by Maxine

In April this year Daniel Russell launched a new game which tests your Google searching skills in the form of a daily challenge.

A Google a Day(AGAD)is a great way to test your students’ (and staff) search skills as they pit themselves against each daily challenge. “There is no right way but only one right answer” which allows searchers to use their experience of Google to win the challenge.

Searchers can either play normally or race the clock which adds another level of complexity to the game. Help is provided to guide the searcher and also to highlight searching tips they might not already know.

Daniel Russell the creator of the game also has an interesting blog about the learning and teaching of effective search skills.

For those of you with a wiki or blog you can embed a widget for AGAD. You will find further information and the code for the widget on the LibraryFit blog.

This would be a great way to encourage students to hone their Google search skills and learn new things along the way.

Is anyone using this in their school already?

Further Reading

A blog post prior to the launch of the game.