I posted a brief users guide to Wolfram Alpha to this list last
Friday. If you missed it, here's the URL.
http://is.gd/B1z7
cheers,
gary
Quoting "Hastings, Jeff" <HASTINGJ@HOWELLSCHOOLS.COM>:
> Or, if you haven't seen it yet, you're GONNA want it.
>
> YOU GUYS: I found out about Wolfram Alpha from reading Joyce Valenza's
> Neverending search blog on slj.com. You may want to hit that for a
> fuller review than the thumbnail I'll try and paint below
>
> http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html
>
> Basically, Wolfram Alpha is a computational knowledge engine that, I
> think, has to be played with to fully understand its potentials. A
> useful tool across disciplines and age ranges, it's like crack for
> info-geeks. I started playing with it last Friday and was really
> impressed doing things like distance calculation and geographical
> comparisons, biological taxonomy, currency conversion and stock
> analysis, calorie and nutrition calculation and lots more. I was so
> impressed, in fact, that I couldn't wait to post a Wolfram Alpha search
> box on my school library's QUICK REFERENCE page. I tossed it up there
> today.
>
> http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/librarysite/content/quickref.html
>
> Which is really why I'm writing. The search boxes for websites can be a
> bit tricky to find. They're available at:
>
> http://www.wolframalpha.com/addtoyoursite.html
>
> There are also widgets for browser toolbars, iGoogle and more available
> in the easy to find DOWNLOADS portion of:
> www.wolframalpha.com <http://www.wolframalpha.com/>
>
> I haven't been this geeked about a tool in a while. While it failed on a
> couple pretty easy tasks I tried, lots of others worked much better than
> I expected. I can't imagine what it might be capable of five years down
> the road. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it remains uncluttered and
> ad-free as well.
>
> Jeffrey Hastings,
> SLMS Highlander Way Middle School
> Howell, Michigan
>
> You can always respond to: shankhead at gmail dot com (if'n you feels a
> hankerin' to do so.)
>
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