The first thing that I looked at and experimented with was Google Calender. It was simple enough and took me back to the days when I used a Franklin planner. I suppose that everything that I kept up with in that old planner could now be kept up with in a small ipad. I can certainly see the ease and advantage of that, but I do like the old fashioned way (pen and paper) as well. I tried to put in some cute little icons on my Google Calender but couldn't get that to work. Google Calender could certainly be useful in the classroom when communicating with others, as well as helping me keep things straight and organized.
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I tried Google Translate next and I am simply AMAZED. I had no idea this was available, where have I been? Absolutely beneficial when working with ELL's and I can see it being used for various subjects when foreign phrases come up. I put in "Alouette, gentille Alouette Alouette je te plumerai" and got "Lark, lovely lark Lark, I am going to pluck". This cracked me up, I remember that song from childhood and the Target commercial has brought it back to me. I sure didn't know that it was about plucking a bird. Live and learn!
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I never realized that such a lovely song was about plucking a bird! LOL I'm so glad you mentioned Google translate as a good resource for helping with ELLs. I hadn't even considered it. Great idea!
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