SearchTermsDescriptors


 * Reichenbach_4.3_mu5541 **
 * Keyword Planning **


 * Organizer 1: **

Brainstorming keywords, phrases, synonyms. Please u se truncation and quotation marks when appropriate
 * Your Question: **
 * Keyword 1:

 “learning commons” || Keyword 2:

“virtual learning commons” || Keyword 3:

“David Loertscher” ||
 * Synonym(s) 1:

“school library”

library || Synonym(s) 2:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“online library”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“online school library”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“online databases”

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">VLC || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Synonym(s) 3:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">n/a ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Words your results must, might, mustn’t have <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Virtual <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Learning <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Commons  ||  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Might: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Online <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Digital || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mustn't:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Organizer 2: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Bernie Dodge 3M Chart: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Must:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> -school <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-district ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">*I am hoping that by eliminating the words “school’ and “district” I will reduce the number of school library websites I encounter.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Share your search thinking and refinements as you interact with the search engine <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(number/quality of hits & comments) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Organizer 3: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Google Search Log **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strategies **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (identify your strategies incorporating knowledge built from the readings/viewings for this Mod): || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Results **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">First Google search statement/query:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Learning Commons (first attempt without quotation marks)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This was a shot in the dark, but I wanted to test the waters and see actually how many results I got for this. || * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">About 45,900,000 results: Initial results were for physical spaces within libraries designated as the learning commons. Most were for colleges, universities and private schools. The second result was a Wikipedia entry for Learning Commons. The third result was Google Images of physical spaces designated as a learning commons > || > > || * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">About 2,430,000 results. The first sets of results were identical to the search without quotation marks, although the number of results decreased drastically. || > >
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Second Attempt:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Using quotation marks this time, “Learning Commons”
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Third Attempt:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Virtual Learning Commons”
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">227,000 results: After the ad for ‘etemplates,’ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the first three results were Google sites. The fourth attempt suggested searching for ‘VLC templates.” ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fourth Attempt:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Allintitle: Virtual Learning Commons
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1,540 results: Mixed-bag of results. Some were commercial, a few were library sites, and a few resulted in articles in professional journals. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fifth Attempt:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“David Loertscher” and ”Virtual Learning Commons”
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">10,300 results: The first seven hits were directly related to David Loertscher and the VLC. One about a free course. A School Library Journal Article about this was there as well. The next few sites tried to sell me his book. ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sixth Attempt:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“David Loertscher” and ”Virtual Learning Commons” and VLC
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Google provided only the most relevant results, but gave an offer to redo the search with the omitted options
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">25 results. Some links to articles in professional journals. One link is dead. A few are listings for conferences, and a couple of catalogs with Loertsher’s books.
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">About 6,090 results. I prefer this result, the initial search with these terms was too limiting. I question using Loertsher in the search query at all, since I get so many commercial hits that want to sell me his book. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Seventh Attempt:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Virtual Learning Commons” or VLC
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">23,800 results. Most of the initial results were school sites. If the first few results are not appropriate to my needs, then the search needs to be refined again. I will go back to the fifth attempt and use this for research. ||  ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Share your search thinking and refinements as you interact with the search engine <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(number/quality of hits & comments) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Google Advanced Search: > || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summarize discoveries you made as you thought about searching and refined your searches. Synthesize any key points on search strategies from the readings/viewings. You may write this summary in paragraph form, bullet points, chart form or combination as long as you are communicating what you have learned. Please also share your reflection in your Learning Portfolio reflection for Mod 4.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Google Search Log **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strategies **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (identify your strategies incorporating knowledge built from the readings/viewings for this Mod): || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Results **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">First Google search statement/query:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Virtual Learning Commons –school –district
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Limit results to the past year || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Search eliminated school library sites
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Still and unmanageable number of results, I stopped browsing at page 24.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Second attempt, Google Advanced Search
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Same as the first search, except Virtual Library Commons is in quotes. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Results limited to 10 pages ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Third attempt Google Advance Search
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Virtual Learning Commons”
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> –school –district
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> online OR digital
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Limit results to the past year
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Limited results to 10 pages
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Located an excellent PowerPoint on the implementation and effectiveness of a VLC in a Texas University ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reflection: **


 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I chose the Virtual Learning Commons as a research subject because I am in the starting phases of creating one for my school. This past winter, I participated in a webinar conducted by David Loertscher. I have a template started, and I have spoken to faculty members about participating in a Learning Commons. Feedback has been positive. However, I would like to get more information and have it as complete as possible before I pitch the product to administration & the school board. Research will help the cause!


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">While I was able to narrow the subject down to 25 results, that field was too narrow, and I feel more comfortable with a broader range of results. By omitting relevant results, there was good, pertinent information missed that I discovered when I was given the option to redo the search.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Using quotation marks as qualifiers helped narrow the search. I was not prepared to go through all of those results. The second search narrowed the results, but more information was necessary to reach the desired information.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The search that produced the lowest number of results was not the best search. Google limited the search by eliminating similar results. When I was able to redo the search, I received better quality results for my query.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Advanced Google Search seems to be the most effective way to conduct research, at least as far as this assignment goes. This is an excellent exercise to conduct with my students to assess their searching skills and perhaps upgrade their skills as well. ||