Translation tools

Technology is changing and there are lots of new tools that can be used in the classroom. In this new era we have computers, calculators, Smart Boards, cellphones, and other tools. These tools can help us in a number of ways. One of the ways involve the English Language Learners.
These students can fall behind and can have problems understanding the lesson, and we can have problems understanding there questions. While they are learning our language we can still communicate with them and they can communicate with us through two new methods that I have discovered through my experience. These two methods are:

• On-line program: This resource can be found at: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/.This programs allows us to translate text from one language to another. It also allows them to translate text back to us. This will help us translate tests for in class, create resources for lectures, and communicate with the students, while they are learning our language.
• Jibbigo: This tool is a hand held mechanism that can be used to translate especially if you don't have a computer available in your classroom. This allows you to walk around the classroom and allows you to speak instead of type. This tool is no bigger than a phone. To learn more about this tool you may watch these video's. ( #2 and #3)

This picture was taken by Ann Oro and came from pics4learning. Pics4learning gives me permission to use this picture, since I am using it as a educator.