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Harry Potter and Google searches: Lesson One
A Google search for “Harry Potter, JK Rowling birthday” resulted in thousands of possible links — from the MTV story to an 8-year-old’s birthday photos to a video of Daniel Radciffe (Harry Potter) singing happy birthday to Rowling from two years ago. So the teaching lesson is to do a similar activity with your students […]
Google search leads to 8-year-old’s Harry Potter-themed birthday party
Chocolate frogs, magic wands and broom flying were part of Nadia Johnson’s 8th birthday party. This set of photos on Flickr was one of the top links in my search, right along with a commercial party site, Harry Potter Web sites and MTV.
MTV covers JK Rowling’s birthday
One of the few news stories about JK Rowling’s birthday that appeared in the top of the Google search was this story from MTV.
Celebrating Harry Potter’s and JK Rowling’s mutual birthdays
The Google search… One of the first strategies for finding any information is a Google search. That’s part of why Yahoo! and Microsoft have teamed up — because Google has such control of our approach to Internet searching. So I did a Google search for “Harry Potter, JK Rowling birthday,” which resulted (of course) in […]
Happy Birthday, Harry Potter and JK Rowling
I wouldn’t have known that July 31 is the birthday for Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling if I hadn’t watched the ABC special “J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life” that aired on July 16, just days after the movie opening of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” That Rowling chose her birthday as Harry’s […]
Requirement for college students to have iPhone or iPod touch?
Requirement for college students to have iPhone or iPod touch? My own experience with having to buy a new iPhone made me think about the college programs that have required students to have an iPhone or iPod touch. My first generation iPhone was only 19 months old when it lost its wireless ability. It didn’t […]
Uh oh — my iPhone’s wireless isn’t working
I’d done a Google search for “problem iPhone wireless.” I’d found several help pages and forums discussing the very problem my phone was having — my iPhone had quit recognizing and connecting to wireless networks, even the one in my house. I tried all the suggestions — turning on and off the airport mode, rebooting, […]
Back-to-school shopping — high-tech purchase
Remember when shopping for school supplies meant buying a new 3-ring notebook? That’s not the kind of notebook that was in demand at the Apple Store I visited in Jacksonville yesterday. This video is the first one I shot with my new iPhone 3GS. I was able to edit the video right in my iPhone. […]
Talk about a big fact error!
Talk about a big fact error! This story caught my eye as I scanned the headlines on my iPhone. A man in New Hampshire purchased a pack of cigarettes and was billed for $23 quadrillion. I was amazed at this fact error, and I also wondered if my AP Stylebook contained quadrillion. When I went […]
Julie Dodd 