Google News Archives - old news comes alive!

Most people are aware of the various search options, you can search the web, images, books, news and so on. Google News Archive is a way of search historical documents such as newspapers.

You can put in a relevant person or event (although the archives are mainly american-centric) and a timeline is generated. Click on the timeline to refine the search.

 
However for my money the best feature is the ability to browse newspapers such as the The Sydney Morning Herald or The Melbourne Age

 It could be used to compare the evolution of newspapers, look at the first accounts of pivotal historical events, gain an insight into life during a particular time - so many possibilities.

Search and Sites Conference Presentations - CANCELLED!

The conference below was cancelled and will be resheduled for later in the year. Perhaps timing, cost or teacher fatigue are the culprits.

The CEGSA (Computers in Education South Australia) Annual Conference will be on @St Peters College on the 13th and 14th of May. Here's the program and the abstracts I will be running two presentations on the Saturday. Registration is open until Friday - I hope to see you there!

 A 0.5 hour presentation on search/research "To Google... and beyond!"
A 1.5 hour workshop "Google Sites to support teaching and learning"

I am working away on two websites to support my participants. Feel free to drop me a line by the email form in the sidebar!