For this exercise I decided to explore Google Alerts and
Google Translate. Google alerts allows you to type in a keyword or words and
whenever these words appear you will get an alert. You also can choose were the
word has to appear before you get an alert. For example I put in my hometown in
quotation marks and then made it send me an alert whenever my hometown makes it
into the news. I think that this could have some educational use if used
properly. The main way I think this can be used is to have your students keep
up with current events. There are probably more ways that this can be used in
the classroom, but this is the only way I can think of.
Google Translate is also a very cool site. It allows you to type
in words or sentences and then lets you pick another language to be translated
into. This can be very helpful if you are studying a foreign language. It can
also be used if you let your students have pen pals in other countries who
speak a different language.
I also explored the Google Calendar earlier on in this assignment and I think it can also be extremely helpful. It is a great way to keep up with
your schedule and a great way to remind yourself and parents about upcoming events.
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