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You can search a number of topics on Google squared and get lots of information on the subject your searching for. I searched Hurricanes. It pulled up past hurricane names and listed facts about them. I also searched dinosaurs, volcanic eruptions, population in cities. I found when I searched population in cities, then added mayor as another column, it did not list the current mayor for the city of New Orleans. It still showed Ray Nagin as mayor, when Mitch Landrieu is the new mayor.

I found that WoframAlpha.com narrowed my search on hurricanes to compare two of them (that took the same path) or just look at facts about some of them one at a time. When I searched New Orleans, it did not list the mayor's name. If you use both sites in conjunction with each other, you may get SOME accurate results. I also liked that you could look up just about anything on this site. This site will come in handy when my son needs help with math homework. You can punch in any formula and it will give you the way to work it out. My husband thought the site was cool when I punched in the names of two stocks. He wants to use the site now.

I did not know about Google Squared or WolframAlpha before this assignment. I will definitely use them. I think they will be very useful for future projects, homework, and so much more. I do not think Dr. Strange's comments have altered my thinking. I can clearly see that technology is rapidly moving and we as teachers need to continue to be life long learners. After watching "Did You Know," I was shocked at how rapidly technology is moving. Watching Dr. Strange search China, India and The United States statistics mentioned in "Did You Know," I could see that they were accurate in the video. I did one last search in Google Squared, the year 1992 and added a column with the words cell phone. It mentioned a little about cell phones and if you clicked on the box it pulled up an article about cell phones and texting. SO COOL! I really do like these two new sites.

Food for thought:
This blog just shows you how little minds can learn just about anything if given the opportunity. Children are brilliant. I believe this little boy was able to do this. Like I have said before in my blog, my 4 year old daughter loves playing Wizard 101 and Free Realms. She gets coins and buys and sells items. She can play some of the games on the sites. She needs help once in a while. She also plays another game called Starfall. This is a reading game. It teaches her the alphabet and has books to read.