RedZee May 28, 2008
Posted by anne marie in ELA, SMART Board, Special Education, Websites.Tags: RedZee, Visual Search Engine
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Had fun today continuing to write our poems–they are coming out GREAT! As we were searching for pictures to illustrate the poems I was reminded of Redzee Search, a visual search engine. RedZee Search displays search results as fanned Web page images. Visitors can quickly search results by simply mousing over the images and then clicking on the Web site they want to see close-up. “We believe pictures are worth a thousand words and we’re bringing that philosophy to our search engine,” says John Stewart, president of RedZee Search. “Visuals make it so much easier to see what you like rather than read what you like.” RedzeeSearch still uses text as the search criteria, but instead of producing the web page results in text, they are displayed visually. Very cool!
For my students, who definietly benefit from the visual support, this is a tool that I very much appreciate. Using it on the SMARTBoard is also a plus for two obvious reasons- 1. the visuals are larger and 2. students can easily explore the results by interacting (moving) the image results with their finger. So if you have not explored this search engine, you may just want to give it a visual workout! Oh yeah– and if you’re an animal lover like me you’ll fall in love with their adorable logo.
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Thanks for sharing this resource. What a fun way to do research on a Smart Board. I will have to use this with some of our classrooms. Good job!
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