Tag Archives: tech
Flying Robots
Robots that can make a map, build structures out of modular pieces, and even jump through hoops. Continue reading
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History For All
How Earth Made Us is a documentary series produced by the BBC. Because it is available on YouTube, there are many options available to an ESL instructor who wants to use the series in the classroom. Continue reading
21st Century Newspapers
Paper.li is an RSS aggregator that looks like a newspaper. This can make it very accessible and easy to setup and interact with. Continue reading
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Interactive Videos
YouTube has features that make videos interactive. These examples push interactivity to the limits. Students will enjoy watching them and may learn from making their own. Continue reading
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Kinect-Based IWB
The Kinect-Based Interactive Whiteboard is coming. Someone just has to put the pieces together. Continue reading
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Gestural Interfaces and 2-Year-Olds
iPads and other devices that incorporate gestural interfaces are easy enough for a two-year-old to use. Continue reading
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Web Browsing in 3D
Everything else is available in 3D (movies, televisions, the real world), so why not 3D browsing? Continue reading
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Google Labs
Google Labs is the part of Google where engineers share their pet projects that may someday be woven into the fabric of Google. Even if they never make it out of the Lab, many of these experiments are interesting and can offer students some interesting language practice. Continue reading
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Google Translate
New translation apps may someday make language learning obsolete. And someday might not be that far off. Continue reading
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Where it’s @
Since email began spreading around the world, many countries have put their come up with many names for what is commonly called the “at” symbol in English. Continue reading
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