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Summer Technology
Series2009
Summer Technology Series Week 1Session 1: 10:00 – 10:25Wolfram Alpha: What Is It?
Session 2: 10:30 – 10:55 (hands on)10 Tips for Word and PowerPoint that Will Change Your Life
Session 3: 11:00 – 11:30Introduction to 1-1 Computing
WELCOME!
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Summer Technology
Series2009
Website of the Week
Ted.com
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Summer Technology
Series2009
Podcast of the Week
To Tech As Jesus Did PodcastWeekly updates on top news stories in the world of educational technology and technology in general
Available at www.toctechasjesusdid.com and the itunes library
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Summer Technology
Series2009
Wolfram Alpha
• It All Started with Search…• Google Is More than You Think• The Story of Wolfram Alpha• What It Does/Doesn’t Do• The Future
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Summer Technology
Series2009
It All Started With Search
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Summer Technology
Series2009
Google Is More than You Think!
• Power searching
• Other tools– Time– Weather– Math– Conversion
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Summer Technology
Series2009
Wolfram Alpha May 15, 2009
• Stephen Wolfram • Mathematica, A New Kind
of Science• Merging Computational
Ability with Search Capability
• Uses Traditional Search Engines to Gather Data
• Not a Search Engine, a Computational Engine
• Stephen Wolfram • Mathematica, A New Kind
of Science• Merging computational
ability with search capability
• Uses traditional search engines to gather data
• Not a search engine, a Computational Engine
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Summer Technology
Series2009
What It’s Good For• Finding hard facts• Seeing facts presented,
analyzed in new ways• Comparisons• Mathematical calculations• Conversions• Finishing crossword puzzles
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Summer Technology
Series2009
Plans for Growth
• Building resources• Increasing the “known” facts
& calculations• Integration into other
programs• Taking over the world!