Friday, May 6, 2011

Safe Search : The educative search engine ever

Safe Search is a search engine powered by  Google Custom Search and  designed for schools. Safe Search is focused more on younger kids but is a very useful IWB resource for elementary teachers . John McLear has sent me the link and to my great astonishment i found it extremely helpful for us in the field of education . I could not believe i missed such a search engine that is made just for schools and educators . I know the web is like an ocean no matter how far you swim you will never get to the other end .




Some features of Safe Search

Here are the main features and services that Safe Search provides for its users :
  • It is free

  • It does not require any sign up

  • It is very easy to use

  • It is completely secure for students

  • It has an awesome and user friendly interface

  • It supports Google search , image search , game search and video search .

  • It has a unique tab named Links containing links to important resources


How can i get started using Safe Search ?

Head over to Safe Search main page
  1. Click on Google Search and an arrow will point down to safe search box where you can type in your query to get safe results from Google search engine

  2. Click on Image and do the same if you want to search for images in a safe way

  3. Click on Game Search to look for games or see their featured games

  4. Click on video search to look for multimedia items

Applications of Safe Search in Education

Safe Search provides another possibility for educators to improve their students learning . You can use this with your students to look for interesting online resources without having to worry about inappropriate content . You can also use its game search box to look for great games that you can include in your classroom . The site even features some of the best games online , this is very important given the interest and interaction students show when games are integrated into a lesson part .
That’s it about Safe Search : The educative search engine ever .
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