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Resources for Supporting English Learners and Engaging Families with Google (Translate) Tools
Presented at ITIP Google Conference, 2024 October 29
The resources from our PD session, plus a few extras, are available here.
Links from the session
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- Intro Survey (Google Form)
- Chris's presention slides (pdf) LaTeX and other files for the presentation slides, in a zip file or in a tarball.
- Legal Requirements (ed.gov)
- Language Usage Survey (education.ohio.gov)
Google Basic
Tools
- Google Translate
- Google Docs
- Google Sheets
- Google Slides
- Google Forms
- Multilingual Spreadsheet
- Slides with the translation script
- Google dev page with translation script
- Translate Forms appscript on GitHub
- Google Form with multiple languages per question
- Google Form with sections for each language
- My video about multilingual Forms on Youtube
Advanced Google Tools
Extra Links (NEW 31 October!)
Links I forgot to include or that came out after I prepped the session
- (Pre-recorded) Video of my session on my Youtube channel.
Lagniappe (something extra)
Below are links to some extra resources that I hope participants will find helpful.
Every Sentient Being's
Guides to guides: these are books I wrote for people who want a better understanding of technology and computer safety.- technology (pdf)
- password security (pdf)
- Several pages of useful keyboard shortcuts (pdf) from PD I did in 2021.
- ELA Journal Assignment, Day 1 — a short story about students in the near future and their AI agents, in and out of school. I wrote this short story to investigate how AI agents might influence education.
