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Pedagoogling
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Pedagoogling: the practice of searching the world wide web via the Google search engine for material for teaching purposes. However, the term more specifically refers to the desperate, if not in vain, effort to put together material for a class at the last minute as opposed to doing genuine research or preparation. Etymology The word comes from the combination of peda- (from pedagogy) and googling (as in searching the web via the search engine 'Google'). Pedagogy is generally understood to mean the art or science of being a teacher. Googling, on the other hand is the activity of searching the internet with the aid of the Google search engine. History The term was first used in an educational research environment by the Australian educational theorists and teachers Paul Ashton and Claire Rafferty to describe the new wave of poor pedagogical practices that over worked teachers now commonly turn to. The term was developed to describe a practice that was in wide usage across educational institutions in the late 2000s and becoming perhaps the dominant mode of material development by 2008. Ashton and Rafferty argue that the term is needed not only due to the widespread nature of the phenomena but because the educational researchers needed a more appropriate concept than the more commonly known 'Seven Steps of Good Preparation'. For those unaware of this pedagogical technique these seven steps are the seven steps walked before entering the classroom. It was felt that this theory was far too out dated to cover the new pedagogical practices in the new digital learning environment. 
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