Wednesday, June 19, 2013

A new research tool in InstaGrok

Are you looking for a research tool that gives you a different way to show you results?  InstaGrok may be your answer.  InstaGrok gives you the opportunity to "Grok" your search.  Results are shown in a web graph format that shows relationships of your results to subtopics.  If you click each bubble, you can explore the topics even more.
InstaGrok also gives you key facts related to the topics, websites, images, and videos that are related to the topic you have searched.  It will also create a quick quiz related to the search and a glossary of terms.  Those using InstaGrok can created a journal that will collect information from the searches in a Word-document like format that can be printed out, saved, or emailed to someone.
Everyone can create a free account and be able to keep track of your own searches.  Educators are able to purchase the ability to have students be part of the teacher accounts where the teacher can see history of  the research the student has conducted.  Students are separated by classes.
There are many ways to use the information you obtain on InstaGrok and it can be a great addition to your teaching tools.

Review from Edudemic of InstaGrok

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