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Eclectic Technology
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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Beth Dichter
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Who knew that there were so many great search engines, each with unique features that may make one a better fit for your learning style. Each tile takes you to a different search engine. We all know Google, but what about DuckDuckGo (they do not track you); Slikk (see the big blue S with a partial L), this engine allows you to tile websites so four may be active on the same screen; and one of my favorite Carrot2, which provides three views - folder, circle and foam tree...plus info on tracking and filter bubbles. Have fun exploring! 
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What does it mean when you hear talk of a filter bubble? This post from Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of the search engine DuckDuckGo, discusses an "experiment" that took play on Sept. 6, 2012, when 131 DuckDuckGo users searched Google for specific words. It "was the first in a series of experiments we're doing to explore the state of Google search tailoring -- the fact that different people see different results on Google based on who they are." The results are pretty amazing (and very detailed). To learn more check out this post, or to have a quick overview, scroll down to the end of the post and watch the video. You may also want to head over to Vimeo to watch a 2nd video about DuckDuckGo that provides a quick overview of DuckDuckGo, a search engine that protects your privacy and has many great tools! And the link to that video is http://vimeo.com/50984188.
Beth Dichter's insight:
If the link to the article does not work please try this one instead: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2012/11/magic-keywords-on-google-and-the-consequences-of-search-tailoring-results.html.
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TED Talks As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could...
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DuckDuckGo (a search engine that does not track you) has a new guide on how to stop getting tracked in your browser. If you are concerned about ads that follow you or cookies or other items that may be tracking you check out this post. It provides link to a variety of apps that you may want to install and will determine which browser (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera) you are using to access the post and tell yo how to tweak setting to minimize tracking. And if you are not sure what tracking is you might want to either check out the DuckDuckGo website and look for under More (lower right hand corner) where you can learn about tracking and filter bubble, or check the TED talk that Eli Pariser did a couple of year ago on filter bubbles (http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html),