1. By: Holly Baldwin

2.  Basic overview using search engines
 Basic information that can be printed for free
to add to student learning.
 Examples/Description of websites with free
printables used to add to student learning.
 Explanation of Handout with links to
websites.
 Conclusion/Summery

3.  What is an internet search engine?
◦ An internet search engine is a special site on the
web that is designed to help people find
information stored on other websites
(Franklin,2012).

4.  Basic tasks of a search engine.
◦ Searches the internet or pieces of the internet
based off of important words.
◦ Keeps an index of words and where they find them.
◦ Allows users to look for words or combinations of
words found in the index (Franklin, 2012).

5.  Commonly used search engines
Yahoo www.yahoo.com
Goggle www.google.com
Bing www.bing.com

6.  Helpful tips when searching the internet
 Use specific words instead of generic
categories (Microsoft, 2012).
Example: Instead of just printables type a
specific software type: Free Educational
Printables.
 Use quotation marks to search specific
phrases (Microsoft, 2012). Example: “Free
Educational Printables”

7.  Helpful tips cont.…
 Use the minus (-) sign before keywords to
exclude pages with that term (Microsoft,
2012).
Example: -Software, not – Software
 Eliminate common words such as “a,” “my,” or
“the,” unless searching for a specific title
(Microsoft, 2012).

8.  Helpful Tips Cont.…
 Use synonyms or alternative search terms
(Microsoft, 2012).
 Search a specific website or domain
(Microsoft, 2012).
 Use a specialty search engine or provider,
such as an image search, to look for pictures
(Microsoft, 2012).

9.  Many websites provide teachers with free
printable materials that can assist with lesson
plan creation and add meaning to learning for
students.
 Some examples of printable materials would be
for math a practice sheet with problems.
 In a geography class a world map where students
have to label the continents of the world.
 In a history class a timeline or list for a specific
event or series of events that has occurred
through out history.

10.  A good website that provides handouts for
math practice is the TeAchnology website.
 This website provides many great free math
printouts with answer sheets for all grade
levels including 9-12 graders.
 This website also provides other free
printables for all grade levels and subjects.
http://www.teach-nology.com/

11.  Many sites also provide free printable maps
for teachers to use within their classrooms.
One example is the Maps to Print website
which allows teachers to print for free maps
of the World, different continents, or the U.S.
and it’s states even down to the breakdown
of the counties within a state.
http://www.amaps.com/mapstoprint/index.htm

12.  Many printable worksheets of lessons or
timelines in history, in this case World
History, are very useful for 9-12 grade
learning. This website has links to different
events in history with lesson plans, power
points, and printouts for each.
http://www.studenthandouts.com/worldhistory.htm

13.  The handouts provided consist of a copy of
the power point presentation for the
Searching for Free Printables for Educational
Learning Training.
 A list of resources I used to create my
training session on free printables as well as
a few other informational sites with a short
overview of what is provided and can be
found on each website.

14.  Make sure you use a reliable and well known
search engine such as Google or Yahoo when
performing an internet search, in this case for
free educational printables, this can insure a
wide selection of search results for your
topic.
 Understanding how search engines work and
how they bring back information can help
with the selection of words used to search for
your topic of interest.

15.  Using helpful tips such as using specific
words instead of generic categories along
with quotation marks or minus signs can
insure that only specific phrases or topics are
brought back when performing your internet
search.
 Many websites provide free printables and
other materials so teachers can add extra
practice or value to their already developed
lesson plans.

16.  When performing a search for “free printables
for education” the Technology,Inc site is very
broad and is a good example of a useful site
to obtain free printables for all subjects. This
as well as the other sites provided in this
training along with the reference handout are
good resources for just some of the subject
areas teachers in 9-12 grades can use to
effectively teach within their specific subject
area.

17.  In conclusion, teachers can really add value
and meaning to their lesson plans while still
addressing the main topics of their lesson.
When teachers practice the right searching
techniques, when searching for free
educational printables on the internet, they
can promote productive educational learning
as well as practice the most effective internet
searching techniques when searching for a
topic of interest.