Celeste Chow

Part 2 google to the max

Posted by Celeste Chow , , Wednesday, June 9, 2010 7:33 AM

The internet is a way that information can be transmitted to others. WWW is a website that you can view through the internet. When searching the internet the search engine sends out a spider into the web and searches for all pages for the key words you are looking for. Than it brings back information to you. All search engines are different and some have bigger indexes than others. Also, some webpages are available while others are not because they are not searchable by the search engine. There are different tricks for searching the web such as truncation, phrase searching, boolean operators, search limits, and special search characters. Phrase searching allows you to find two or more words together. Truncation allows you to search for many different variations of a single word at the same time. Boolean Operators allow you to combine search terms in a lot of ways so your search is more accurate. Special search characters is when you use different symbols on the keyboard to narrow your search. While searching the web think about various questions such as who cares about or is interested in the topic that you are searching. Once you find a site search for a site like the one you found because anyone can post information on the internet. Some sites are misleading or have false information. When you find a site look at who created the site, what's the domain of the site, and if they have any proof of if the information is true or not. Books go out of date quickly, but the information on the web is not always accurate, which is why when your searching the web you need to be very careful.

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Part 3 google to the max

Posted by Celeste Chow , , 7:33 AM

Example 1: Differences between searching google and yahoo

There are no differences between them

Bottom Line:

The webpage is just as good as what you can find in journal articles or other published literature that is not on the general free web.

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Part 1 google to the max

Posted by Celeste Chow , , 7:32 AM

Example 1: What is matched on?

Google page rank was worded in my search and matches with google page rank calculator because of the word proximity and placement. The wording from my search is very similar to one of the websites titled google page rank calculator, which is why it led me to that website.

Example 2: Word Order and Word Choice Matter

While searching the two words snake and grass in google, depending on how you word the phrase will depend on the results you get. If you type snake grass in google you will get information about grass. If you search grass snake you will get information about a snake. If you google snake in the grass it usually eliminates the "in" and the "the" and you just get information about a type of grass. If you search snake+in+the+grass you will get more specific results but not as specific as searching "snake in the grass" in the search engine.

Example 3: Exploiting "FUZZY" google options

1. http://www.unescap.org/esid/psis/population/database/poplaws/law_china/ch_record052.htm

Example 5: Limiting to parts of the web

1. On the Whitehouse website there is information about global warming or the greenhouse effect if you click the link called energy and environment.

2. URL with lincoln and sheet music in it -

http://dl.lib.brown.edu/lincoln/sheetmusic/about.html

Example 6: Limiting to type of document or file:

Example 7: Pages from within a country

1. http://moroccoblogs.com/2010/01/from-my-moroccan-kitchen/

Example 8: Definitions and more

1. Internet: A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCPO/IP network protocols to facilitate data trandsmission

Due Diligence: A term used for a number of concepts involving either the performance of an investigation of a business or person

2. Internet(Synonyms): ARPANET, W3, WWW, World Wide Web, cyberspace, hyperspace

Scholarship(Synonyms): ability, awareness, cognition, comprehension,discernment, education, erudition, expertise,grasp, insight, instruction, intelligence, know-how, learnedness, learning, lore, philosophy, schooling, wisdom

Example 9: Translating

Example 10: Calculating and Converting

1. How many carats in a pound?

1 lb in carats

2. How many square feet in 2.5 hectares?

269, 097.76

3. Value of 1555 in hexadecimal?

1555 in hex

4. The mass of an electron?

mass of an electron

5. How many bits in a 2.5 gigabytes?

1 gigabyte = 8 589 934 592 bits

2.5 gigabyte= 2,147, 483, 648

6. What is the currency in Uganda?

Ugandan shilling (UGX)

Example 11: Shortcuts and standard number lookups:

1. Newcomb, New mexico

2. yes

3. Iran man 2

Example 12: University Searches

1. http://grad.admissions.rutgers.edu/ProgramsByCampus.aspx?campus=Newark

Example 13: Sampling google databases

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+old+people+do+for+fun&hl=en&prmd=v&source=univ&tbs=vid:1

Example 14:

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/109680073/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

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Posted by Celeste Chow , , Tuesday, May 25, 2010 7:26 AM

Click Here to view my graded rubric for digital story three about the oil spill in the gulf of mexico.

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digital story 3 narrative

Posted by Celeste Chow , , 7:19 AM

An oil spill is the release of liquid petroleum hydrocarbon in the environment. Recently, there has been an oil spill here in the waters of the gulf of mexico, which is my home. The leak is currently releasing 5,000 barrels of oil everyday. On April 20, the Deep Water Horizon exploded and sank, leading to this tremendous oil spill. The Coast guard is putting up containment booms to help contain the spill and they hope to burn the oil away, but weather and ecological concerns can complicate this procedure. Also, such burning only works if the oil is thick enough. Recently, I have been terribly effected by the oil spill. The oil spill has left me covered in oil, leaving it hard for me to fly. I am now less buoyant in the water and now that it is harder to fly there is less of a chance that I will get away from predators. The oil that covers my feathers is ingested into me and this can cause kidney damage, altered liver function, and digestive tract irritation for me. I have become fore dehydrated and my metabolism has become unbalanced. There is not a great chance of me surviving. If the oil spill is not contained soon enough, this could be the worst oil spill in history.

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