Homework: Persuasion Technique

1. Association:


2. Bandwagon:


3. Beautiful People:


4. Bribery:


5. Celebrities:


6. Plain Folks:


7. Experts:



8. Explicit Claims:



9. Fear:



10. Humor:


11. Intensity:



12. Maybe:



13. Repetition:

Words

Advocacy: The act of pleading for, suporting, or recommending

Superlatives: Of the ighest kind,quality, or order;suprasing all else or others;supreme:;extreme

Comparitives: Of or pertaining to comparison

Exageration: The act of exaggeraing or overstating

Preceded: To go before as in place, order, rank, importance, or times

Persuasion Techniques

The goal of most media messages is to persuade the audience to believe or do something. Hollywood movies use expensive special effects to make us believe that what we want to see is real. News stories use several techniques-such as direct quotation of identified sources-to make us believe that the story is accurate.

The media messages most concerned with persuading us are found in advertising,advocacy, and relations. Commercial advertising tries to persuade us to buy a product or service. Politicians and advocacy groups( groups that support a particular belief,point of view,policy, or action)try to persuade us to vote for or support, using ads, speeches, newsletters, websites, and other means. Public relations(PR) "sells" us a positive image of a corporation, government or organization.

Learning the language of persuasion is an important media literacy skill. Once you know how media messages try to persuade you to believe or do something, you'll be better able to make your own decisions 

1. Association: This persuasion technique tries to link a product, service,or idea with something already liked or desired by the target audience, such as fun,pleasure, beauty,security,success,wealth, etc.

2. Bandwagon:Many ads show lots of people using the product, implying that "everyone is doing it"(or at least,"all of the cool people are doing it"). No one likes to be left behind ,and these ads urge us to "jump on the bandwagon."

3. Beautiful People: Advertisers use good- looking models(who may also be celebrities) to attract our attention. This technique is extremely common in ads, which may imply(but never promise!) that we'll look like the models if we use this product.

4. Bribery: This technique tries to persuade us  to purchase a product by promising to give us something else, like a discount, a rebate, a coupon, or a "free gift." Sales, special offers, contests, and sweepstakes are all forms of bribery. Unfortunately, we don't realy get something for free--part of the sales price covers the cost of the bribe.

5. Celebrities: (A type of Testomonial-the opposite of Plain Folks.) We tend to pay attention to famous people. That's why they're famous! Ads often use celebrities to grab our attention. By appearing in an ad, celebrity implicity endorse a product; sometimes the endorsement is explicit. Many people know that companies pay celebrities a lot of money to appear in their ads but this type of testimonial still seems to be affective.

6. Plain Folks:(A type of Testimonial-the opposite of celebrities.)This technique works because we may believe a "regular person" more than an intellectual or a highly-paid celebrity. Its often used to sell everyday products like laundry detergent because we can more easily see ourselves using the product,too. The plain folks technique strengthens the down-home, "authentic" image of products like pick up trucks and politicians. Unfortunately, most of the "plain folks" in ads are actually paid actors carefully selected because they look like "regular people."

7. Experts:(A type of testimonial.)We rely on experts to advise us about things that we don't know ourselves. Scientists,doctors,professors, and other professional often appear in ads and advocacy messages, lending their credibility to the product,service, or idea being sold. Sometimes,"plain folks" can also be experts. For example when a mother endorses a brand of baby powder of a construction worker endorses a treatment for some muscles they are considered experts because they use the product.

8. Explicit Claims: Something is "explicit" if it is directly,fully, and/or clearly expressed or demonstrated. For example, some ads state the price of a product, the main ingredients, where it was made, or the number of items in the package-these are explicit claims. So are specific, measurable promises about quality, effectiveness, or reliability, like "Works in only five minutes!" Explicit claims can be proven true of false through close examination or testing, and if  they're false, their advertiser can get in trouble. It can be surprising to learn how few ads make explicit claims. Most of them try to persuade us in way that cannot be proved or disproved. 

9. Fear:This is the opposite of the association technique. It uses something disliked or feared by the intended audience(like bad breath,high taxes, or terrorism) to promote a "solution." Ads use fear to sell us products that claim to prevent or fix the problem. Polititians and advocacy groups stroke fears to get elected or gain support. 

10. Humor: Many ads use humor because it grabs our attention and it's a powerful persuation technique. When we feel good. Advertisers make us lagh and then show us their product or logo, because they're trying to connect that good feeling to their product. They hope that when we see their product in a store, we'll subtly re-experience that good feeling and select their product. Advocacy massages (and news) rarely because it can be undermine their credibility.

11. Intensity: the lanuage of ads is full of intensifiers, including superlatives(great, best, most fastest, lowest, prices) comparatives (more better than , improved, increased, fewer calories)hyperbole(amazing, incredible,forever),exaggeration, and many other ways to hype the product.

12. Maybe: Unproven, exagerated or outrageous claims are commonly preceded by "weasel words" such as may,might,can,could,some,many,often,virtually,as many as,or up to. Watch for these words if an offer seems too good to be true. Commonly, the Intensity and maybe techniques are used together, making the whole thing meanigless.

13. Repetition: Advertise use repetition in two ways: Within an ad or advocacy message,words,sounds, or images may be reapeated to reinforce the main point. The message itself (a TV commercial, a billboard, a website banner ad)may be displayed many times. Even unpleasent ads and political slogans work if they are repeated enough to pound their message into minds.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

   

Attributes of Commercials Aimed at Children

Boy Commercials-

 Adventurous music

 Loud Booming voices

 Colors: red, yellows, blacks

 Powerful images

Girl Commercials-

 Light, airy music

 female voices

 colors: pastels

 soft, peaceful images

Media Literacy

1.What percentage of American 8-18 year-olds have television sets in their bedrooms? 

d. 68% 

2.The average American seventh grader:

a. watches three hours of TV per day

3.Excessive TV viewing has been linked to:

b. obesity 

4.What percentage of young people say they either talk on the phone, instant message, watch TV, listen to music or surf the Web for fun "most of the time" while they're doing homework?

a. 30% 

5.What percentage of children willingly share personal information about themselves over the Internet in exchange for goods and services?

d. 75% 

6.Researchers estimate that children view an average of how many TV ads per year?

c. 40,000 

7.Among the top 20 most watched shows by teens, what percentage include sexual content?

c. 70% 

8.The TV rating code "TVY7, FV" indicates that:

a. program is appropriate for kids over age 7, although it contains animated and/or live action violence. 

9.An online journal or Web log is commonly referred to as a:

c. blog 

10.Approximately how much money was spent on presidential election advertising during the 2004 election?

d. $530 million 

11.According to a 2006 survey, what percentage of teens own at least one video game platform?

b. 81% 

12.Minimum wage and allowance adds up! How much money did teens, ages 12-19, spend in 2005?

d. $159 billion 

13.According to a 2005 survey, 9% of people in their 60's list the Internet as a main source of news. What do you think the percentage is for people under the age of 30?

b. 36% 

14.63% of American families "usually:"

b. keep the TV on while eating dinner 

15.What percentage of Americans under the age of 30 read a newspaper on a typical day?

b. 23%

Poll Results

6-2-

 3:Lie to me

 15: Dont Lie to me

7-1-

 10:Lie to me

 11:Dont Lie to me

 4: changed their mind to "dont lie to me" 

6-1-

 11:Lie to me

 5:Dont Lie to me

 5:Change their mind to Dont Lie to me"

7-2-

 6:Lie to me

 17:Dont Lie to me

 4:Changed their mind to dont Lie to me

Toy Analysis Worksheet Homework

Name of Toy: 

Bratz dolls

Target age and Gender:

3-10

Fine Print:

each sold separately

Memorable slogans:

Passion for Fashion

Visuals:

pink backrounds.dolls walking.lots of clothes.

Sounds:

runway music

No Fine Print

1.freeringtones.mbuzzy.com

a.Your carrieer may bill you for use of data services. Please check with your service provider to understand the terms of your data plan

2.ringtonesfree.info

a.You can keep searching for free ringtones and you may or may not find what you are truly looking for. Or spend a couple of dollars and you will have half a millon ringtones at your fingertips.

3.myxer.com

a. Word of Mouth

   Truly free 

   Bonus items: wallpapers, videos, + games

   Tagline: no hidden fees

   organized

4.cellware.com

5.phonezoo

6.zedge.net

7.funformobile.com

8.rockmyringtones001.com

9.funtonia.com

10.findringtones.com

Massage website

First Trimester Final

Navigation Tab Tutorial

Step 1: Change your foreground color to black.

Step 2: Add a new layer.

Step 3: Select the rounded rectangle tool.

Step 4: In the options bar click on the fill pixels icon(its the third icon)

Step 5: In the options bar increase the radius to 20.

Step 6: Draw your rounded corner box

Step 7: Select the rectangular marquee tool.

Step 8: Draw a rectangular selection around the bottom 1/4 of your rounded rectangle

Step 9: Press the delete key

Step 10: Deselect

Step 11: Switch to gradient tool.

Step 12: Click on the arrow to bring up the gradient thumbnail

Step 13: Double click on the left color stop under the Edit bar

Step 14: Choose 40% black. Click ok

Step 15: Double+click on the right color stop but this time choose white. click ok

Step 16: In the layers palette, turn on "Lock Transparent Pixels" (its in the first icon from te left.

Step 17: Using the gradient you created , draw a gradient from the top of your shape to the bottom. (use the shift)

Step 18: From your layers styles choose bevel and emboss 

Step 19: for style choose iner bevel, set the angle to 126, depth to 2 and size to 4. Raise the highlighted opacity to 100% and the lower shadow opacity to 50%. Don't click OK yet

Step 20: In the list of styles on the left hand side, click on the name outer glow

Step 21: Set the blend mode to normal, then click on the color swatch, choose 30% black as your glow color. Increase the spread to 25%. click ok

Step 22: Hold the appl e key and the in te layers palette, click the ;ayer that contains the tab

Step 23: Select->Modify->Contract. enter 5. Ok

Step 24: Select the Marquee tool. Holding the option key then draw a rectangle starting from the bottom of your current selection to just a little below the top.

Step 25: Add a new layer

Step 26: Press x. Then option+delete

Step 27: Deselect

Step 28: Filter menu ,blur,, choose gaussian blur. enter 1.5 pixels. click OK

Step 29: Lower the opacity to 70% 

Gel Button Tutorial

Step 1: Add a new layer. 

 

Step 2: Set your foreground color to light blue.

Step 3: Select the rounded rectangle tool. In your options bar  set the radius to 40 pixels.

Step 4: In the options bar, click on the third icon from the left. (fill pixels).  

Step 5: Draw your shape on your stage. 

Step 6: Apple + click on your shape layer. 

Step 7: Add a new layer

Step 8: Go under the select menu, under Modify, and choose contract enter 20 pixels. Click ok.

Step 9:Press the letter "d" then the letter "x to set your foreground to white.

Step 10: Press option + delete

Step 11: Press Apple + D

Step 12: Go under the filter menu, under blur choose gaussian blur. When dialogue bow appears, enter 10. Click OK.

Step 13: Select the move tool.

Step 14: Using the arrows on the keyboard, move your blurry white layer down to the bottom of the pill shape.

Step 15: Hold down the apple key and click on the pill layer in your layers palette.

Step 16: Press Shift+Apple+I to inverse your selection.

Step 17: Press the delete key.  

Step 18: Press Shift+Apple+I

Step 19: Create the new layer.

Step 20: Change your foreground color to a darker blue than your original blue. 

Step 21: Full your selection by pressing Option+Delete.

Step 22: Deselect by pressing Apple+D.

Step 23: Hold down the apple key and click once on the blurry layer in your layers palette. (Be sure not to change layers. You should still be on the dark blue pill layer.) 

Step 24: Press delete to knock a soft hole out of the blue pill shape. 

Step 25: Select the rectangular marquee tool. 

Step 26: Place your mouse inside the selected area and drag the selection upward a little bit. Tap the Delete Key.

Step 27: Repeat step 26 one or two more times until you're in almost to the top of the pill.(make sure to stop just short of the top)  

Step 28: Deselect by pressing Apple+D

Step 29: Apple+click on your layer to put a selection around it.

Step 30: Create a new layer

Step 31: Go under the select menu, under Modify, choose contract. Enter 20 pixels. Click OK.

Step 32: Press the letter "d" then "x" to set your foreground to white. 

Step 33: Select the gradient tool. In the options bar, click on the down facing arrow next to the gradient thumbnail. Choose the second gradient (foreground to transparent)

Step 34: Drag this gradient from the top of your selection to the bottom.

Step 35: Deselect

Step 36: Select the move tool. Using the arrows on the keyboard, move your whit gradient layer upward to where it's almost at the top , but leave a gap of dark blue between your white gradient and the top of the pill.(this creates the highlighted area of the pill).

Step 37: Press Apple+T 

Step 38: Go under the edit menu, under transform , choose perspective.

Step 39: Grab the left bottom corner, and click and-drag outward just a bit to add perspective effect.

Step 40: Press enter to let photoshop know you're done.

Step 41: hide your background layer merge visible.

Step 42: Choose drop shadow. In the dialogue box click the color swatch.

Step 43: Click on the blue section of your pill shaped to colorize the shadow.

Step 44: Lower the opacity to 50% set the angle to 90º, distance to 45, size to 32, turn off Use Global light. Click OK to complete the effect. 

Metal Button Tutorial

Step 1: Create a new layer. Draw a circular selection using the Elliptical Marquee Tool. 

Step 2: Press "d" then ". Select the gradient tool.

Step 3: In the Options bar  click on the  down-facing arrow next to the Gradient thumbnail. Choose the foreground to background gradient

Step 4: Close the picker, and in the options bar, click on radial gradient icon(its the second icon from the left.) 

Step 5: Drag the White to black gradient from the left center of your selection to about 1/4 past the edge. 

Step 6: Press "d". Create a new layer.

Step 7: In the gradient picker, choose the foreground to Transparent gradient (its the second one from the left, top row.

Step 8: In the options bar , choose the Linear Gradient (its the first one). Drag the gradient from the top of your selection to the middle to fill the top with black.

Step 9: In the layer palette, lower the opacity to 75%. 

Step 10: Create a new layer.

Step 11: GO under the seelct menu , under modify and choose  Contract. Enter 6 pixels. Click OK.

Step 12: Press "x". Drag from the top of your selection through about 1/3 of your selected area.

Press Apple + D

Step 13: Go under the Filter menu , under blur and chose Gaussian Blur. Enter 3 pixels. CLick OK.

Step 14: Duplicate your layer by dragging it to the new layers icon.

Step 15: Press Apple + T. Ctrl + click inside the bounding box, then choose Rotate 180º from the pop-up menu. Press enter to let Photoshop know your through.

Step 16: Select the move tool. Drag this layer straight down almost to the edge.

Step 17: Layer the opacity of this layer to 60º .

Step 18: Go back to layer 3 (the layer below your current layer). Press Apple + T. 

Step 19: Hold the Shift Key, grab the bottom right handle, shrink the white gradient by around 15%. Press enter.

Step 20: Hide the background layer and choose merge visible from the layers palette pop-up menu.

Step 21: Choose the drop shadow from the layer style pop-up menu at the bottom of the layers palette. Click OK.

Step 22: Press Apple + u (Hue + Saturation). Click the colorize button and move the Hue slider to choose a color for your button.

Free Write:Respectfulness

To me respectfulness means to treat others the way you would want to be treated. Now that is the golden rule , but I still thinks it can be used as the rule of respectfulness. Also I always say that if you wouldn't treat your mother the same way, then you don't need to treat others that way.  In order to receive respect, you have to give out respect. Giving out respect is not just about saying that you will do it, but acting upon it. You can easily say, well I am going to respect this person. That is one of the easiest things you can do, but then comes the hard part. Which is doing it. In others words, word sound isn't really power if you don't act upon what you say. So when you wonder why someone is treating you without respect then, you probably didn't respect someone else.

Light Burst Tutorial

Step 1: Set your foreground color to black by pressing the letter "D". 

Step 2: Type your text. Rasterize your type by going under the layer menu, under rasterize and choosing Type.

Step 3: Hold the Apple Key and in the Layers palette  click on your text layer to put a selection around it. Go under the select menu and choose Save selection Click OK.

Step 4: Deselect your type by pressing Apple + D. Switch your foregroud color to white by pressing the letter "X".

Step 5: Go under the Edit menu and choose Fill In the fill dialogue box, change the Made to Multiply and click ok. Go under the Filter menu, under Blur and choose Gaussian Blur. Enter 2.5 pixels and click ok.

Step 6: Go under the Filter menu, under Stylize and choose Solarize. Press Shift + Apple + L to run the image.

Step 7:Make a copy of your layer by prressing Apple + J.

Step 8: Go under the Filter menu under Distort, and choose Polar Coordinates In that dialogue box, choose Polar to Rectangular and click OK.

Step 9: Go under the image menu, under Rotate Canvas , and choose 90º CW. Invert your image by pressing apple + I.

Step 10: Go under the filter menu under style and choose Wind.

Step 11: when the dialogue box appears,choose WInd for method and from the Right for direction and click OK. Run this filter two more times by pressing Apple + F.

Step 12: Press Apple + I to Invert the image. Press Shift + Apple + L to run Auto levels. Press Apple + F Three times to run the wind filter. 

Step 13: Go under the image menu, under Rotate canvas, and Chose 90º ccw. Go under the filter menu, under Distort, and Choose Polar Coordinates.

Step 14: In the dialogue box, choose Rectangular to Polar. Click Ok. Change the letter Blend made from Normal to Screen.

Step 15: Create a new layer. Click on the gradient tool. Choose a gradient using the gradient the gradient picker. Click and drag to show your gradient .

 Step 16: Change the Blend Made to color and press Apple + I.

Step 17: In the layers palette click on your text layer to apply.

Step 18: Go under the filter menu, under Blur and choose Radial Blur. In the dialogue box , choose Zoom for Blur Method . Increase the amount to 66 and click Ok.

Step 19: Click on your original text layer . Go under the select menu and choose load  Selection. In the dialogue box, choose Alpha 7, click OK.

Step 20: Press the letter "D". Press Option + Delete. Deselect by pressing Apple + D.

 

 

Magic Wand Tutorial

The magic wand tool is designed to select pixels based on their color similarities. In the options bar for the magic wand is an option called tolerance. A lower value selects fewer colors similar to the pixel you click with the magic wand tool. A higher value selects a broader range of colors.

Transform Tutorial

Step 1: Select the layer that you would like to transform (scale, rotate, flip horizontal, skew perspective, flip vertical, rotate cw, rotate 180º, rotate 90º or rotate ccw

Step 2: Go to the edit menu. Choose transform then select the option you need to transform your image.

Resize Tutorial

Step 1: Open the image you would like to resize.

Step 2: Press Apple+ T. This will create a box that surrounds your entire image.

Step 3: Hold down the _Shift Key_ while dragging one of the boxes that are located at the corners of your image. Holding  the Shift Key while dragging a box will allow the image to remain proportional.

Free Write: African Proverb #1

It is better to be loved then feared.

If you're the person that is feared, then people probably are more afraid of you than they are in like with you. It is probably better to be loved because when you need help, people would want to help you. If you are feared then people might help you because they're scared that you might do something to them. Sooner or later the person that is feared will be the person that is hated. 

 If you are loved by people then you would be the one with more "true" friends and also the one who will be helped from the heart of others when you are not doing well.

I think I would fall into the category of being loved. I fall into this category because, I try to be nice to as many people as I can, and I also help many people. Sometimes when you are loved by some, you are hated by others, simply because the person that is feared may be jealous. That is okay because when you and others come from under his/her shadow they will be the ones running back to you.  

Image Into Type Tutorial

Step 1: Press the letter "D" to set your foreground to black Type your text using a large sized font.

Step 2: Open the image you would like to use inside your text.

Step 3: Switch to the move tool then click and hold on tis and drag and drop it into your original document. You should now have 3 layers: (1) your background layer, (2) your type layer, (3)   layer with the image.

 

Step 4: Click on your image layer to make sure it is active. Press Apple + G. Your image will now appear inside your type. 

Step 5: you can now reposition you image within you type by clicking and dragging with the move tool (to undo this effect press Shift + Apple + G).

Step 6: If you would like to add another effect such as drop shadow , make your type layer active by clicking on it in your layers palette.

Text Wrap Tutorial

Step 1: Type your text

Step 2: Go to the layers palette and double click on the "T" thumbnail to highlight your type.

Step 3: In the options bar, click the Character palette button. When it appears, lower the horizontal Scale to 70%.

Step 4: While your type is still highlighted, click the second to last icon in the option bar (a button with a "T" on it with a bent line beneath it.) This brings up the warp Text Dialogue Box. For style , choose Arc. Adjust the bend option by dragging it to the right. Click OK

Step 5: Duplicate your text layer. Double click on the "T" in your new layer. Once highlighted type in the word you would for the bottom of the circle.

Step 6: CLick on the Warp Text icon in the option Bar. Move the mouse outside the box and position your text where you would like it to go. Move the bend Slider to the left.

Tips for using Warp Text:

• Larger words require more Bend amount than shorter words.
• Make sure your type doesn't seem too stretched after using Warp Text. If it does, try the technique again but before you do , condense the type even further than the 70%.

Gel Type Tutorial

Step 1: choose dark blue as your foreground color. Use the type tool to type your text.

Step 2: Switch your foreground color to a lighter shade of blue. In the layers palette Apple + click on your type layer t put a selection around your type. Create  new layer by clicking on the bottom of the layers palette.

Step 3: Go under the select menu, under Modify and choose contract. When the contract dialogue box appears, enter two pixels, and click Ok. Press Option + Delete to fill your contracted  selection with light blue.

Step 4: Deselect by pressing apple + d. Duplicate this layer by pressing apple + j. Go under the filter menu under Blur choose Gaussian blur. When the box appears enter three pixels click Ok.

Step 5:  Choose bevel and emboss from the layer styles. For styles choose emboss increase depth to 300 and size to 12. under shading increase the highlight opacity to 40%. Change the shadow Mode to color Dodge. CLick on black Swatch change it to white click Ok.

Step 6: in the layers palette, click on the eye icon beside the Background layer to hide it from view. Choose Merge Visible from the palettes drop down menu. Choose drop shadow from the palettes pop up styles menu and click Ok to apply a drop shadow and complete the effect.

Photoshop Shortcuts

• Cut- Apple + x

• Paste- Apple + v

• Undo- Apple + z

• Copy- Apple + c

• New Document- apple + n

• Open Document- Apple + o

• Full  Screen- F

• Save- Apple + s

• Select All- Apple + A

• Deselect- Apple + d

• Duplicate- Apple + J

• Move tool- V 

• Default Colors- D

• Swap Swatches- X

• Change canvas to foreground - option + Delete

• Change canvas to background color - apple+ delete

• step backwards multiple times- option+ apple+ delete

• Type Tool- T

Homework: Google search questions

Write one question for each quick find topic.

1. weather- What is the weather in San Juan, Puerto Rico?

81º F ; 31º C

2. time- What is the time in Salvador,Brazil?

9:58 ; Friday

3. local info- Where is the closest skating rink in 30016?

Rump N Roll

4. patent(7 digits)- What is the item for the patent number 1120096.

steering gear

5. area code- What place is the area code 312 used in?

Central Chicago, Illinois

6. Spell check- What is the correct spelling for innauguraton?

inauguration

Quick Finds

Essential Questions: How can i improve 

my search experience by locating 

information more efficiently?

Student will be able to use search features 

and operators to locate information in 

the following categories:

• data
• keywords
• local info
• search for numbers
• define web terms
• reference info
• essential info
• trip planning
• web search results
• identify search engine parts

Weather:

What it does: it tells you the current temperature

What to type: weather 11233

What you'll get: the weather for today, humidity, wind, city, state, and the weather for the next four days. 

Time:

What it does: it tells you the current time in the location you put in.

What to type: time and place.

What you'll get: the current time and the day of the week

Earthquakes:

What it does: It gives you the most recent earthquake for the place that you put in

What to type: earthquakes the name of a place

What you'll get: Magnitude, Location, and Time of the last earthquake. It also gives you a link to view the map of where it was.

Spell Check:

What it does:tells you if you spelled it wrong

What to type: type in a word

What you'll get: the correct spelling of the word

Local Information:

What it does: It shows you local information

What to type: The place that you're looking for and the zip code

What you'll get: City, state, name of the place, phone number, and the website.

Patent:

What it does: It gives you the product for that patent number

What to type: the word patent and the number

what you'll get: the name of the invention and the name of the inventor

Area Code:

What it does: the area code

What you type: the area code 

What you'll get: The place that the area code is used in

Lesson Reflection:Google Search

• How will you use the tools you've learned about Google Search in you're other classes? 

• Which tool (similar words, number ranges, conversions ect.) do you believe you will use the most? Why?

• Which tool do you believe you'll use the least? Why?

Well in social studies i would use the numerical ranges to search different events in certain time periods, and in math i could use both conversions and Math answers to help me. I could also use Find Meanings: define: for english whenever i am doing a book report.

I think that i would us the "Multiple Words: OR" the most because whenever I  want to search something I could just type the key words and it will give me all the information i will need to know. I also think that whenever I want to go on a vacation then al i have to do is type in my destination and it should list some websites that could help me.

I think i will use the Finding Meanings the least because i could just get a dictionary and look up the words.  

Google Search

Better searches. Better results.

Here are some nifty modifiers to type in your Google search box to refine your google searches and get the best results.

Exact phrase:" "

What it does: searches for an exact phrase.

What to type: "one small step for man."

What you'll get: results that include the exact phrase "one small step for man."

Excluded Words: -

What it does: excludes search results with a particular word or phrase.

What to type: bass -voice

What you'll get: results about bass that are not related to fish.

Similar Words: ~

What it does: searches for a word and all its synonyms.

What to type: ~mobile phone

What you'll get: results with the word "phone," as well as "cell","wireless", ect.

Multiple Words: OR

What it does: searches for web pages that include either word

What to type: vacation Florida or Georgia

What you'll get: results with the word "vacation" and either "Florida" or "Georgia"

Numerical Ranges...

What it does: searches for a range of numbers

What to type: Cars 1940...1952

What you'll get: results about fashion design during this time period.

Find Meanings:define:

What it does: define: table

What you'll get: links to definitions of the word "table"

Site Specific: site:

What it does: searches only particular websites

What to type: global warming site: edu

What you'll get: references to global warming found on .edu websites

Math Answers: 1+1

What it does: basic calculator functions

What to type: 4+7, 30% of 55, sqrt(4), 20^2 ect

What you'll get: the answer

Conversions: cm in inches

What it does: converts units of measurements

What to type: 28C in F, $ in pounds, mph in speed of light

What you'll get: the converted answer

Linked pages: link:

What it does: searches for web pages that link to a particular website

WHat to type: link: www.nick.com

What you'll get: websites that link to nickelodeon's website