In module 4 I was supposed to find an innovative and creative tool for my Spanish class of the future. I struck out again! This tool is called VocabGrabber it is a great tool for an English class but it is not useful in a Spanish class. The only word that it acknowledged was San Juan because it is the name of the capital of Puerto Rico. I have added a link to an example of the text that I copied and pasted to VocabGrabber in Spanish.
http://screencast.com/t/uvCVfdZXh
I am not saying that this innovative tool is not great for an other class that is in English. IT IS FANTASTIC! The link below is for VocabGrabber in English it is a great tool for any class that needs clarification in vocabulary.
http://screencast.com/t/G4Ib6lsrW
I hope that with this posting it will assist anyone who is looking for a new vocabulary tool.
It's been fun to take a look at this tool. I'm sorry it's not so great for using in Spanish class, but it does remind me of some of the old school research skills that we may need to re-introduce using these new technology tools.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to be teaching Spanish to students or teaching English to Spanish speakers? If it is the latter this would be a great tool to help those English language learners learn English words, and give them an opportunity to learn synonyms and antonyms of Engish words.
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