Tag Archives: languages

Tech Spotlights: Wimba

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Ben Johnston

Wimba is used to enrich lan­guage learn­ing pro­grams. This audio tool can be used for instruc­tors to cre­ate assign­ments that require stu­dents to post their record­ings from within the Black­board course site. Instruc­tors can use this tool to ver­bally explain com­plex mate­r­ial and send … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Free Language Lessons on Internet Polyglot Website

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Angel Brady

Inter­net Ploy­glot is a web­site that offers free lan­guage lessons in a vari­ety of lan­guages. Some of the lan­guages that are offered are Ara­bic, Thai, and Hebrew, along with pop­u­lar lan­guages like Ger­man, Span­ish, and French. You can cre­ate an … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Free Language Learning Resources

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Angel Brady

A web­site called Uni­Lang offers free lan­guage resources for a large num­ber of lan­guages. You can also view resources by the type (video, flash­cards, audio, courses, games, etc.). Some of the videos are hosted on pub­lic places like YouTube, but … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Tech Spotlights: Online Flashcards and Other Vocab Tools

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Angel Brady

Our Tech­nol­ogy Spot­light Ses­sion on 4/6/2010 was titled Online Flash­cards and Other Vocab­u­lary Tools. Dif­fer­ent flash­cards pro­grams and vocab pro­grams were reviewed (includ­ing our own Prince­ton based flash­card pro­gram that you can use inside Black­board). Below is a link to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Mobile App That Translates Text in Photos

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Angel Brady

Google is giv­ing a pre­view of a pro­to­type of their soft­ware called Google Gog­gles. Gog­gles is an Android visual search appli­ca­tion that  trans­lates text in a photo into another lan­guage. A per­son with an Android device can use the app … Con­tinue read­ing →

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