Have you tried Sort Fix? - my kids are hooked!

Sort Fix is an amazing search engine. If you've used Google or Bing, you'll love Sort Fix. This site is user-friendly and helps to teach students how to select keywords in effort to refine, or narrow, their searchers.

Click here to view my full write up on Sort Fix. :)

Have you used it in your classes? What do your students think?

Looking forward to sharing ideas,

Erin Klein

Kleinspiration

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Permalink Reply by Katy Scott on February 16, 2011 at 1:09pm

Wow! Cool tool!

I'll have to see how students like it. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Erin Klein on February 16, 2011 at 7:52pm

Katy,

Glad you like it -- I'm excited to hear what your students think.

Thanks,

Erin Klein
http://www.kleinspiration.com

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Permalink Reply by Katy Scott on February 21, 2011 at 1:39am

After playing with SortFix, I had to include it in a blog, along with Qwiki and Google Search Tips (I gave you a shout-out -- I hope that's okay). Thanks so much for sharing this great resource!

Katy Scott

Stretch Your Digital Dollar

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Permalink Reply by Erin Klein on February 21, 2011 at 9:53am

Katy,

Your post looks great! I've read your blog before, and I always enjoy your writing. I appreciate the shout out. :) You're welcome.

I look forward to reading more by you,

Erin Klein

Kleinspiration

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Culverhouse on February 21, 2011 at 11:53am

Sort Fix is a great tool for the classroom. Even as a college student I have trouble finding the correct information that I am looking for. Sort Fix helps improves students research. When I was going through Sort Fix I learned a lot about what words to use and to not use. It helps with learning to use better keywords and narrow down their search to the exact item they are looking for. This will help students in school and in future careers.

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Permalink Reply by Colleen Young on February 21, 2011 at 11:59am

I have indeed tried it and like it.

I wrote about it myself here and recommended it for my students along with some other alternatives here.
You may be interested in the Boolify Project too.

You have to try Qwiki if you have not seen it before!

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Permalink Reply by Erin Klein on February 21, 2011 at 12:50pm

Colleen,

Thanks for the resources! Yes, I've tried Qwiki - great site, too.

I appreciate you passing along the info! :)

Erin Klein

Kleinspiration

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Permalink Reply by Erin Klein on February 21, 2011 at 12:47pm

Ashley,

Great points! Not just for students...

You're right - it does help 'teach' how to use keywords, too. :)

Thanks,

Erin Klein

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Permalink Reply by Erin Klein on February 21, 2011 at 12:48pm

Crystal,

Your post has me sitting here with the biggest smile! That is exactly the way I felt when I discovered Sort Fix. Thanks for your reply!! :)

Erin Klein

Kleinspiration

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Place on February 22, 2011 at 6:54pm

WOW ERIN! This is an awesome tool. I have been struggling with teaching students about information literacy and the Boolean searches and what not, but this tool really is going to help a ton! I featured this with a shout out to you in my blog too. I hope that's ok!

~Tom

I also agree this is an awesome tool for teachers too! I will be passing this along during my next professional development workshop next month!

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Permalink Reply by David Dean on February 23, 2011 at 7:27pm

I have currently been using http://www.yebol.com/ in my classroom for research. It is somewhat similar to sortfix, in that your results are very detailed and easy to add and remove different search queries.

I really like the asthetics of yebol. It is pretty awesome. Your search results come back in clusters and you can add and remove information, easily look at just images, just videos, just the top results, similar searches, and much more.

If you guys are digging Sortfix, you should check out Yebol. It is very similar and between the two, they are both very visually attractive and organized search engines.

I just recently blogged about Yebol as well over on my blog at http://classoftech.blogspot.com/