Teaching Web Search Skills

A new book by US search guru Greg Notess is published,
Notess, G. (2006) Teaching Web Search Skills: Techniques and Strategies of Top Trainers . ITI Books. ISBN 1-57387-267-9. More info at http://books.infotoday.com/
books/TeachingWebSearchSkills.shtml
He aimed to weave quotes and advice from other trainers into the overall structure of the book. Chapters are: Web searching and teaching paradox; Understanding our audience; Choosing an instructional session type; Online tutorials friend or foe; Organisation, focus, length abd goals; Terminology; Content - web search features; Content - Primary concepts; Additional content - searching, news, usenet and more; The search engines; Creating a framed workshop web page; Presentation tips, tricks and shortcuts; Tales from the trenches.)

I am one of those "top trainers" though it's a couple of years since I responded to Greg's questions, so I'm interested to read what I said ;-) The others are Jo Barker, Paul Barron, fellow Brit Phil Bradley, John Ferguson, Alice Fulbright, Randolph Hock, Jeff Humphrey, Diane Kovacs, Gary Price, Danny Sullivan, and Rita Vine.

Photo by Sheila Webber: Autumn berries, Sept 2006.