Search Engines
Goals
The purpose of this lesson is to help trainees to understand the
basics of Search Engine use.
Enabling Objectives
During this lesson, trainees will be shown a Flash animtion
containing a brief explanation of search engines in general, with
specific details about the Google search engine.
Terminal Objectives
Upon completing this lesson, several terminal objectives will be
attainable:
- Trainees will be able to explain the basic purpose of a search
engine.
- Trainees will be able to locate the buttons leading to the four
main sections of Google.
- Trainees will be able to explain the fundamental operations of
the web, image, groups, and directory sections of Google.
- Trainees will be able to locate the Google Toolbar page, and to
locate the button which will lead them to the download page.
- Trainees will be able to explain why each search engine must have
its own "how to" page, and how to locate and use these.
- Trainees will be able to explain why they need to use more than
one search word.
