Sunday, October 29, 2006
Search Engines
The three search engines I used for this assignment were: www.alltheweb.com, www.altavista.com, and www.vivisimo.com. The first two search engines listed identical results for the first 5 results on their lists. All three search engines clearly dilineated sponsor results from web results, but www.alltheweb.com and www.altavista.com listed websites that were more comprehensive than the ones listed on www.vivisimo.com.
Three of the first 5 results on www.alltheweb.com and www.altavista.com are detailed sites that explain what wikis are and how they are being used in various educational contexts. They discuss the roles of instructors and students, as well as strengths, challenges, and opportunities in using wikis. They also contain links to courses that have used wikis, wiki tools, and other related sites. The three sites are: http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/wikis/index.htm, http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/wikis_in_Online_Education, and http://scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education
These sites provide ample explanations and imbedded links for anyone to understand how wikis are being used in education.
The other two URLs are: http://del.icio.us/tag/wikis and http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?wikiInEducation. The first site is an index of blogs and wikis. The second site is a forum that discusses the use of wikis. While these sites do not provide much information, they also contain some useful links to better understand the use of wikis and to search for resources.
Three of the first 5 results on www.alltheweb.com and www.altavista.com are detailed sites that explain what wikis are and how they are being used in various educational contexts. They discuss the roles of instructors and students, as well as strengths, challenges, and opportunities in using wikis. They also contain links to courses that have used wikis, wiki tools, and other related sites. The three sites are: http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/wikis/index.htm, http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/wikis_in_Online_Education, and http://scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education
These sites provide ample explanations and imbedded links for anyone to understand how wikis are being used in education.
The other two URLs are: http://del.icio.us/tag/wikis and http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?wikiInEducation. The first site is an index of blogs and wikis. The second site is a forum that discusses the use of wikis. While these sites do not provide much information, they also contain some useful links to better understand the use of wikis and to search for resources.
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