This week I will discover a variety of search engines and how to use them more proficiently. I will also investigate more online word processors. We often hear about the massive amount of information that one can access on the internet—but the trick is in knowing how to do just that. I look forward to trying out some of the new engines and to incorporating Boolean logic into my searches. Hopefully as I experiment, I will be adding new and exciting bookmarks to my DropBox.
I think one of the best tools invented is word processing. I can recall how during my summer college jobs I threw mounds of envelopes and paper in the garbage because of typos. Add to this great tool the fact that it can now be done online and with or without collaborators and sharers. What a fantastic way to share, learn, and communicate! As a math teacher, I can incorporate this tool when assigning research on a famous mathematician or mathematical concept. I can also use this tool as a way for a student to explain the step by step process he/she used for solving a problem. I can use it as a way for students to evaluate themselves. Since there is always more then one way to solve a problem, students could record their method on a word processor and through collaboration share and argue their methods for solving. There would be much less paper usage as well as red pen usage (they really hate that red pen!). I’m sure that as I commence my exploration of search engines and discover new sites with mathematical models, simulations, and applications, my ideas for word processing usage in my curriculum will expand.
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Hey Michele,
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoyed the search engine assignment. I am pretty sure I learned about the boolean techniques quite some time ago and forgot until we learned about it this week. I am very excited to share this info with my students and begin to use it myself in the classroom. I to have found the google docs very useful. The ease of collaboration and sharing is unmatched by anything I have used previously. This will prove to be a great tool in this program and also for my students!
And instead of a red pen we can use electrons to our advantage in online word processing.
ReplyDeleteGive some other search engines a fair shake and expand your use of Boolean - you will be glad.