Tag: Extension

Bookmarked 7 Browser Extensions to Help Translate Different Languages by Reece Rogers (WIRED)

Whether you’re learning a new language entirely or just need a quick translation, these aids and interactive video captions can boost your skills.

I am really intrigued by translation solutions in regards to communicating information to different school communities. Without an understanding of the knowledge you are translating into, it is hard to judge the authenticity. I wonder though whether some sort of communication is better than no communication?
Bookmarked Introducing: Quotebacks (tomcritchlow.com)

Toby Shorin and I have created a small tool called Quotebacks. The ultimate goal is to encourage and activate a deeper cross-blogger discusson space. To promote diverse voices and encourage networked writing to flourish.

A browser extension to help capture quotes and embed them within posts. Just not sure if it works on a Chromebook. Kicks Condor applauds the strategy as a return to the web. He also provides a useful breakdown.
Listened ‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off – podcast by Jacob Mikanowski;Andrew McGregor;Simon Barnard from the Guardian

Scientists have identified 2 million species of living things. No one knows how many more are out there, and tens of thousands may be vanishing before we have even had a chance to encounter them

Go here for a written version of this Guardian long read.