Knol is presently organizing a cooking knol contest in five Indian languages.
Hindi
Tamil
Kannad
Malayalam and
Telugu.
Details are available on knol home page
http://knol.google.com
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Dummies - How to Contest
Google Knol has declared the prize winners of Dummies How to Contest. The details of winning knols are available on knol home page.
http://knol.google.com
http://knol.google.com
Friday, April 17, 2009
Knol is getting better coverage in Blogs
Slowly Knol is getting into blogs.
Today when I search google block search for last 24 hours entries on knol, there were 39 entries.
Today when I search google block search for last 24 hours entries on knol, there were 39 entries.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Knol as a teaching aid
Knol for dummies-writing a knol about
Health Issue - Bacteria decay - Rotten egg smell in well water
http://knol.google.com/k/mark-bowen/health-issue-bacteria-decay-rotten-egg/hq2vomqc6hij/1#
This site was a little different. The idea behind writing a knol is to educate other people about a specific topic or idea. This is pretty cool as a form of assessment. At the end of the lesson, students can write one about what they have learned.
http://teacheras.blogspot.com/2009/04/emerging-technologies-in-classroom.html
Health Issue - Bacteria decay - Rotten egg smell in well water
http://knol.google.com/k/mark-bowen/health-issue-bacteria-decay-rotten-egg/hq2vomqc6hij/1#
This site was a little different. The idea behind writing a knol is to educate other people about a specific topic or idea. This is pretty cool as a form of assessment. At the end of the lesson, students can write one about what they have learned.
http://teacheras.blogspot.com/2009/04/emerging-technologies-in-classroom.html
Number of Articles
Wikipedia has 2.7 million articles in English.
Google knol has more than 100,000 articles.
Encarta has 42,000 entries
MSN closed Encarta
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-microsoft-pulls-the-plug-on-msn-encarta/
Google knol has more than 100,000 articles.
Encarta has 42,000 entries
MSN closed Encarta
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-microsoft-pulls-the-plug-on-msn-encarta/
Knol's Competitors
Knowledge Sharing Websites
http://www.merchantcircle.com/blogs/ARTS.Z.CRAFTS.Z.914-525-4204/2009/3/Did-you-know-.....These-are-very-helpful-links/206872
Helium: http://www.helium.com — Features 300,000 articles on 44,000 subjects and 12 million page views per month.
http://www.merchantcircle.com/blogs/ARTS.Z.CRAFTS.Z.914-525-4204/2009/3/Did-you-know-.....These-are-very-helpful-links/206872
Helium: http://www.helium.com — Features 300,000 articles on 44,000 subjects and 12 million page views per month.
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