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Session 1 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 40 minutes.

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1. How to Use Google to Solve Your Programming Questions by Coding in Flow (15 min)

  • Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 3):
  • Understand the "what" and "why" before the "how." The general overview will help you learn vs copy and pasting knowledge.
  • Use the tools given with Google to make a more specific search. Through narrowing down the time frame as well as a specific phrase, you are more likely to find the results you are looking for.
  • Although programming requires so much input of letters, numbers, and symbols, user interaction is a huge part and taking advantage of Google images may help find that specific guide or layout you have been visualizing.

2. Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? by Umer Mansoor (10 min)

  • Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 2):
  • Often, the idea of asking questions or not knowing something shows a lack of skill. In reality, knowledge comes from curiosity and wonder.
  • Use Google(and all of the tools and resources given) frequently.

3. 20 Google Search Tips to Use Google More Efficiently by Joseph Hindy (15 min)

  • Briefly describe (in your own words) each of the tips below AND provide an example of a search that captures the sentiment of the tip
  • Tip 2: Use quotes for more specific results. If you are searching where to buy boutique clothes and keep getting Target as a result, put "boutique" in quotes for better results.
  • Tip 3: Use hyphens to exclude words. This helps you search for something with multiple definitions like "rose." A -flower might help you find a rose color or a past tense definition of rise.
  • Tip 4: Use colon for specific sights. If you are tired of digging through poor resources in google and just want etsy results for that cute trinket, "horse necklace site:etsy.com" might help.
  • Tip 9: Use multiple words in search. Using this will help narrow down your search.
  • Tip 13: Use words that a website would use. Not everything on the internet is in question form for google to solve and using a phrase like "png to jpeg convertor" will yield different results than "how do i convert my png to jpeg file."
  • Tip 14: Use important words. Similar to previous tip but instead, the bad example would be "website for converting jpeg image and turning it to png."
  • Tip 17: Use specific words. If you aren't getting the results with "painting video," try "painting tutorial."

4. Questions/Comments/Confusions

If you have any questions, comments, or confusions from any of the readings that you would like an instructor to address, list them below:

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