App Smackdown!

This week, my the app smackdown I will be presenting is on Google Translate. Google Translate is an app that helps translate languages through different features. The app allows the user to type, draw, and take a photo in order to translate the desired text. Google Translate has revolutionized the language barrier between languages. It helps use basic translations to understand what the other person is saying. The translations tend to never be completely accurate, but they do come in handy. I have personally used the app for communicating with my Chinese relatives. Some of them live here in America, but their knowledge of English is not the best. The app allowed me to communicate with them in some way. Even though the translation is not 100% accurate, it does provide a general understanding on what was said.

The app could potentially have beneficial features that could be highlighted in and out of the classroom. Google Translate could be best used in classes pertaining to a foreign language. The app is not supposed to be used in order to do the homework for the student, but to assist in homework. If a student is struggling on translating, defining, speaking, or understanding a word or phrase, google translate could help. It will provide the student with a better foundation and understanding of the particular word or phrase they are translating.

The app is simple and free for anyone to use. The consumer just has to go to their phone, tablet, or computers app store and download the software. Then, Google Translate is ready to use! It's simple and easy just like that.