World History
- Getting More Out Of An Essay
One of the most frustrating exercises I have had as a teacher has been to get my non AP students to write essays. First off, I have to hear the line, "This isn't an English class." Secondly so many students simply do not write their essays,...
- App Sites For Android And Iphone
One of the questions I often get is where do I get my information. Well I have a Twitter feed, iGoogle page and Google+. One of my iGoogle feeds is the "Offical Google Blog" which today announced one place to get all your Google products...
- Relocating Your Lost Smartphone
Okay so two weeks ago my cell phone died and I went from a simple device that could only call someone (yes this is surprising for many who know me) to one who can now text (to my wife's relief) and get on the cloud from my phone. Bucking most...
- Make Multiple Calls At Once In G-mail
If you are like me, you have noticed that more and more parents have long distance phone numbers you need to calls to talk about your students. For that reason I use gmail's free phone call service a lot. While I am not sure why you would...
- Google Translate Goes Audio
I have been using Google Translate to e-mail students' parents who do not speak English. They usually write me back in their native language and then I tranlate it back to English. Well now, if you want, you can listen to what was written. ...
World History
Google Translate App
This summer I am working with a large number of ESOL students, many of whose parents do not speak English. It used to be that you had to go to Google Translate to do it. But now you can put an app on your phone. The really cool thing is that you can translate on your phone and then have it speak to you in the other country. Here is the Android app. Here is one for Apple products.
- Getting More Out Of An Essay
One of the most frustrating exercises I have had as a teacher has been to get my non AP students to write essays. First off, I have to hear the line, "This isn't an English class." Secondly so many students simply do not write their essays,...
- App Sites For Android And Iphone
One of the questions I often get is where do I get my information. Well I have a Twitter feed, iGoogle page and Google+. One of my iGoogle feeds is the "Offical Google Blog" which today announced one place to get all your Google products...
- Relocating Your Lost Smartphone
Okay so two weeks ago my cell phone died and I went from a simple device that could only call someone (yes this is surprising for many who know me) to one who can now text (to my wife's relief) and get on the cloud from my phone. Bucking most...
- Make Multiple Calls At Once In G-mail
If you are like me, you have noticed that more and more parents have long distance phone numbers you need to calls to talk about your students. For that reason I use gmail's free phone call service a lot. While I am not sure why you would...
- Google Translate Goes Audio
I have been using Google Translate to e-mail students' parents who do not speak English. They usually write me back in their native language and then I tranlate it back to English. Well now, if you want, you can listen to what was written. ...