"Advanced Power Searching" is open to register

The new Power Searching course. Image from: powersearchingwithgoogle.com

Google has announced in his Inside Search blog that a new Power Searching course, named "Advanced Power Searching with Google" will be begin on January 23, 2013. Registration opens today and is free for everyone. This course will continue the path of the previous one: Power Searching with Google, and is supposed to give a catholic and deeper outlook to attendees:

"Building on Power Searching with Google, Advanced Power Searching with Google helps you gain a deeper understanding of how to become a better researcher. You will solve complex search challenges similar to those I posed in my blog, or a Google a Day, and explore Google’s advanced search tools not covered in the first class."

Registration dead end in not mentioned yet, but the course will be finished on February 8th and the presenter seems to be Mr. +Dan Russell .
Here is the course's syllabus:

Introduction
    ● How the Course Works
    ● Sample Challenge
    ● Research Process
    ● Solving the Sample Challenge
Practice
    ● Challenge 1 - Mimicking presidential voices
    ● Challenge 2 - Turtle fossils
    ● Challenge 3 - Festival challenge
    ● Challenge 4 - Humongous fungus
    ● Challenge 5 - Salman Khan
    ● Challenge 6 - Scrapbook enthusiast
    ● Challenge 7 - Mystery music
    ● Challenge 8 - Climate graph
    ● Challenge 9 - Name that notebook
    ● Challenge 10 - Who done it?
    ● Challenge 11 - Feather identification
    ● Challenge 12 - Where in the world?
Assignments
    ● Assignment 1
    ● Assignment 2
Certificate
    ● How It Works

Links Register Now Inside Search Blog Learn more Power Searching?

Upcoming Power Searching classes: when and how?

On October 12, +Dan Russell, senior search research scientist at Google and presenter of "Power Searching with Google" course, has published a post on his blog about upcoming "Power Searching" courses. I just quote the entire post, for those who are interested:

Lots of people have been asking me "When's the next MOOC for Power Searching?" 

Or, more generally, "How can I know when the next class is offered?"

Here's the answer:  There are several ways to do this.  

1. You can follow the Inside Search blog 
2. You can  follow the G+ page for "Google Online Courses"
3. Or ... follow my personal G+ page
4. OR (best solution) -- To receive announcements about future search-related classes, add yourself to the Search Education Google Groups mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/google-search-education

If you are specifically interested in search classes for K-12 education, join: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/google-search-education-k-12

On these lists we'll only send you a message when a new class is being offered.  Note that users can't post to these groups (only we can!), so you won't be sent random messages.  

Hope to see you in a future class! 

Again, I strongly recommend to every one who is interested in advanced search techniques: DO NOT LOSE upcoming courses. It's a great opportunity!

Behold: Here is my certificate!

Today, I received my "Power Searching with Google" course certificate. In fact it has not any academic or legal and so on value, but I am proud of myself for taking and completing this valuable course. The site in now unavailable, but Google has announced from Monday, October 15, all the videos, texts and activities will be accessible; however, unfortunately, there isn't any more certificate.

If you have participated in this course, guess yourself a lucky one and if not, you have the opportunity to take the course again, and I strongly recommend you to do that!

My pretty, precious, googly certificate. Image credit obviously belongs to myself! :D 

P.S: I want to thank Mr. +Dan Russell for his warm and pleasant presentation. He is really a good teacher. 

Power Searching with Google

Google recently introduced an online course, as part of Google Inside Search, named "Power Searching with Google". This course is about advance searching techniques with Google. Everyone is free to register. The course has already began on Monday, September 24. Since the first assessment will be held on September 28 (deadend time: October 1), yet there is a chance to register.

The course consists of 6 classes and 3 assessments and each class includes some lessons. Every lesson comes with a video, presented by Dan Russell, and a PDF slide, follows by an activity. By the way there is a text version of each lesson. There are also other sources available to learn more, such as scheduled Hangouts and DiscussionForum. 

Power Searching with Google! Image form powersearchingwithgoogle.com

Here is the course schedule:

Classes become available on the dates listed below at 8:00am PT (11:00am New York / 4:00pm London / 8:30pm Hyderabad )

• Class 1 available September 24
• Class 2 available September 26
• Hangout on Air with search experts September 27 10:00-10:45am PT
• Class 3 & mid-class assessment available September 28
• Class 4 available October 1
• Hangout on Air with search experts October 2 4:00-4:45pm PT
• Class 5 available October 3
• Hangout on Air with search experts October 4 10:00-10:45am PT
• Class 6 & post-class assessment available October 5
• Mid-class assessment due October 10 at 11:59pm PT
• Post-class assessment due October 10 at 11:59pm PT

At the end of the course, Google will give a printable certificate to those who pass all assessments successfully. It's a  win-win opportunity. Do not lose it! Register Now!

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