Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Qwiki - A New Search Engine

 QWIKI is not a search engine like Google. Instead it’s more like a picture dictionary. For every search term entered, QWIKI responds with a definition which is read aloud plus a series of pictures, gathered from the Web and presented as a kind of slideshow that illustrating the search term. While the pictures actually come from many different web sites, the text for each item or article is written by QWIKI staffers.  Test it with a search "water cycle" you will see a visual of the process as well as an audio description.   Then click the "contents" tab and you will get a print visual of all the content and links at the bottom to a variety of related Quiki files.

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Posted by: Jim Fargione
District Lead Teacher for Instructional Technology
Three Village School District