AI for Teachers, An Open Textbook: Edition 1

Finding Information

In all, there were 130 websites in June 1993. By the start of 1996, they became 100,000. Various estimates peg the number at 1.7 billion in the Autumn of 2022. 

This explosion of websites would hardly be meaningful without the power to find exactly the information we want. Easy to type in or talk to, seamless - almost invisible when integrated with a browser, Search engines excel in doing exactly that. They read our hastily typed, often misspelled queries, and pull out text, images, videos and all sorts of relevant content out of the web.

How does this quick access to information help education? How can it aid student led learning - where students build their knowledge through constructive activities? How to make the most of this technology while avoiding its drawbacks?



 

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