Activity 1
I found that for some of the search terms it was a very ethnic/gender search result. For example, when searching for “professor” the first several images were of caucasian men with white hair (some of which looked like Albert Einstein).
However, for some of the search results there were vary diverse gender/ethnicities. For example, when searching for teacher, every one of the first 15 pictures was a different gender/ethnicity than the picture before it.
There were both men and women of many different ethnicities. I found it interesting when searching for boy, most of the boys were between the ages of 5 and 10 and most were caucasian with brown hair. Most of the girls were between the ages of 10 and 15 and were caucasian with different hair colours. I am not sure why there is a difference in the age between boys and girls, but I found that unusual.
Activity 2
I have used several of the advanced google search techniques before. I often have my students search for png files using filetype: and I regularly search for teacher resources using filetype:pdf. When looking for scholarly articles I use google scholar. For instance, Leadership: Theory and Practice (7th Edition) by Peter Northouse is available here and is required reading for our first assignment.