Category Archives: Search Engines

Search Me; They’re Search Engines

Posted on May 14, 2010 by mrpbps

Working on another project I had cause to gather together a list of search engines that are current but not Google or Bing. I have assembled them in a Google Doc and then published them directly to my blog as … Continue reading →

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10 Awesome Tools To Get More Out of Wikipedia – by Dumb Little Man

Posted on March 31, 2010 by mrpbps

In a recent conversations with one of my pre-service teaching students they made the comment that Wikipedia “was a somewhat unreliable website.” At the time I left the statement unchallenged. In the interim a couple of references to Wikipedia in … Continue reading →

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Going Gaga Over Google

Posted on March 25, 2010 by mrpbps

This last week one of the topic for my eet330 students to mull over was internet searching and naturally the first question was, “Well what do you use to search?” and of course the answer from all was the big … Continue reading →

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Flock Drawing on QR Codes to search Who’s Talkin?: My Diigo Links 12/07/2009

Posted on December 7, 2009 by mrpbps

FlockDraw This is one to watch as it has only been online for a few days but already has lots to offer. A really simple easy to use whiteboard on which up to ten users can collaborate the features are … Continue reading →

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Google Squared: A Complete Guide | ICT in my Classroom

Posted on November 4, 2009 by mrpbps

Tom Barrett shows the way again this time extolling the virtues of Google Squared. Don’t forget to check out the Slideshare Tom has embedded into this post from his blog. Google Squared is a product of Google Labs. It displays … Continue reading →

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100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School | Online Colleges

Posted on October 29, 2009 by mrpbps

From Online Colleges comes this really interesting list of Tips to do with things Google.   With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide … Continue reading →

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Searching For A Better Image

Posted on February 4, 2009 by mrpbps

I had an interesting experience last night when a tweet came in about a new search engine aimed specifically at children called KidRex. Based on a Google Custom Search, Google’s SafeSearch screens for sites that contain explicit sexual content and … Continue reading →

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