Five Wolfram Alpha Tutorials for Teachers
Yesterday afternoon I published a new video and post on Ed Tech Fitness. The video and post were about using Wolfram Alpha to create personalized estimates of calories burned by doing a variety of activities like hiking, running, swimming, and even playing lawn games. Writing that post on Ed Tech Fitness was the inspiration for […]
Other Search Engines for Students to Try
While Google is the default search engine for many students (either mentally or technically because of browser settings), there are other public search engines for them to use. In some cases using an alternate search engine will give students a different list of results and or may give them the information they’re seeking a little […]
Wolfram Alpha for Social Studies
Trying search tools besides Google is one of the ideas that I feature in Ten Search Strategies Students Need to Know. Wolfram Alpha is one of those alternatives to Google that I frequently mention to teachers and students. Wolfram Alpha is best known as a computational search engine that can help students with questions related […]
You.com – A Future Rival to Google Search?
This afternoon TechCrunch posted a story about Richard Socher’s new venture called You.com. You.com has a lofty goal of replacing Google as our go-to search engine. You.com’s homepage is short on details right now, but it appears that it will be a search engine that doesn’t rely on advertising for funding and that it will […]
Lantern – Search Thousands of Media History Documents
The Media History Digital Library is a massive archive of books and magazines about the history film, television, and radio. The Lantern is the name of the search engine that lets you search through more than 2,000,000 pages of scanned copies of the books and magazines in the MHDL. In those books and magazines you will find reviews […]
Choosito – A Search Engine With Reading Level Index
Ever since Google removed the reading level option from their advanced search menu I’ve received at least one request per week from readers looking for alternative options. Recently, I have started to suggest trying Choosito. Choosito is a search engine that offers a reading level index for its search results. When you search on Choosito […]