Searching the Web the Fast Way

Searching for information on the web can be tiresome and untrustworthy for the most part. Thankfully Google always has some tips and tricks on how to make searching much easier for the user. You can even put a + sign in front of a term that you want more of in your search and a - minus in front of a term you want less of. Check out the tutorials below to learn about more of these tips and tricks!

Another awesome search engine I learned about to help with searching the web for information is called Wolfram/Alpha. This website is a search engine that has compiled information from experts that can help anyone on any level of education or expertise search for knowledge. Check out the tutorial below to learn about Wolfram/Alpha and click here to check it out for yourself!

The Influences of Social Media and Pinterest

This week we explored the presence of social media in the classroom. What are the pros and cons of integrating social media into education? Some of the ideas I read about when integrating social media include updating parents on a Facebook group, having student discussions on Twitter, or using Skype to connect with classrooms in other countries! Although, there are definitely benefits to integrating technology there can be some downfalls. Social media can be used as a hateful tool kids take advantage of to get back at an enemy. There also needs to be a fine line between what administration can do when kids are outside of school. Is it fair to punish a student for putting profanity on their Twitter or Facebook status outside of school? Well, that has happened to some students! I guess you'll have to take the good with the bad in this situation! What do you think????

Pinterest is an amazing tool that educators can use! I have a serious obsession with Pinterest and I have used it as a tool that collects all kinds of different resources at my fingertips. I also follow the other teachers on my team, so that we can keep each other in the loop about what we have found on Pinterest. You can check out my account here! Make sure to follow me!

Click on the Pinterest button above to get to Pinterest and start pinning!