3
2010
Guidebook to Internet Searching
I am not sure how I stumbled across this resource but it is one worth sharing. The folks at makeuseof.com have created a Guidebook to Internet Searching that is worth reviewing. I am sure that there are things inside with which you are already familiar but I am willing to bet there are a lot of things you didn’t know. It certainly was true for me, and I consider myself fairly competent when conducting Internet [...]
21
2010
Internet Search Log
I was browsing through an older issue of Learning & Leading with Technology (September/October 2007) when I found an article titled, Improving Student Research by Catherine Tannahill and Leslie Ricklin. The authors break the research process into four steps, the first being investigation. In this step students should identify the type of information needed and available to them. They recommend that educators teach, model and reinforce basic and advanced Internet search techniques so that students [...]
15
2010
Google Squared
Have you heard about this? Google Squared is an experimental tool that takes a category (like US presidents, roller coasters, or digital cameras) and attempts to create a starter “square” of information, automatically fetching and organizing facts from across the web. You can modify your square by removing rows and columns you don’t like–or by adding new rows and columns and having Google Squared attempt to fetch the relevant facts. Verify and correct the facts [...]
12
2009
Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day Success
Wolfram|Alpha reports that their first Homework Day, held live on October 21, 2009, was a success. Visit the site to view the photo gallery of the event, and look for a video archive of sessions to be posted soon. In addition, they are featuring questions from Homework Day on the site. If you haven’t visited the site, take a moment to do so because there is some really neat tools there. While looking at one [...]
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