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What Are You Searching?

netTrekker d.i. just released the top searches this fall, sharing what our students are searching. Here’s a break down of the top 15 keyword searches:

1. Dogs
2. Games
3. Barack Obama
4. Animals
5. Halloween
6. Football
7. Civil War
8. Christopher Columbus
9. John McCain
10. Weather
11. Frogs
12. Plants
13. Native Americans
14. Cats
15. Cells

I’m curious though, why search for dogs in school? How are you using games in the classroom, and how is netTrekker d.i. helping you find games? Football – does it have an academic search purpose? (I actually had a complete unit for geography and math using hockey, so I’m not knocking sports in the classroom.  I just want to hear your responses on how football is used in the classroom.) Cats, those mysterious creatures, are also quite popular for keyword searches. Are they on the list for the same reason dogs are, or is there another reason cats appear on this list. 

Please share your comments below on how you or your students are using these key words in their studies.

By the way, there were over 1,087,610 unique search terms for the fall quarter. That’s a lot of key words!

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