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DuckDuckGo: 10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do

DuckDuckGo: 10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do
DuckDuckGo is a search engine that offers several unique and useful features for web searchers, such as streamlined shortcuts and instant answers. It's especially appealing if you're keeping track of how information is gathered about you online. Below are 10 different things you might not know you could accomplish with the DuckDuckGo search engine and you can see how it differs from competitors like Google. What Is DuckDuckGo and What Can You Do With It? DuckDuckGo offers a few features that are worth a second look for the savvy web searcher: The DuckDuckGo results pages aren't paginated, making it easy to scroll down and find what you're looking for quickly.Favicons (the small images that show up in the address bar, unique to each site) are displayed next to search results for instant recognition of your favorite sites.Instant answers called "zero-click info" show up before any other result, providing the answer to your question right upfront. DuckDuckGo and Privacy Run a Stopwatch Related:  Searching Beyond Google

Anonymous Proxy Search Engine Things You Can Do With Wolfram Alpha Updated September 29, 2016 Use Wolfram Alpha and Up Your IQ in Ten Minutes or Less Wolfram Alpha, a computational engine that answers fact-based queries, is a fascinating tool that many people are aware of, but don't use to its full capabilities. The following Wolfram Alpha shortcuts will help you frame your queries more efficiently and retrieve hyper-appropriate results. You can do basic math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc) with Wolfram Alpha, but you can also use it to compute fractions, decimals ("pi to 1000 digits"), or convert a decimal number to another base. Whether you're an astronomy buff or just looking to learn a few new facts about the universe, Wolfram Alpha does the job. Find out when the next solar eclipse is scheduledCompute locations and other properties of a comet, for example, Halley's comet Compare several stars, such as alpha Centauri A, beta Centauri, gamma Centauri Find the property of a certain galaxy: How far is NGC 4603 from Earth?

Get Things Done: 24 Google Doc Tips For Productivity - Get Things Done: 24 Google Doc Tips For Productivity by TeachThought Staff Google Docs has gone from a tacked-on Google web/browser-based product to an indispensable edtech tool for all devices and platforms. We’ve talked before about How To Setup Google Classroom. Used properly, cloud-based tools can enhance learning and collaboration. The Google Doc hacks and add-ons below will help you and your students optimize your use of Google Docs and learn about capabilities you may have not know existed. If you rely on Google Docs for saving lesson plans and assignments, you may want to download Google Drive for Mac. See also 60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom The Google Docs smartphone application also makes it easy to view documents from anywhere. The following graphic offers 24 Google Doc Tips for your students–or you as you organize your classroom data, curricula, and student digital portfolios. image courtesy GetVoIP.com Get Things Done: 24 Google Doc Tips For Productivity

The WWW Virtual Library Yahoo Nous, Yahoo, faisons partie de la famille de marques Famille de marques Yahoo Les sites et applications que nous possédons et exploitons, y compris Yahoo et AOL, et nos services publicitaires numériques, Yahoo Advertising.Yahoo. Lorsque vous utilisez nos sites et nos applications, nous utilisons des Témoins Les témoins (y compris des technologies similaires telles que le stockage Web) permettent aux opérateurs de sites Web et d'applications de stocker et de lire des informations provenant de votre appareil. Apprenez-en davantage en consultant notre politique relative aux témoins.témoins dans le but de : vous fournir nos sites et applications; authentifier les utilisateurs, appliquer des mesures de sécurité et prévenir les pourriels et les abus; et mesurer votre utilisation de nos sites et applications Si vous ne souhaitez pas que nous et nos partenaires utilisions des témoins et des données personnelles à ces fins supplémentaires, cliquez sur 'Tout refuser'.

bluszcz/PureDataStepSequencer · GitHub Hidden in Plain Sight: Information Literacy in the Age of Google “Doodle for Google 2009 Contest Entry.” Kevin Jarrett At the beginning of last school year, I gave my 7th-grade students an assignment. “How are we supposed to draw the Internet?” “Use what you know, and use your imagination,” I replied. The markers and crayons I provided came in handy. Google: Everywhere and Nowhere For many students, Google is the Internet: it is their gateway to the web, it curates their online experience, and it structures the results of their Internet searches. I teach a class called Library and Technology, wherein 7th-graders learn how to navigate libraries, evaluate sources, and troubleshoot tech problems. Paradoxically, however, Google is so ubiquitous that it is hidden in plain sight. Corporate Interests, Classroom Markets The invisibility and hyper-visibility of Google in the classroom is no accident. Google Literacy Have an idea for how to make students see Google?

Voice of the Shuttle List of search engines - Wikipedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Search engines, including web search engines, selection-based search engines, metasearch engines, desktop search tools, and web portals and vertical market websites have a search facility for online databases. By content/topic General † Main website is a portal Geographically localized Accountancy IFACnet Business Computers Content Openverse, search engine for open content. Dark web Education General: Academic materials only: Enterprise Apache SolrJumper 2.0: Universal search powered by Enterprise bookmarkingOracle Corporation: Secure Enterprise Search 10gQ-Sensei: Q-Sensei EnterpriseSwiftype: Swiftype SearchTeraText: TeraText Suite Events Tickex (US, UK)TickX (UK, Ireland, Spain, Netherlands) Food and recipes Genealogy Mocavo.com: family history search engine Job Legal Medical Mobile/handheld News People Real estate/property Television TV Genius Travel Bustripping Video games Wazap By data type Search engines dedicated to a specific kind of information Maps Multimedia Price Source code

Toolkit for Promoting School Library Programs Messages, Ideas, and Strategies for Communicating the Value of School Library Programs and School Librarians in the 21st Century This toolkit includes strategies, practical tips and tools, key messages, inspirational stories, and much more to help school librarians promote the many ways they transform teaching and learning within schools, districts, and communities through their library programs. *Click on the cover at left to download a PDF of the toolkit. Preface Every one of us knows the important role that advocacy plays in the world. Two organizations local to me in Paducah, Kentucky, come to mind. One reason that advocacy is difficult for some is that it can feel self-serving to advocate for our programs because we fear we’ll be seen as advocating for our jobs. The development of this toolkit aligns perfectly with AASL’s Strategic Plan, approved by the Board of Directors in June 2014, and helps to meet our goal of becoming a stronger voice for school librarians and the profession.

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