Using Sound of Text site for language learning
Sound of Text allows you to enter up to 100 characters of text in one of 44 languages. Once you click Submit, the site generates audio of the word or phrase.
I have used Google Translate on my phone in the past to communicate with an ELL student, but this tool is for a different use case. Noah spells out several uses for the tool in the article.
One complaint I hear about Google Docs is the difficulty in adding clipart to a document. Well, Openclipart to the rescue! This add on for Google Docs adds a sidebar to search clipart. To get the add-on, open a Google Doc and click on Add-ons -> Get Add-ons: In the search box, type openclipart: Then click on the…
I’ve mentioned in the past about using Pushbullet to send links, text and other information to your students. Yesterday, Google announced the Google Tone. This adds a new icon in the toolbar that when pressed, emits a series of tones that other browsers with the extension installed will hear. I’ve tried it out at home, and…
Source: Crunchzilla Crunchzilla is a free, web-based coding site consisting of three levels. Code monster is for preteens, Code Maven is for teens & adults, and Game Maven is the most difficult level for those 16+. The site works by selecting your level and following the directions in the speech bubble. Code goes in the…
Create an mp3 of translated text with Sound of Text Sound of Text is a website that will translate a short phrase and create an MP3 file of the phrase in the translated language. ⓔ Putting a file in two places at once in Google Drive with Add Here Neat little tip to use to…
Source: Bookfeed.io – An RSS Feed with New Releases from Your Favorite Authors No, RSS isn’t dead, and there are tools that take advantage of the availability of RSS feeds. Bookfeed.io is one of those. Grab a list of your favorite authors and Bookfeed.io will create an RSS feed to announce new books by those…
FreshGrade is free apps for collaboration between teachers, students and parents with digital portfolios, learning objectives, grade book and communications Source: FreshGrade: Digital Portfolios, Grade Books + Engagement After watching the product walkthrough video, I am left impressed. FreshGrade is a way to collect student work, either by your or by the student, and reflect on that…