Hello all,
While watching TV the other night, I saw a commercial about the Ask Jeeves Search Engine. It's now called just Ask.com. Well, I was intrigued, so I checked it out today. WOW, I love it! I absolutely love the way that searches can be narrowed down. You can also do the same for images. It also has a great tool called Binoculars Site Preview. This allows you to get a "sneak preview" of a web page when you mouse over a Binoculars icon next to a search result. You can save time by quickly previewing a search result before clicking on it. I think this will be a great asset for the students doing research. They can really zero in on specific information, like inuit clothing for example. They can also widen their search. I suggest you check it out when you get a chance, it's not the same old Ask Jeeves...It is much improved...http://www.ask.com
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
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Wow Denise! I agree. I searched information about the life cycle of a mealworm and of course I got a ton of results (over 30,000). The binoculars are phenomenal tool that make life easier. I didn’t have to spend so much time looking at all the website and wasting time going back to the results page. I passed over the binoculars and I found a diagram of the Darkling Beetle and knew I found a good site. I tried this several more times and the “sneak previews” gave me a change to only open what I was looking for. This is a big time saver!
Thanks for the heads up on this Denise. I had just seen a commercial for it and then I read the blog! I went on and did a search for ladybugs. I could not believe all I got. Love the binoculars. Anyone who is interested - I found two webquests about ladybugs for 2nd graders - one about ladybugs and the other that is related to The Grouchy Ladybug.
Hi, thanks for the link to ask.com. I used to use askjeeves several years ago, and now am strictly a Google searcher. I'll give this new site a chance, just did an interesting search of some new plants I just purchased over the weekend for my garden and got some good tips. Thanks! Carolyn
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