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inspiredlearningcommunity.com provides a key tool for teachers choosing to involve the internet in lesson plans for their classes. Teachers can create visual diagrams that break down larger more mature ideas for children in order for them to better understand the content. The website is user friendly and for inspiring teachers is a real new tool that very well may change how teaching will change in the future. However, just creating the lessons is not the only capability of inspiredlearningcommunity.com. Other teachers using the website and index and save their lessons plans, which then can be shared with the rest of the community of teachers. Inspired Learning Community is a fresh step in the right direction and gives both teachers and young students the chance to understand that the internet can be a vital resource in everyday. If you have hopes of becoming a teacher be sure to check out inspiredlearningcommunity.com.
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deviantART is a social website that allows for those interested in art and digitial art, to share their findings and creations with the rest of the users of the world wide web. Not only can artists share their own artwork but through deviantART can sell art pieces of the internet. The website is frequently update and on the homepage shows you what people using deviantART are interested in. deviantART has covers all forums of art, meaning the website has everything from background art, literature, animations and short films. Be sure to check out the bottom of the home page and take a look at the community news, online polls and blurbs about particular deviant artists.
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We compared Blogpulse v. Google: subject was the Chicago Cubs in the playoffs.
Results from Blogpulse showed individual blogs of people predicting the outcome of the cups in the playoffs and the possibility of there being an all Chicago world series. In google the results were the cups playoff schedule, ticketing websites as well as a few images from the 2008 season. Blogpulse results averaged being 10 minutes old were googles latest post was 55 minutes ago. Our group liked using google as our search engine more than blogpulse.
Our esoteric topic was consumer behavior:
Blogpulse reported a mix of topics that did not have a high level of relevance to consumer behavior. The findings were random. Google reported books, journals and web articles about consumer behavior. In blogpulse the most recent was 20 minutes old, google reported one of the articles was posted earlier today. If we were researching consumer behavior it would be more appropriate to use google rather than blogpulse.
data.un.org is a search engine that quickly locates data set and statistical reports from key institutions covering a variety of different areas. The home page claims that data.un.org searches over 55 million records ranging from population, industrial growth, education, environmental, energy, national tourism and information and communication technology to name a few. I’m currently enrolled in a statistical policy evaluation class, so I found this tool very useful. The data ranges and sets that data.un.org locates are compliment my class as well as provide relevant statistical data this is constantly being updated. Institutions can reveal their research and allow for internet users to draw their own conclusions. The website really brings together a number of global institutions to one place. If you have some spare time you should check it out. It helps for independent research and overall provides some interesting data. Make sure to check out the information and communication technology, it shows who and the magnitude of people using the web as a vital source of communication and networking.
