how Jumper 2.0 and an Internet culture helped educators teach and students learn.

A small charter school in North Carolina was unhappy with the quality of search results. All too often the results pages were littered with links that were useless in the classroom - or worse.

Using public search engines had become a mundane part of their student's lives. They used the web for everything from researching papers to finding videos, they rarely give it much thought. Enter some word or phrase, and the search engine cranked out a long list of results. They may not be the results you’re looking for, but you still got something.

The problem was that students were spending a significant portion of their computer time looking for relevant, accurate information. Yet, they usually failed to find the information they needed. Teachers knew the value of search to their curriculum but had no solution to guide and direct students searches to the best information. But what if those search results pages were generated by people - educators and students in particular - rather than by complex algorithms?

We use these tools every day, but most of us don’t consider what’s going on under the hood. Typically, search engines are powered by complex mathematical algorithms. Automated software programs that represent a one-size fits all approach to search. They lack the dexterity and the intelligence that people deliver to search results. People can provide the context, meaning, and value that we crave in search results. Even the best algorithm is not as good as a human being at interpreting the content or data.

What they found was Jumper 2.0. Their students took to it instantly. Now both teachers and students are empowered to share and connect their interests and expertise with classmates - effortlessly. Instead of looking at long lists of search results with no context, students are shown the results that their teachers and friends have bookmarked and tagged. And to build on the information that others have found useful. Every bookmark multiplies the sources of information, makes collaboration with peers simple, turns tacit knowledge and interests explicit, and allows information to discovered and connected naturally and effortlessly among people whose work and information interests overlap.

search results focused for the classroom

Search results can deliver almost anything. Everything you want and everything that you don't want in the classroom. Schools need new ways of filtering information, directing search results, and delivering valuable web content to students. Jumper can help make search relevant in the classroom.

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