http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogging
This website gives a description of what a blog is and what it can be used for. The history of the blog is also described. There are multiple types of blogs, and each one is explained at this site, along with the legal issues that surround them. This site is useful, because it gives a great amount of information about a variety of issues dealing with blogs. This site can be used to teach about blogs before utilizing them in your class. Therefore students will be more informed about them before they become involved in using them.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
This website is useful becuase it offers a table that compares three different popular search engines. The features offered by Google, Yahoo, and Ask.com are listed in a convenient table form so that the advantages of each can be easily viewed. This helps people to decide which search engine is best for them to use in a specific situation, based on certain criteria.
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
This site is like the one mentioned above, but it offers more resources. It compares more than just 3 search engines, and includes more information about search engines in general. It has a section for news and reviews as well. This page is helpful because it also helps users decide which search engine is best for their web searching needs. This site and the above site can be used in an educational setting becuase when students are asked to use search engines to find something specific, they can refer to this site in order to decide which one will work best for what they need to find. This will make the search process easier for them, because they will be able to find the information they need faster.
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The second one - the comparison of diverse search engines- is cool!
Wikipedia is a big one too. We'll discuss about that tomorrow.
One of your websites also pointed out how the search engines work. Interesting too.
Ohh.. By the way, I have a suggestion for your group. I think if you guys can look for the strategies of using search engins for educational uses could be helpful too.
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