Google is no longer the only word of the day... My dear Google, I thank you for having been always there to provide me with all the answers I was looking for, all the why's and how's, all the solutions and readings. I will not be so very loyal to you these days! Eureka!Other search engines do exist and I hope I will be able to make full use of these. 

I always thought that Google was like Atlas, who in Greek Mythology was condemned to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. Well, Google still does it but I realize that the burden is shared now among so many other search engines such as Wikipedia, Newseum and all the other search engines listed on Noodle Tools.

In only one week I learned that the world is available to us at only some few clicks and it is up to us to manage all that we get and make full use of all these. When I was a University student, I went through loads and loads of documents at the archives of Mauritius and at the University to be able to write my thesis. It was a time consuming activity. I do not look down upon the good old ways of conducting research. I still love the feel of opening a book, going through the pages, searching for the correct information, reading and taking down the relevant notes. But I  really impressed at the millions of documents, books, journals and so many other writings made available nowadays just by properly searching on the web. Barriers to learning, to knowledge have crumbled down so let us all benefit from these so that we can as teachers inculcate a new type of culture in our learners. We have the power to do it, so let's do it.

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” -- American futurist, Alvin Toffler