May

18

Wolfram|Alpha launches

May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Yesterday I played with Wolfram|Alpha.  What is this, you ask? Think of it as a master computational engine – put in a problem and it solves it; put in a keyword and it give you data on the query subject.
Wolfram|Alpha’s long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We [...]

May

12

Social networking for educators

May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’m doing a two-part learning lunch series for my staff on social networking. Many of my staff are, shall we say, experienced educators, and have not experienced social networking or even be able to describe it.  So during the first part we are looking at what is social networking, and next week is how is [...]