Posted in Search Engine on Oct 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Wolfram Alpha is a search engine that answers questions posed to it.
On October 21, 2009, they will be hosting a Homework Day which will bring together students and educators in order to solve assignments and to show off how Wolfram Alpha works.
For more information on Homework Day, click here.
(Thanks Barbara Ph)
Posted in Search Engine on Oct 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Search Cube is a visual search engine. The results are presented in the form of a three dimensional cube. Previews of up to 96 websites, videos and images are shown.
Posted in Search Engine on Oct 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Google Tutor offers a plethora of tutorials on all things google.
Posted in Search Engine on Aug 14th, 2009 No Comments »
This article recommends you use the following 12 words when looking for classroom resources:
Biography
Discussion Questions
Practical Exercises
Interactive
Internet Scavenger Hunt
Lesson Plans
Quiz
Readers Theater or Readers Theatre
Timeline
Video
Webquest
Worksheet or Handout
Posted in Search Engine on Jul 1st, 2009 No Comments »
The following search engines are real-time search engines. They index sites like Twitter, Flickr, Digg, Delicious and others in order to provide the latest information.
Crowdeye
Scoopler
OneRiot
Posted in Search Engine on Jun 13th, 2009 No Comments »
TinEye is an interesting concept. It’s a reverse image search engine. Submit an image to TinEye and it will find out where is came from, how it is being used or if modified versions of the image exist. Plugins for firefox and Internet Explorer can also be installed. it’s database is still limited but it’s [...]
Posted in Search Engine on May 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in Search Engine on May 18th, 2009 No Comments »
Take a look at this new search engine called Wolfram/Alpha. If you have the time, watch this video to see how this search engine works.
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