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An extremely useful strategy is knowing how to search the Internet, or any other online library, in the best possible way for the purpose or goal that is to be achieved. It is undeniably integral in this modern era that we are teaching all our students how to use the Internet in an appropriate manner, filtering out all the information that is not useful or necessary. As future teachers this is also ever so important for us to learn.

Many of us have undeniably utilized the Internet in our research and have been inspired to develop or even find lesson plans online. Knowing key features in search engines, for example - When using google, if you insert speech quotation marks at the beginning and end of a phrase, e.g "inclusion is awesome", the search engine will look for websites containing exactly that phrase, i.e Inclusion is awesome.

Online search engines and even local or school libraries will have their own search tips, just like any library has it's own book system. As a teacher, knowing these tips and tricks can save already precious time in keeping up to date with new research and technologies, and finding out exactly what you're looking for in much less time. This certainly includes information and research on inclusion within schools.

This Wiki site is a perfect example! Try searching Inclusion, Inclusion Strategies or even try "inclusion strategies that work". There is a wealth of research and resources at your fingertips, knowing how to search for these resources makes life even that extra bit easier! :o)

For [|google search tips, click here]

For [|Yahoo search tips, click here]

Using this Wiki site as another example, one of the most important features of the Internet is how easy it is to communicate!! Put simply, 'teachers need to share the contents of their teaching toolboxes and how they use their tools successfully' (Brownlie, Feniak, Schnellert, 2006), and the Internet allows this on a much broader scale!

Brownlie, F. Feniak, C. & Schnellert, L. (2006) //Student Diversity - Classroom strategies to meet the learning needs of all students// p. 7, published by Pembroke Publishers, Ontario, Canada
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