Olympics

I really enjoyed watching the 2k14 winter olympics in Sochi Russia and I am sad that they are over. My favorite event to watch is snowboarding and my favorite snowboarders are Sage Kotsenburg from the US and Mark McMorris from Canada. Kotsenburg won the gold medal in slopestyle and McMorris won the bronze medal in slopstyle. I also loved watching ice dancing and Meryl Davis and Charlie White win the gold medal for the US. Hockey is the most exciting event in the olympics by far though. I was so upset that the mens US team didn't win a medal because they did so well. The best moment of the whole Olympics was definitely when TJ Oshie won the game against Russia in the shootout for the US. After that I definitely thought the US would win a medal. It was great though that the US women's hockey team won the silver medal although it would have been nice for them to beat Canada. Overall the 2k14 winter olympics were very exciting and a big success.

Google Tips and Tricks

I have learned many tricks about Google in computer apps that can be helpful to me when I'm searching Google everyday. I think the most interesting thing that I have learned would be the "search by image" tool that lets you put an image into the Google search and you can find out what the image is and other things about it. Last night when I was doing my history project I had a picture that I needed to know the name of and other information about what was going on in it so I used this tool. Another great tip that I learned was "filetype" which allows you to search for only specific files such as power point or PDF files. This is helpful when I am trying to study and I want a power point about a topic.

Power Searching With Google

In class one of power searching with Google I learned two important skills of filtering image results by color and finding text on a webpage. When you are looking for a certain color image and you don’t want to have to scroll through hundreds of pictures of colors you don’t want to find the color you do want, you can simply click the color you want on the panel on the left side. This saves time but it also helps to search for information that is only available to the eye. Finding text on a webpage is one of the most time saving tools. Once you have found the webpage that is going to give you your information that you are looking for, you may have to scroll down way to many pages searching for that information. If you just use control-F and then type the word or phrase you are looking for into the box that appears, it will show you where that is on the webpage and a lot of your time has been saved.
In class two of power searching with Google I learned two more important skills of when search results suggest something new and different kinds of content. Let’s say you didn’t know how to spell something but you wanted to search it in Google. If you type in the wrong spelling then Google will give you the correct spelling and ask if you want to search that instead. Also Google gives you related searches at the bottom of the page that could also be helpful. Also, aside from images and videos Google also has scholar, blogs, patents, 3d objects, discussions, books and finance. If you are looking for scholarly information about grasshoppers you can click more on the bar at the top of the screen and then go to scholar. You can do the same if you want blogs about grasshoppers just by clicking on blogs.
In class three of power searching with Google I learned two skills of filetype and removing invasive results. Filetype allows you to only search for information in certain types of files such as powerpoint, pdf files or excel files. Just by typing “filetype:PPT” after your search you can get results only in powerpoints. Removing invasive results is helpful if your search has multiple meanings and you are only interested in a certain one. If you search salsa but you aren’t interested in the food then you could search “salsa –food” and that would not be part of the search results.