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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Additional Assignment #1

Google Squared provides copious amounts of information on related material in an easy to read and understand table. Wolfram Alpha provides information on common questions regarding a particular subject. I think this search engine would be very helpful to someone doing research on a particular country.
Before being assigned this assignment, I had no knowledge of Google Squared or Wolfram Alpha.
When I watched the "Did You Know" video, I learned that the top 25% of kids in India with the highest IQ would be a number greater than the amount of kids in the entire country of the United States of America. That seemed a bit stretched, but after using Wolfram Alfa and Google Squared, my doubts were proven wrong.
Research can be presented in overwhelming amounts. The overload of information can be quite difficult to sort through. But by using various search engines, like Wolfram Alfa and Google Squared, and comparing information found on both sites, you can more easily sort through the information.
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Food For Thought:
I can believe that an illiterate 6 year old boy can pick up an iPad and immediately navigate through the applications; you may not know how to read the sign that says toilet, but that doesn't mean you don't know how to use one.

1 comment:

  1. Loved you comment about the toilet. I could not have said it better my self! SS

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