More on Thing 11

I checked out google jobs and didn't realize how large google was. They have a branch called google.org which focuses on world-wide issues such as the environment and poverty. They even have openings for animal health experts and climate specialists.

Thing 11 - All About Google

With respect to google, I've used the following features:
* regular searches
* image searches
* phonebook
* Q&A
* converters (especially units)
* dictionary
* gmail
* Google Earth

I haven't used customized/saved searches. I will try this for the next atom history project.

Thing 10 -Plagiarism vs. Copyright

Reflections on the quiz:
* What! Happy Birthday isn't in the public domain?! I thought it was so old it had to be in the public domain.
* I didn't know showing something from PBS within 45 is considered fair use. I thought only a few minutes of anything as a "review" of the material.

Paris Hilton & Oprah battle it out over the Periodic Table

I've finally converted my bonding unit lecture notes to powerpoint so I can attach them to my website. In order to explain electronegativity, I compared atoms with high electronegativity (they want to take electrons from other atoms) to Paris Hilton and atoms with low electronegativity (they want to give away electrons) to Oprah. (I have another slide using Donald Trump and Mother Theresa, but fewer and fewer students know who Mother Theresa was.) I have found it so much easier to get my notes together and update them having this equipment.