Techniques: Google Jockeying

Google jockeying is a recently devised classroom activity involving search engines. One student, the "jockey," searches the Web for the sites explicitly mentioned by the teacher and/or for other Web-based information relevant to the topic of the lesson. His/her discoveries are then displayed alongside the teacher's own notes or presentation. This technique could also be applied to group work: for example, where students are brainstorming possible Web resources for a project and one person looks up the sites mentioned so that their suitability can be ascertained by the others.

You can find an  introductory guide to Google jockeying in the  Educause Learning Initiative’s (ELI’s) 7 Things You Should Know About... series (PDF).

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