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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Website of the Week

Ted.com

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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

Summer Technology

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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

Summer Technology

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It All Started With Search

Summer Technology

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Google Is More than You Think!

• Power searching

• Other tools– Time– Weather– Math– Conversion

Summer Technology

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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

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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Plans for Growth

• Building resources• Increasing the “known” facts

& calculations• Integration into other

programs• Taking over the world!