New Search Tools - Tech Post
Hi Folks, Here are a few new tech tools for you to play with…
New Google search options:
Done a Google search lately? Notice the new “Show options…” button on the search results page -under the search box next to “web”. Google is now letting users filter searches with easy to use options. You can limit searches by type (videos, forums, reviews), by time, by images from the page, etc. The Wonder Wheel option (toward the bottom of the options list) is a graphical web of related terms for searches.
Note- in all cases, results of the new search appear on the right- it’s time for wide-screen monitors!
Video tutorial of new Google search options: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtirDMfcOKE
(BTW- Google just announced another round of free Google Teacher Academy training. The upcoming session is 8/5/09 in Boulder, Colorado, application deadline is 7/3! )
Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine:
It’s finally here… after all the hype, Wolfram Alpha, debuted last week. It’s a powerful new tool for computational information, your teachers are going to want to know about.
In their words: “Wolfram|Alpha’s long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything.
Wolfram|Alpha contains 10+ trillion of pieces of data, 50,000+ types of algorithms and models, and linguistic capabilities for 1000+ domains.
Wolfram|Alpha’s knowledge base and capabilities already span a great many domains, and its underlying framework has the power and flexibility to support ready extension to essentially any domain that is based on systematic knowledge.”
Check it out at: http://www20.wolframalpha.com
Best,
Shannon Walters, VSLA Board Member for Technology Concerns
Library Media Specialist
C.P. Smith School
Burlington, Vermont 05401
swalters (at) bsdvt.org