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Make photos speak in multiple languages 

Make photos speak in multiple languages  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"There is technology that allows you to take a photo of a poster, book, page from a magazine, etc. then convert it to text ..."

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Google translate is now able to translate even more languages, thanks to AI

Google translate is now able to translate even more languages, thanks to AI | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Google is trying to make Google Translate more accurate by expanding the number of languages that are supported by its neural machine translation software ..."

Mitchell Tasso's curator insight, March 10, 2017 3:09 PM
This article talks about different languages and how they are now being able to be translated into other languages. This article relates to our chapter because it has a connection to different languages, their pronunciations, and how they are being translated into other languages. I like this article because it shows how technology is helping us bridge languages.
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Five languages on the verge of extinction

Five languages on the verge of extinction | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Nearly 7,000 languages are spoken around the world, and one of them dies every two weeks. Here are some that could disappear in our lifetimes ..."

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Say hello in 50 different languages [Infographic]

Say hello in 50 different languages [Infographic] | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"From Spanish to French, Cantonese to Arabic- learn how to say Hello in 50 different languages from around the world in this infographic! ..."

Jordan Hartley's curator insight, March 7, 2017 1:14 PM
This article is about different ways to say hello in foreign languages, this relates to chp.5 topic which is languages. Hallo! Shalom! Buna! These are just a few ways to say hello. This article was interesting and fun, it was a tongue twister trying to pounce some of the translations. 
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Very cool! Free embeddable interactives for teaching and learning — Emerging Education Technologies

Very cool! Free embeddable interactives for teaching and learning — Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Fun interactive tools for math, language, arts, science, and social studies that you can embed in any web page! Okay, so if a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is an animated interactive teaching and learning tool ..."

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Twitter’s new typeface neglects the countries where it’s growing the fastest

Twitter’s new typeface neglects the countries where it’s growing the fastest | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"...But sometimes small changes reorient the user experience or quietly herald a shift in corporate strategy. So what to make of Twitter’s May 30 announcement that it was switching its main typeface from Neue Helvetica to Gotham? ..."

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Fifty things you probably didn't know about languages | Edudemic

Fifty things you probably didn't know about languages | Edudemic | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Do you think you know everything there is about language? Test your knowledge with these many obscure facts about languages! ...:

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mary jane james's curator insight, March 13, 2017 9:49 PM
This article relates to my topic on language on the different languages and how they are used in the world today. Also, it gives information that we have already gone over. 
My opinion on this article is that it is very informative and very factual when it comes to its facts on languages and their origins.

 
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A map of lexical distances between Europe's languages

A map of lexical distances between Europe's languages | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A Finn and a Spaniard walk into a bar ..."

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Best translation apps

Best translation apps | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The world is full of different languages, and it's important to become familiar with them. These translation apps help you get the job done ..."

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IBM Watson is now fluent in nine languages (and counting)

IBM Watson is now fluent in nine languages (and counting) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The addition of Korean will bring the number of languages “spoken” by Watson to nine, along with English, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German and Arabic ..."

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Web growth dips, Facebook keeps pushing Internet expansion - MediaPost Communications

Web growth dips, Facebook keeps pushing Internet expansion - MediaPost Communications | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"From poverty to inept governments, the Web is facing ever greater barriers to growth. As a result, its rate of expansion has declined for the fourth year in a row to just 6.6% in 2014 -- down from 14.7% in 2010 -- according to Internet.org ..."

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