Eclectic Technology

Once again Paul Hamilton brings us another great tool to use with Chrome, VoiceNote. He states that it "offers excellent voice-to-text...VoiceNote opens as a dictation window." Therefore it may "sit on top of a document being written" (or occupy your entire screen). A few of the features he mentions are:

* dictating directly into a text box facilitates creating paragraphs or longer selections of text

* on-screen buttons for adding punctuation

* suport for multiple languages

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Can you talk faster than you can type? For most of us the answer would be yes. This infographic looks at how dictation tools may speed up your work and the amount of time you would save if you switched to voice recognition software (and the figures are pretty amazing). One tool they do not mention is TalkTyper which is available for free, but requires that you use Chrome as your browser. You can check out TalkTyper at http://talktyper.com/.

"We all have memories of the great teachers who shaped our childhood. They found ways to make the lightbulb go off in our heads, instilled in us a passion for learning and helped us realize our potential. The very best teachers were creative with the tools at their disposal, whether it was teaching the fundamentals of addition with Cheerios or the properties of carbon dioxide with baking soda and vinegar. As the Internet has developed, so too have the resources available for teachers to educate their students."

A great example of using technology to facilitate student learning!