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What is Wolfram Alpha? It is a supercomputing brain. It provides calculates and provides comprehensive answers to most any science or math question. Unlike other search sources, you and your students can ask questions in plain language or various forms of abbreviated notation. Contrary to popular belief, Wolfram Alpha is not a search engine. Unlike popular search engines, which simply retrieve documents based on keyword searches, Wolfram computes answers based on known models of human knowledge. It provides answers which are complete with data and algorithms, representing real-world knowledge.

Let's say we succeed in creating a system that knows a lot, and can figure a lot out. How can we interact with it? It's going to be a website: www.wolframalpha.com. With one simple input field that gives access to a huge system, with trillions of pieces of curated data and millions of lines of algorithms.

Making the world's knowledge computableToday's Wolfram|Alpha is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone.  You enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute the answer

Search results that are a mash up of Google and Wolfram alpha

You can search Google and Wolfram Alpha at the same time. This is a handy tool for educators and students alike. Wow. (I wonder how long Google and Wolfram will let it stay - awesome while it lasts, though.)

What's new at Wolfram Alpha. Can it get even better?

What's new at Wolfram Alpha. Can it get even better? If you don't have the Google/Wolfram addon for Firefox, go get it NOW

Examples of how wolfram alpha can be used in the classroom. From math to physics to research and economics, you can use this data crunching engine in very powerful ways. Another important tool for students and authentic researchers of all ages.

This September 17, Wolfram Alpha has a Virtual Learning Education Conference. I suggest that math teachers everywhere should take advantage of this free conference. They have 2 tracks - one where you learn how to use their technologies in the classroom and the other is emerging methods of using it in STEM education. All of this is online and free.

12 second TV is in alpha and looks to be the twitter version for video.

Ideas for using Wolfram Alpha with students. 

fascinating the k-2 looks like good discovery learning. You need to download a free software in order to 'play' with the mathematical objects/graphs/shapes etc.

I plan to convert my cassette tapes from growing up this summer - we made tons of interviews each Christmas.

Google, Dictionary.com,Thesaurus.com, Wikipedia, Acronym Finder, NCSU, unitconversion, Bablefish, and Wolfram-Alpha. Click on the MORE link for more options.

Schoolr would like to thank the Reference.com family, Google, Wikipedia, Acrnonym Finder, Urban Dictionary, Altavista Babel Fish, SparkNotes, NCSU, and unitconversion for their great resources.

Love to see metaphor tab search maybe citations too? Ah! there's citations in the drop down tab!

This is adigital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books.

Here is an open source education software package from Greenbush. It is a virtual world environment that is to be used on interactive boards. A major advantage is the application permits collaboration among those using the software regardless of location.

3D pop up books w/ Augmented Reality

Search Google & Wolfram at the same time.

A community of users who discuss the site and offer suggestions and even tips on how to use it. Don't forget to get the addon for Google. See both results on one page: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12006

A community of users who discuss the site and offer suggestions and even tips on how to use it.