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- 1. Its Multiple Applications in Your Classroom MAET RELATe Conference 2010 Rouen, France
- 2. What are the learning objectives today? MAET RELATe Conference 2010 Rouen, France • You will be introduced to a new knowledge database tool called WolframAlpha • You will have the opportunity to see how it compares with more common search engines like Google • You will be able to see how it applies across various curriculum content • Most importantly, we hope that you will reflect on how it may apply in your classroom based on your content and pedagogy (TPACK)
- 3. What is WolframAlpha? • It is a free online tool that answers your factual queries directly rather than referencing related answers on the web. So, it’s an “answer engine” rather than a “search engine.” Unlike Google, it doesn't involve the process of extracting data from a web page. •It responds to you queries by computing the answer from structured data MAET RELATe Conference 2010 Rouen, France
- 4. MAET RELATe Conference 2010 Rouen, France So, what “structured data” is used in the computation process to come up with the response if it is not extracted from web pages? • The data comes from various, reliable sources, such government agencies, for example. • More importantly, Wolfram uses a staff of over 150 people to ensure the information is “clean and tagged in a way that WolframAlpha can present”
- 5. So, what do the responses look like and how are they different from ones you may get form Google for example? MAET RELATe Conference 2010 Rouen, France Let’s try this querie • What are the most common languages spoken in the world
- 6. So, what kind of capabilities does it have? MAET RELATe Conference 2010 Rouen, France • WolframAlpha is an excellent tool in the area of mathematics and science, but it can also be used very creatively in social sciences • It can answer queries as simple as “who was the first president of the US” to more sophisticated ones that involve solving solving complex algebraic equations
- 7. So, how would you apply it? MAET RELATe Conference 2010 Rouen, France • It depends on your content • It depends on you pedagogy • It depends on your comfort level
- 8. So, how would you apply it? MAET RELATe Conference 2010 Rouen, France • It depends on your content • It depends on you pedagogy • It depends on your comfort level