The Free Technology for Teachers website wrote an article on Friday Dec. 10, 2010 about being able to set your Google search according to readability. You would be able to set your search at a basic, intermediate, or advanced level. This would allow teachers to set computers to find results that are closer to their students reading range. I can't help to be excited about how beneficial a program like this would be.
I think about a group of 5th grade students that I am currently working with on a science research project. They have had to find information about a topic on the solar system, print information, and give a presentation on their topic. The students were able to print article after article of information, but the problem was once they had it they could not read it nor understand what it meant.
I wish that I would have known about setting the reading range earlier to help students be more successful independently on their projects.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/sort-google-search-results-by-reading.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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