Education 2.0 & 3.0

This looks like a useful safe search engine.

Check out this new search engine called Wonder. Wonder is a 'human-centric' search engine. People who are knowledgeable in the field recommend resources. In fact, if you have a special area you need researched you may enter a 'ticket' explaining what you are looking for and researchers will "email you back high quality resources ASAP."

The search engine is free to use, but you must create a log-in (three choices available).

Once you enter your search terms items will appear with a small visual and some text. You may choose to save any item (and like or share an item). You may also request additional information (see note above) and the list of contributors is viewable allowing you to filter results by reviewer.

There are so many websites that students find that are not the best. This search engine would be great for students still learning how to search, or as a way to potentially see if the sites they find are also listed by Wonder. Take some time to explore and consider sharing this with students (I would suggest high school, and possibly middle school).

Great visual search engine.

A new search engine is now available. It is called Leap.it and as the image above shows, it is a more visual search engine than many. You can use the search engine as is, or you can create an account which allows you some additional privledges, including the ability to create a "perspective" where you can bring together a variety of sites in one location.

When reviewing the Terms and Conditions it is clear that students under 13 may not use the app without permission from parents. For more information on this issue take the time to read the Terms and Conditions.

Een scoop.it achtige zoekmachine. Oogt fraai.

Check out this new search engine called Kiddle. It is a visual search engine designed for children. What makes it different?

1. Most search results provide a large thumbnail. This image will help children differentiate some results.

2. The font size. Kiddle uses a large size of Ariel, a font that helps with readability.

3. Sites are filtered and are family friendly.

4. Kiddle is privacy oriented. No data is collected and logs are deleted after 24 hours.

If you work with young students, or have young children at home this search engine is worth checking out.

ajouter votre aperçu ...

A kid friendly search engine complete with pictures. This would be great for young learners and ELLs. 

freeDive allows anyone to use Google spreadsheets to build searchable databases that can be personalized, curated and published online.

Key features include: 

• Results are presented in an interactive, sortable table 
• Wizard walks you through creating a search widget
• Customize the interface with your filters
• Embed code to publish anywhere 
• Open-source

Free to use.

• Try it out now: 
  http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tools/freedive/wizard 
   
• Example: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tools/freedive/example 
   
• Find out more: 
  http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tools/freedive/ 
   
• FAQ: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tools/freedive/faq 
   
• Contact info: 
  http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/contact/ 

Built by Len De Groot and Scot Hacker

Looks like a useful - and free to use - resource for the commited data analyst/researcher.