There are many practical uses for Google power searching.  One practical use for me would be the conversion tables. I am currently taking chemistry in high school and many problems that we do require conversions of units.  I can now use Google to make conversions between units of volume, mass, length and other types of units.  Another practical use of Google power searching is removing invasive results. To do this a minus sign is used to take out results with that word in them.  In classes such as history I can use this to filter my research results for certain topics.  Also for history research I can use the date range to find primary sources from a certain period in time.  For example if we are doing research on the War in Afghanistan, I could use the date range to find information published in the early 21st century.  There are many practical uses of Google power searching, especially for filtering out results when researching a topic. 

 I have learned many new application on Google from the Power Searching with Google class.  In class one, I learned how to use the Control F application on a webpage.  Control F quickly determines whether or not a specific word (or text) exists on a web page or document.  This can help me look for key words in a block of text that will help me find the information I am looking for.  Another skill I learned in class one was how to filter Google image searches by color.  This can help me filter out images that are not helpful and find useful images.  An example of this is filtering the Google search to black and white so that charts or documents are more likely to appear. One application I learned in class two was the information panels on the right side of Google result pages.  This can help me get a quick overview of the subject and even link me to other pages with more specific information.  A second application of Google I learned from class two was the define search.  You can define any word in a Google search by typing [Define : Word].  This can help me quickly define words for english class or even if I just see a word in a book that I do not understand.  These are just some examples of applications I have learned to use more effectively from the Power Searching with Google classes. 

The 2014 Winter Olympics this year are being held in Sochi, Russia.  Sochi is the the third largest region of Russia.  The Olympics this year are the most costly of any Olympic games thus far.  In the Winter Olympics there are twelve different winter sports that make an appearance.  Sochi is also statistically the warmest place to ever host a Winter Olympics.  The Winter Olympics this year are very interesting and have been in the news a lot more than previous years.