Search Engines

I discovered some new search engines and they are pretty cool. There are four that I want to tell you about.

Search Mash is run by Google and uses the same engine but the format is different. I looked for Illinois birds. I got the same results that I got in Google but there were links to images, blogs, wikis and videos on the same page. The related videos were from YouTube. One was a pheasant chasing a boy around a zoo. Not relevent but cute. This is a good way to search for information because there is so much available on the first try.
SearchMash

MsDewey is really unusual. This search engine is run by Microsoft. It features an attractive young woman who ask you to pose a question. She waits. She pouts. She writes on a tablet. The results are good and come up within her window. This is really unusual as far as search engines go.
MsDewey

All the Web is run by Yahoo. It can show you results as you type. It was fast.
AlltheWeb

AskX is a recent version of Ask which was formerly Ask Jeeves. Results are in the center of the page. On the left there are suggestions to narrow or broaden your search.
AskX

Back to Work

I haven't been very good about updating my blog since spring break. Now it's time or past time, to get back to work. I've got some new sites for you to look at and I hope they will prove to be very useful in your classroom and at home.

This site is just for fun. The technology is interesting and I think it should be viewed just for that alone. You can build a 3d representation of yourself and then save it, use it on a website or just print it out. There are plenty of free choices and you don't have to become a member of the site. It's like MySpace and I'm certainly not encouraging you to use that. Just click on the get start button.
3d Pictures

Here's a site to watch or download public domain movies. There's also some books and audible books. I looked at "The House on Haunted Hill" and "The Day the Sky Exploded". If you have a laptop you can download the movies to watch later. There's music too.
Public domain Movies and Music

The landmark site is a wonderful source of all kinds of information for various classroom subject areas. I don't think this is for Primary but if you check out the different subject areas you'll be amazed at what's here. It is not a beautiful site and can be intimidating but click on the different subject areas and you'll be impressed.
Landmark

Here's a site for teachers. Lots of teacher tools. Adjustable hangman games, worksheets, vocabulary builders and quotes of the day.
Super Kids