Google Correlate

Some estimates are that Google handles close to 50,000 searches per second! That represents an amazing data set, that can now be searched using Google Correlate... basically, enter a search term and find other terms that are correlated with your term (complete with values for r-- hey that is a great introduction to that value!).

It sure seems to me that this represents a change in the nature of the information we can access here in the 21st century and it points to the need for educators to refresh out curriculum and instruction.

Morning Edition, the NPR program, included an interesting story on Google Correlate on Jan. 2, 2012.