Need Math Help? Try Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram Alpha is an interesting search engine because of the unique tasks it can perform. Wolfram Alpha has a function that will walk you through the steps of solving an equation. To use this function, enter your equation then click …

Social Networking: Rethinking Productivity

Nice paper looking at the benefits and negatives of social networking. An interesting negative is ‘social resistance to change’: “Active social networking opens you up to being heavily influenced by others. In a way it subjects you to a new …

Google Launches Real-Time Search

We knew it was inevitable, and now it’s here: Google has just launched real-time search integrated into search results pages. Google real-time search updates as stuff is happening around the Web — for example, live tweets, Yahoo Answers, news articles …

Learning4Content

Nellie Deutsch and Gladys Gahona would like to invite you to a free 5-day e-learning professional development workshop for educators who want to learn how to use WikiEducator and Moodle to share online content with students, create and facilitate online …

Google Adds World Heritage Sites to Street View

Google has announced more additions to its Street View imagery. Google has added Street View imagery of nineteen UNESCO World Heritage sites around Europe. Some of these sites include the Palace of Versailles, Stonehenge, and the historic center of Prague. …

Survey: One-Third of Youths Engage in Sexting

If you think the sexting phenomenon is growing, you’re not imagining it. According to a new survey, almost one-third of youths admit they’ve engaged in sexting-related activities that involved either e-mailing a photo or video of themselves in the nude …

Google Zeitgeist 2009

Another year has come and gone, and as always, we’re taking a moment to look back at the happenings of 2009—the people, events and memories that made this year unique. Each year, Google examines the billions of queries that people …