Google now allows you to create your own custom search engine. This is wonderful tool for searching a website or a group of websites that you as the teacher preselect. The other fabulous feature is that it has NO ADS for education!
What you need...
A google account.
What it looks like...
How we will do it...
- Make a list of the sites you want to search
- Go to http://www.google.com/coop/cse/
- Create your custom search
- Publish and share it with the world
How to disable ads...
- Once your search engine is made - go to the main page.
- Click Control Panel next to the search.
- On the left side of the page click Business Account.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page under Preferences and choose Do not show ads on results pages (for registered non-profits, universities, and government agencies only).
- Save
How to make a tinyurl for your search engine...
- Go to http://tinyurl.com/
- Paste in your "long url"
- Type in your custom url
If you need help...
Help section is here: http://www.google.com/support/customsearch/?hl=en
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