12.11.06
We’re just like every other family
Today a CD-ROM I ordered arrived in the mail. I’ve been looking for a really good Italian dictionary to help in lesson writing. The Italian-English one that I have is great, but it doesn’t define the words, it only gives you the translation. So you lose some of the original meaning. I was happy to find a dictionary on CD-ROM – so much easier to use than a big heavy book.
I was showing the kids how to use it, since they often need to look up words for their homework. I left the room to let them play around. In about 8 seconds they learned how to get the program to pronounce the words shown. And then they figured out how to make it say “poop” and “pee” and other fun words like that. Aren’t they precious?