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Kim Ehnes, Marcia Hill, Carla Tjaden, Mary Rice, Diane Bell, Jeana Johnson: Julesburg School

For the lab work over the next 10 days you have the following assignments: 1. Divide up the questions among your group. 2. Research the questions. 3. Go to the Wiki 4. Click on your group name on the LEFT side 5. Type in your answers in the correct area with the question 6. Place the name of the person answering the question-with your school name at the end so you receive credit on the assignment 7. Please remember to CLICK SAVE to finalize the WIKI material Browser questions >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name 1. Is Firefox Better than Internet Explorer? WHY? Some people have problems with graphics and slowness on Internet Explorer, but the main problem with Explorer is that it isn't as secure as Firefox. Explorer is used by most people because it comes packaged with their computers and is free, but it has many security problems.Carla Tjaden Julesburg Schools - Sixlets.
 * http://searchingthetools.wikispaces.com**

2. How many Internet Browsers are there ? This was very confusing as I didn't want to use Wikipedia as my only source. I found that several browsers were in alive and well, but also several others that had been phased out. After attending your second class, I found out that I was on the right track--- not enough information was given to effectively answer the question. Marcia Hill- Julesburg/ Sixlets

3. What does the ~ mean in a web site address? It took me forever to find this! I knew I saw it somewhere but couldn't find where I first saw it:) It means that the site is a personal site. Carla Tjaden - Julesburg

4. What are the different types of Domain Name Extension (name 10 of them) A Domain Name is a series of alphanumeric strings separated by periods, such as www.hmco.com, that is an address of a computer network connection and that identifies the owner of the address. Like a postal address but for the Internet. Here are the ones I located on the web. .com- Business .biz- Brazil (commonly used when .biz is unavailable) - Cocos (Keeling) Islands (commonly used when .com is unavailable) .com- Commercial, for-profit businesses (commonly used for everything) .edu- 4-year, degree-granting colleges/universities (schools, libraries, and museums should register under country domain names) .gov- United States federal government agencies (state and local governments register should register under country domain names) - Information .name - Personal Web sites - Internet administrative sites (commonly used for other things) - Non-profit organizations (commonly used for other things) .wa- Used by state, and counties, or cities in Washington State Kimberly Ehnes – Julesburg High School 5.How do Search Engines Work? Crawler-based search engines ,such as Google, create their listings automatically. They "crawl" or "spider" the web, then people search through what they have found. Human-powered directories depend on humans for their listings. You submit a short description to the directory for your entire site, or editors write one for sites they review. A search looks for matches only in the descriptions submitted. Today search engines often present both types of results. However, a hybrid search engine will usually favor one type of listing over another. searchenginewatch.com/2168031 Diane Bell--Julesburg Schools

1. What are the Noteworthy features of each search engine? >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name Google"-www.google.com Noteworthy features: Mary Rice-Julesburg Noteworthy and new features of Google were a bit confusing as I wasn't sure what or when you would use some of these features. Maven suggestions was a biggie with constant updating dependencies, profile activation/deactivation, open artifact search framework, new archetype provider for the archetype catalog format, upgraded embedder and WTP support with inclused J2EE project dependencies management. I copied these items and can expand on them during our class if you wish. My own feelings about noteworthy features of Google is that everything is on the home page. I can find anything I want from one page. At least the first step in my search. I truly don't use other search engines very often because I can use Google to accomplish what I want.

8. What are the Noteworthy features of each search engine? >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name Noteworthy features: Yahoo! Search is huge. It claims over 20 billion total "web objects." Shortcuts give quick access to dictionary, synonyms, patents, traffic, stocks, encyclopedia, and more. Yahoo! has upgraded My Web, which Yahoo! calls a "personal search engine", by allowing full caching of a web page. This means you can search the entire contents of that page. Yahoo! also allows users to save Web pages, not just search results, and when you set up your personalized service, you have the option to import your bookmarks. www.lib.berkely.edu
 * Yahoo! Search** search.yahoo.com

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9. What are the Noteworthy features of each search engine? >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name Exalead-www.exalead.com/search Noteworthy features: The pages is virtually designed by you as to the top sites you use regularly and allows you to personalize your page. It provides you a “shortcut” to the places you want to search by a display of images. When I opened the site the following sites were up and all I had to do was click on their image and I had that information, instantly. CNN, BBC, Amazon, Baagz, Weather.com &amp; Ebay. There were two empty boxes with a link for me to add the site that I desired a short cut to. This search engine also allows you to search by wikipedia, videos or by web sites. Kimberly Ehnes – Julesburg High School 10. What are the Noteworthy features of each search engine? >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name Altavista - www.altavista.com Noteworthy features: Can search just US or World wide. Gives results in all languages or English, Spanish. Can translate the current site into ten languages. Can perform site searches as well. Blocks pop-ups. Has “Yahoo.answers and Yahoo.directory. In the travel section, it has a “fare chase” that finds cheapest fares from all airlines on specific dates. 1 search-related patents Delivers Internet's first Web index (1995) • First multilingual search capabilities on the Internet • First Internet search engine to launch Image, Audio, and Video search capabilities • Most advanced Internet search features and capabilities: multimedia search, translation & language recognition, and specialty search Carla Tjaden Julesburg High School

10. ASSIGNMENT: using the search box on the search engine : > >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name **Google-** www.google.com Connecticut Compromise How many? about 327,000 Jeana Johnson, Julesburg

Now try searching for the same subject as a phrase, enclosed in quotes: "Connecticut Compromise"How many? 1 Jeana Johnson, Julesburg

11. ASSIGNMENT: using the search box on the search engine : **Yahoo! Search** -search.yahoo.com Connecticut Compromise How many? About 6,590,000 Marcia Hill, Julesburg- Sixlets Now try searching for the same subject as a phrase, enclosed in quotes:"Connecticut Compromise" How many? 30,300 Marcia Hill, Julesburg- Sixlets

12. ASSIGNMENT: using the search box on the search engine : AltaVist- http:// awww.altavista.com Connecticut Compromise How many? 6,530,000 Marcia Hill, Julesburg- Sixlets Now try searching for the same subject as a phrase, enclosed in quotes: "Connecticut Compromise" How many? 48,700 Marcia Hill, Julesburg- Sixlets

13. HOW DO SEARCH ENGINES RANK WEB PAGES? www.searchenginewatch.com Search Engines rank web pages by following a set of rules, known as an algorithm. Exactly how a particular search engine's algorithm works is a closely-kept trade secret. However, all major search engines follow the general rules: Location, Location, Location...and Frequency One of the main rules in a ranking algorithm involves the location and frequency of keywords on a web page. Call it the location/frequency method, for short. If you asked your librarian for information about travel, she would direct you to the books with “travel” in their title first. Pages with the search terms appearing in the HTML title tag are often assumed to be more relevant than others to the topic. Search engines will also check to see if the search keywords appear near the top of a web page, such as in the headline or in the first few paragraphs of text. They assume that any page relevant to the topic will mention those words right from the beginning. Frequency is the other major factor in how search engines determine relevancy. A search engine will analyze how often keywords appear in relation to other words in a web page. Those with a higher frequency are often deemed more relevant than other web pages.  Kimberly Ehnes – Julesburg High School >>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name Assignments - Testing your skills: Answer the question and put the web site after your answer and your name Try finding answers to these questions by browsing directories, using search engines, or even using the links to different web sites found in your documents that were downloaded for the first class.

>>>>Please type in your answer with the web site and your name 14. What is the flavor of the day at Kopps custard? 3/2 Macadamia Nut and Boston Cream Pie kopps.com Jeana Johnson, Julesburg 3/5 Tiramisi (expresso-flavored) and Night Rider (Chocolate with Oreo cookie pieces) kopps.com Diane Bell--Julesburg Schools 15. What is the population of the United States? 3/2 4:10pm 305,927,842 census.gov/main/www/popclock Jeana Johnson, Julesburg 16. Find a recipe for peanut butter cookies. 1/2cup granulated sugar1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup shortening 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 egg 1 1/4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon soda teaspoon baking powder teaspoon salt Mix sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.Heat oven to 375ºF. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped into sugar. Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack. Carla Tjaden, Julesburg 17. Find out which Milwaukee County Parks have tennis courts and which ones are lighted? 44 lighted courts 45 daylight courts 89 Total. www.county.milwaukee.gov/tennis8433.htm 28. Mary Rice, Julesburg 18. Who is the architect of the Milwaukee Art Museum's new expansion? Arcspace.com The Architect of the Milwaukee Art Museum’s new expansion was Quadracci Pavilion Architect: Santiago Calatrava, Spain Quadracci Pavilion Architect of Record: David Kahler, Milwaukee Cudahy Gardens landscape Architect: Dan Kiley, Boston. Kimberly Ehnes – Julesburg High School 19. Who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988? Naguib Mahfouz Carla Tjaden Julesburg

20. What college basketball team is ranked #1 in the latest AP poll? =Connecticut Men's # 1 Connecticut www.sports.espn.go.com Marcia Hill, Julesburg-Sixlets= 21. What are the hours of your neighborhood library? Hours not listed/ days of the week only http://library.public-libraries.org/Colorado/Julesburg/JulesburgPublicLibrary.html Marcia Hill, Julesburg- Sixlets 22. John Wilkes Booth, of course, pulled the trigger, but there surely were people who helped him plan the crime, and Thomas Gates was one of them. True ??? False, Gates is a character from the movie "National Treasure" and is not listed as a co-conspirator. home.att.net Jeana Johnson, Julesburg 23. What film won the academy award for best picture in 1984? According to filmsite.org, the winner was "The Killing Fields"Jeana Johnson, Julesburg 24. Find out the current weather forecast for Boston, Massachusetts. For Friday, Mar. 6, rain showers are forecast with a high temperature of 51 degrees F and a low temperature of 31 degrees F. (Used Ask.com and the answer to my question came up on AskWeather) Diane Bell-Julesburg Schools I started with www.exalead.com and clicked on the Weather.com image which took me to their website. I typed in Boston, Massachusetts and the weather as of 9:14 p.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2009 was “32 degrees but feels like 22.” Kimberly Ehnes – Julesburg High School 25. Locate a web site for a Colorado Public School. www.julesburg.org Jeana Johnson, Julesburg 26. Find a home remedy for getting rid of fruit flies. >www.home-remedy.org/home-remedies-for-fruit-flies.html Marcia Hill, Julesburg-Sixlets 27. Is there more than 1 STATUE OF LIBERTY? There's the one in New York, then there's a smaller version in Paris and Luxemborg, then many even smaller versions around the world. Carla Tjaden Julesburg 28. How many words are there in the English language? How many words are there in the English language? There are 171,476 words in current use and 47,156 obsolete words. You can add to this however, 9,500 derivative words included as subentries. http://wiki.answers.com 30. Mary Rice, Julesburg 29. Who are the KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE www.sonofthesouth.net/mexican-war Knights of the Golden Circle, the name of an organization founded for the overthrow of the government of the United States. It was a secret society, and was first organized for action in the slave-labor States. The members were pledged to assist in the accomplishment of the designs of those who were intent upon the establishment of an empire within the limits of the Golden Circle. It was the soul of the filibustering movements in Central America and Cuba from 1850 to 1857; and, when these failed, the knights concentrated their energies for the accomplishment of their prime object —the destruction of the Union and the perpetuation of slavery. The subordinate organizations were called " castles." When the secession movement began, these knights became specially active in Texas. Kimberly Ehnes – Julesburg High School 30. I shouted “Sic semper before I fired.” (Who said that?)I shouted "Sic semper before I fired". (Who said that?) John Wilkes Booth before he assassinated Abraham Lincoln http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects The title of the article was the Diary of John Wilkes Booth. Mary Rice, Julesburg.
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31. How many Members of Congress Twitter? 69 Members of Congress twitter. Twitter is a blog for Members of Congress to discuss or just communicate back and forth. http://www.sourcewatch.org Mary Rice, Julesburg