Sweet+Search

Sweet Search is a a search engine for students. Every website has been evaluated by research experts. It can help streamline searching for information for a research paper or for helping little ones discover how to use a search engine.

I choose Sweet Search as my Web 2.0 tool because as educators it is vital that we protect the students from websites that contain content that they do not need to have access too. If we can help guide the students to the right resources, than endless information is available to them to explore and learn from.  There are several aspects to Sweet Search that can be used in many classrooms. There is SweetSearch4Me which is the general search engine. There is SweetSearch2Day which is a webpage that is full of educational information in topics like history, language arts, science, and etc. The SweetSearch for School Librarians is a site for educators to help them assist students with researching ideas or sharing ways to teach students how to write a research paper. SweetSites is divided by grade level and subject. SweetSearch Biographies has profiles of over 1,000 important people. SweetSearch Social Studies has the best social studies material. Clearly, there is more than enough options for the students to find information that is relevant to the topic they are researching.

This search engine can help streamline the students' efforts when working on research papers while providing teachers and parents with a piece of mind about inappropriate web material reaching their child. Parents can feel comfortable when their child is working on research or working on a school project. Peace of mind can be had if SweetSearch is utilized.

Sweet Search has received rave reviews from educators and students. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Amanda, a student blogger, has this to say. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">"<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">SweetSearch is an amazing search engine!....Why didn't I discover this before? I think I would have saved myself hundreds of hours of research."

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Meghan Hickman, a teacher in Toronto, had this to say: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">“[N]othing beats setting up a local Virtual Reference Desk with recommended tools and resources, especially at the elementary level, and Dulcinea Media has designed a suite of products to help teachers and librarians build a safe, authoritative reference space.”

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Here is the link to Sweet Search. [|www.sweetsearch.com]