When I searched for the comparison in populations between India, China, and the United States, I was pleased with the additional results WolframAlpha gave me. The populations are as follows: India has 1.21 billion people, China has 1.35 billion people, and the United States has 309 million people as of the year 2010. The growth in population is slowly but surely increasing in all the countries. India's population grew 1.44%, China grew 0.63%, and the United States grew 0.969% in the year 2008.
I also searched India, China, and the United States individually. Each search offered plenty of information on each country, including; a map, demographics, languages, religions, employment and education. The number of students in each country are as follows: India 251.3 million, China 233.3 million, and U.S. 67.62 million. That's a pretty large difference between India and the United States!
I found WolframAlpha to be an easy and excellent tool to use. I was surprisingly pleased to read some of the stats about the individual countries I searched. It was very interesting. I also love the way the site was laid out; easy search bar with examples and random searches and the information page is organized. There is a lot my future students and I could use this tool for. Upload cans also be made. It's an easy, interesting tool for any student.
Gary Hayes Social Media Count
Wow! The numbers on the social media count were flying by! The category "social now" was very eye-opening to me because it was all about Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and devices; which I'm not a big fan of any of those things. I don't have a Facebook or Instagram and I don't upload videos to YouTube, so seeing the numbers go up so fast makes me realize how much time people really spend on social networking sites and such. Before one second could pass, there were already over 29, 000 likes and comments on Facebook!
What does this mean for my professional career as a teacher? Well, I believe this is only the beginning of the future. The internet and computers are getting smarter every day in this day and time. I must realize that the future is going to be all about computer use by the time I become a teacher. I understand that computers are an excellent source for education and I am eager to learn more about the things that EDM310 has to offer. I hope to use a lot of the tools I haven already learned when I become a teacher.
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