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Join us for an exciting new episode where we dive into the world of artificial intelligence and education! We're thrilled to have Noemi Rodriguez (https://lologramosconsulting.com/about/) , founder of Lo Logramos Consulting (https://lologramosconsulting.com/) , share her passion for blending language learning with technology. Growing up bilingual, Noemi developed amazing ideas like using virtual reality and AI to help kids learn languages in fun, interactive ways. Together, we'll explore how AI chatbots can give students personalized practice, boosting their language confidence in a tech-filled world.
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Welcome back to AI for Kids.
Today, we have an amazing guest.
Please welcome Noemi Rodriguez.
She's the founder of Lolo Gramos Consulting.
Now, Noemi, can you tell us a little bit about yourself
and what inspired you to work in language learning and technology?
Yeah, so I've always been a big fan of technology ever since I started teaching.
And my upbringing, I was raised in a bilingual household.
So I was really lucky that I learned English and Spanish at the same time.
So that is what led me down the path to want to teach other children languages
and to want to work in schools, supporting families as well,
that maybe English is not the primary language.
That is amazing.
And thank you for explaining what bilingual means.
I wish I would have grown up in a household where I learned more than one language.
And I think we all should be in environments like that.
When you think back to your childhood,
what was one of your favorite subjects when you were a kid?
Did you always love learning different languages, especially since you started that way?
I do.
I've always loved languages.
I will share that I really only speak fluently English and Spanish.
I'll dabble in Portuguese, Italian, and every now and then I try my hand at French.
But my pronunciation just isn't there.
But I always, when I was growing up, I loved reading.
I love to sit in the classroom and just immerse myself in a book and get lost in it.
So still to this day as an adult, I really, really love reading.
And do you love reading paper or listen to audiobooks as well?
I like to have something in my hands.
And I am, I guess, older in the sense that I like to fold the corner of my book to hold my place.
So that, and I still go to the library and I'll take out books.
And I'm doing the same now with my daughter.
That is so awesome.
I think libraries are so important and I'm glad they're still being utilized.
I know, I live in Baltimore City.
We have so many amazing libraries here with so many awesome programs.
So I'm glad to hear that you are folding those corners of those books.
So I do want to ask one more question before we jump into our main interview.
If you could build an AI tool to help kids learn languages or anything,
what would it do and why?
I would love to create something that involves virtual reality and having students
really immerse themselves in the country in an authentic situation
where they have to use the language spontaneously.
I think that many students that I've taught in the past,
whenever they travel or they have interactions with someone else in another language,
especially when it's in the moment,
that's where they get the most excitement.
And they come back to the classroom and they share with me,
oh, wow, I learned so much, or I didn't realize I knew so much.
But then when I was in this situation, look at how far I went with the language.
So something with virtual reality, putting on the glasses, being somewhere else,
and having the opportunity to dialogue with other people and to practice
and hopefully find success in doing that.
I think you need to create a pitch deck today and go sell that.
That's an amazing idea because right now we're using virtual reality in work and things like that.
So I could imagine myself in my head, I literally just went to a country
where I'm getting to work with maybe other AI
or maybe other people from the country want to learn my language, right?
And everyone just plugging in.
That's such a cool idea.
And I definitely support it.
So if you ever decide to do that, please let us know.
We would love to follow you on that journey.
Or maybe someone listening will create it.
That would be amazing.
Or that.
And I can help.
There you go.
Kids, you just heard it live from Noemi that she will help you
if that's something you're interested in thinking about.
So you're an expert in both language learning and technology.
Can you explain how AI can help kids learn new languages?
So I think right now in this new age of artificial intelligence,
we're just starting to scratch the surface in terms of possibilities for our students.
So I've been really excited to play around with chatbots
and to have students in a situation where yes,
they are speaking to a machine and they are not speaking to a person,
which a machine can never be a person, right?
But it does give students a really neat practice experience.
And myself as the teacher, I can program or train the trainer in such a way
that the students have a somewhat authentic communicative experience with this chatbot.
So they can go right on and it's free, which I also appreciate.
So there's no barrier with finances.
So everybody can jump on and dialogue with this chatbot
in the language that they're learning to hopefully build some confidence
and also build resilience when you're practicing and using another language
because there's a lot going on in your brain.
You don't even realize it, but how exciting that you can practice
with another really intelligent individual, quote unquote, I'll say,
because these chatbots, what I find so cool is that they can be anyone.
So if your students want to talk to someone famous, right,
from history that maybe they've read about,
but they didn't think they could have a conversation with,
here's that chance, here's that opportunity to practice
and also learn a little bit about someone who maybe is no longer with us.
That's a really good point.
I like that idea.
Like I totally understand like AI personas,
but didn't think about it from the aspect of learning from a historical feature,
excuse me, an historical figure.
I think that's super cool.
Can you talk a little bit more about what this thing is called personalized learning?
How does that help students to see particularly in the learning languages space?
Right.
So teachers have for many years been trying to figure out great ways to tailor instruction
and to tailor the learning experience to each individual student.
So I found that wearing my teacher hat,
I can create materials and resources that are specific to my students,
their interests, their reading levels,
things that are maybe current that they enjoy.
I feel as if anytime I throw Taylor Swift into the mix,
that always gets a great reaction.
So finding ways to connect with my students on an individual level,
but then also make sure that what they're listening to
or what they're reading is at their language level,
which can be difficult for students who are just starting off
because their language may be a little bit limited.
But with that in mind,
it's exciting to see how artificial intelligence
can help teachers create resources for students.
And then students will, fingers crossed,
benefit from being able to either read in the language
or listen to the language in a fun, engaging way that's personalized to them.
I love the whole idea of personalized learning.
I know, like you said,
teachers have been trying to do this for a very long time,
but with AI, it almost takes it up a notch
for teachers to get that true individual personalized focus
on the person based on what they're doing.
So that's super cool.
How can teachers and students use technology
to make learning languages more fun and interesting?
There's so many ways.
I think it always goes back to
what is it that you want the students to achieve skill-wise?
And the cool thing about learning a language
is you can see right away if a student is understanding the language,
can use the language,
can potentially set something up to present or to share.
So language classes are truly performance-based.
So right away, we can see if a student can use it or not use it.
So with that in mind, I love having students play games.
I love having students listen to music,
students reading short stories, even if it's poetry.
I love using poetry with the students.
And there's now different generative AI tools
that can make songs for students and very catchy tunes,
and then hopefully write that hook, that rhythm.
You're like, oh, I like this.
And here I am singing in another language.
How beautiful is that?
And then thinking about those simple stories,
if I can create digital stories with my students,
20 years ago when I first started teaching,
I would do a digital storytelling project
with my students using Microsoft PowerPoint, right?
Antiquated ways.
And my students would always struggle with,
oh, I have this main character
and I have to design this main character,
but it just doesn't exist unless I draw it, right?
Unless I take the time to draw it and take a photo,
which was fine at the time.
But to really bring it to life in a cartoon way,
how cool is it that now if I'm envisioning,
let's say an elephant wearing a pink tutu,
riding a bicycle,
and that's the main character of my story,
I can bring it to life through design tools
that exist within generative AI.
So I love dabbling with Canva.
Canva is one of these tools that's free for educators,
free for students to use.
And it's also safe, which I appreciate.
And here I can bring all of these really fun images
to life about my story,
or I can use an image as the spark to write a story.
So maybe I'm looking at like a really fun image
and I'm thinking, okay, what happened before?
What's happening in this picture?
And then what's going to happen after to this character?
So from a narrative, descriptive standpoint,
here I can tell like a really fun story
just using that now AI generated picture.
That is so cool.
And I can relate because playing around with,
I have had different interactions with AI in my past,
I'm the voice of an AI and some other stuff.
Like I fully jumped into this,
but when after Dahlia wasn't as interested in
when it first came out,
but mid journey, I thought it was super cool.
And I spent a lot of time prompting a mid journey
and I was playing around one day
and I prompted an image that led to me
then creating a book about that image.
Like I wanted this little girl to meet a robot
in Baltimore city where I live.
And then I was like, wait, this can be a story.
So I took that image
and I actually have that image in the back of the book
to say, hey, this is what sparked the idea.
And the book is called AI meets AI,
but it's literally about that.
And then the other images,
like this is one of the images from the book,
but this is human drawn.
It allowed me to work with the human illustrator
to like then take my story beyond.
So I so agree with you that
it unlocks a part of creativity
where human is still in the loop
and able to be a part of it.
Like the book is not an AI book,
but that one image sparked my brain
to think about all these things.
So I really appreciate that and resonate
that that actually happened to me, kid.
So that's amazing.
Go out there and do it.
So we have a fun segment.
Well, I think it's fun
because I'm asking the questions called tech trivia.
I'll ask you a few fun questions about technology, AI,
or maybe even language, who knows?
And you'll have to answer them as quickly as you can.
Are you ready?
I'm ready.
What are some of the top spoken languages in the world?
So English is definitely up on the list.
Spanish is also very high up there.
And I feel that Mandarin, Chinese, Portuguese,
because of the populations, right?
So in China and Brazil,
we have these big populations of folks
that live in these countries.
So naturally, these are very widely and commonly spoken.
Good job.
You got that right.
And she's the language person.
So of course, that was like the softball.
So thank you for that.
Now I'm going to take it to technology.
What is the language that computers
use to talk to each other?
So computers use lots of numbers
to communicate with each other.
And there are systems of coding
that takes place behind the scenes.
So computers are able to talk to one another
through numbers and through different codes and symbols.
I love it.
I love the way you broke that down.
That's exactly right.
They talk to each other through coding.
Kids, you all have heard about things like binary,
and that's what Noemi is talking about
as it relates to the numbers.
So great job on that.
Last question.
You kind of brought this up already,
but I'm saving it here for you to walk through it.
What is a chatbot?
So a chatbot is generative artificial intelligence
in this case that we're talking about it.
And it's the means of communicating with a machine.
And in many cases,
you can customize your experience with your chatbot.
Similar to how OpenAI's ChatGPT works,
you can create custom GPTs based on the prompt.
It all goes back to a well-designed prompt.
Oh, yeah.
And thank you for also...
That is also right.
Thank you for also bringing up the idea
of personalized chatbots
because I don't know if everyone knows
if you have the paid version,
you can build your own
that literally does only what you want it to do.
I've been playing around with this
with some of the stuff with our podcast
and some of our characters
where I created our robot in the stories named Jazz.
So we have a Jazz chatbot
that allows kids to talk to it
only about learning about AI.
So like literally it only can answer questions
about what is AI in a way that's friendly to kids,
but kids and parents and teachers,
you all can build that stuff too.
So thank you, Noemi, for bringing that up as well.
You passed the trivia with blind colors.
Okay, so I want to talk about this idea
of you helping teachers prepare
to use AI in a classroom,
especially in a world
where depending on who I'm talking to,
they're either like ban it or bring it on board.
So can you share some tips
of how kids can use AI tools to learn better
or even I'll take us to the next level,
how kids can be advocates
for helping their teachers
adopt these new technologies?
Well, I think it's really important
to have these conversations in our classrooms
and to be able to feel comfortable
talking about generative AI.
So the first thing for everyone
is to really understand what it is
and what it can do
and then make decisions
based on what you're looking to do in the classroom
and whether or not technology would be beneficial
in that particular assessment
or whatever it is that we're creating
or doing or designing
would technology help or hinder our progress.
So I think that's the important first step.
And then from there,
if students are using technologies
that are safe for them to use
where their data is not sold, right?
And that we're protecting the student's privacy,
that's really important.
And also from the teacher end
to set students up for success
and to make sure that you in fact
know what those data policies are
with whatever technology tool
you're using with the students,
making sure that they're safe
and also you as the teacher are safe
when you're using that AI.
I have played around with a tool called Mizou.
It's spelled M-I-Z-O-U.
And that idea of customizing your GPTs for free
exists within this platform.
They do have a level of free and premium, right?
As most of these technology companies do.
But you can do a lot under one umbrella
with just playing and experimenting
and setting up these figures
or these individuals
for students to communicate with in a safe way.
What I love about this platform
is that it doesn't require
any identifiable information from our students.
Oh, good.
So our students log in
using whatever name they wish to use
to identify themselves.
So maybe it's just their initials
and let's say their class period
or maybe just their first name
or the first few letters of their first name.
And then the teacher can see the interaction
between the teacher and the student, which is nice.
So we as teachers know that,
okay, this was a good conversation
and we can always go back and revisit
both the audio and the written exchange
between the student and the chat bot.
I recently created a mindful bot
that I thought was neat.
So then that way if students want to practice
deep breathing techniques
and calming themselves down,
they have this online, you know,
tutor, so to speak,
to walk them through mindfulness and meditations,
which I was like,
oh, I didn't think that this was possible.
And here I can create a mindful bot
for my students to use whenever they want.
So the other cool thing is
I don't necessarily have to be logged into the platform.
Once the students have the URL
or the code to access it,
it's always accessible 24 hours a day.
The same with a Spanish tutor.
If the students needed access to a tutor,
I can use MeZoo or similar platforms
to set up a tutor for my student
to access at any time of the day.
That is so cool.
I hadn't heard about that technology.
So super excited about that.
Kids, go with your parents to the show notes.
The link will be there.
Teachers, you know where it is as well.
So check it out.
But I love that idea.
And I'm thankful that you gave like a free place
that allows people to do that
because I think it's so important in this space.
I also love how you talked about data.
We did an episode some time ago called D is for Data.
So kids know about that.
But one thing we haven't talked about
and you started to get into
is like someone selling your data.
And what does that mean?
Like when individuals are doing that,
can you dig in a little bit deeper
why you wanna know what's happening with your data?
Well, ultimately, anything that you put online,
you don't know where it's gonna end up.
So you have to be really careful.
That just goes with the idea
of being a good digital citizen.
So if I'm posting a picture,
if I'm posting a video,
I don't know who is going to have access to it
unless I make it private, right?
I'm hoping that if it's private,
it's only for my friends or my family to see.
So we're not entirely sure sometimes
how technology is being used
or how let's say our information is being used.
I have unfortunately received letters in the mail.
Oh, we had a data breach
and your social security number has been sold
or your credit card number has been sold.
And that's really scary to know that my identity
is now potentially in the hands of someone else.
And my hope is that that's not gonna be used
in a not good way, right?
Please don't take my identity.
Please don't try to buy a car with my identity
because I wouldn't authorize such a purchase.
But that's where we as adults need to talk to our kids about
this is why it's important to be aware.
And this is why it's important to know
when you're online, when you're communicating,
when you're sharing, who is your audience?
And making sure that things just don't get out there.
And then all of a sudden you're thinking,
wait a minute, I don't want my information out there
so publicly, that's not what I was hoping for.
Oh yeah, for sure.
And there are things like terms and conditions
that are supposed to tell you
what's happening with your data.
But sometimes they don't let you know
if there was an update to those terms of conditions
that now say your data can be used in a different way.
So thank you for calling that out.
And at all times, kids, remember
online is like strangers in real life.
Treat it the same way.
You wouldn't go to share information
about where you live to a stranger in the street.
You don't wanna do it online either.
So those things are super important.
So thank you for mentioning that
and walking us through what data means
and how it can be shared and used in the wrong way.
What advice do you have for students
who wanna become better language learners?
Practice, practice, practice as much as you can.
I also really believe that reading holds a lot of value.
So when you're reading in another language,
if it's comprehensible for you
and it's at the right language level,
if it's engaging, it's a story that you really wanna read
and you're really excited to see how the story ends.
I think reading is one of the best things that you can do
to increase your language abilities.
And then as a result,
hopefully you'll be able to use the language more,
maybe write the language
because you're seeing the language in context.
Another really great way to immerse yourself
is to listen to music.
Listen to as much music as you can.
There are so many incredible musicians
and groups that are all around the world
speaking in beautiful Spanish.
I just discovered this new Peruvian artist.
Well, I don't know how new they are,
but there was a spotlight on them
and they're called Q-pop for Quechua pop.
So the indigenous language of Peru.
I thought how cool that they're now using pop
and also Quechua to create this genre of music.
So there's a lot out there.
I guess don't limit yourself.
Try to put yourself into situations
where you can use the language.
If you have friends or family
that you know happens to speak the language,
why not practice with them if the opportunity arises
and just keep having fun with it.
So you're practicing, but at the same time,
hopefully you're enjoying using it
and creating some neat experiences with the language.
I like how you brought up the whole idea around song.
I remember I lived in Germany as a kid,
but there were songs where people would know,
they wouldn't speak English, right?
But they knew the song in English.
And this happens in other places.
You learn a song.
There's songs I know that are in Spanish
that I can sing fully.
I don't speak a lick of Spanish
because I took French in school,
but I can sing the song because it's repetitive
and I've learned some of the words in that song.
So I love the idea of using song
to help along the language journey.
And I appreciate you for also calling that out.
Why do you think it's so important for kids
to learn different languages
and how can it help them in their future,
whether it's their future lives or future careers?
I think that being bilingual or trilingual
opens up your world incredibly.
So it almost sets you up on a path
that you are exposed to a different language.
You're also immersed in a different culture
because they're so connected.
So to allow a student to be globally minded
at a young age, I think is a very cool thing.
And to be able to experience another culture
and communicate with people in their language,
I think also for me, it pulls at my heartstrings.
If someone is having difficulty
speaking to me in English,
and if I can assist
and I start to speak to them in Spanish,
right away I see their eyes light up
and their whole demeanor changes.
And it's almost an incredible, I think, superpower
that you can connect with so many people around the world
just because of knowing
at least two or three languages.
So I encourage all students.
I just, I happen to love learning languages.
I'm trying to raise my daughter bilingual
as well right now.
And I think that anything that you can do
is great, is great.
Oh, yeah.
I wish kids that I had multiple languages in my tool belt.
I took French, but you don't use French really in the US.
And I couldn't take Spanish
because the classes were filled.
I transferred like in the middle of the year.
But I recommend, especially where I work
with a lot of people who have English and Spanish speaking.
And it's also required on a lot of job postings now
because we have a lot of people in the country
who speak a lot of different languages.
They want you to have the extra language.
So kids, especially if you're in middle school
and going into your first language classes
or even before this,
make sure you take those language classes very seriously
and listen to Noemi about how you can really enhance that
and use that in conversational language
just beyond reading it and learning it in the classroom.
They say too that students who are bilingual
and children that are bilingual
always test higher on standardized testing
and just their intelligence is stronger.
So in that, if you want to be a little bit smarter,
learn another language.
I'm glad you said that
because it does work different sides of your brain
and it does help you to do that.
So kids, there's no reason
why you shouldn't be learning multiple languages.
And I also need to get Duolingo and start again myself.
Can you share?
I was going to mention Duolingo
is one of those really fun tools
that has game aspects to it
that has a lot of cool practice components
where you can earn your XPs.
Teachers, if you're not yet using Duolingo for schools
and they've recently embedded
lots of different artificial intelligence on their platform,
but I know that it requires that paid tier.
So they released, I think, just this week about adventures.
So that idea of being one of those cartoon characters
and having those interactive spontaneous experiences
in a video game,
I thought that was a really neat way
to practice your language in an immersive way.
Like we started off chatting before.
So Duolingo is definitely one of those very neat tools
to check out if you're interested.
Super cool.
Thank you for that because I did not know.
I will actually now download it again
for the third time and try to use it.
Can you share about any fun activities
or resources where kids can learn more
about language and technology?
You're already starting to get there with Duolingo.
Anything else that they should be thinking about?
Yeah, no, I think if you're making it
a daily practice experience,
so if you're finding ways to either read,
listen, use the language,
that's going to go a long way.
A tool like Duolingo will remind you on a daily basis
about how far you've gone with your streak.
So I know that that can be very motivating
for students to want to keep your streak going
for like 30 days, for 60 days.
And if you do have a cell phone,
it's one of those easy downloadable apps
like you were just talking about before.
And I also want to mention that I don't work
for any of these companies.
I just happen to be a fan of what they do.
So I think that's a really good kind of starting place
if you're looking to dig a little bit more.
And if you can find a book that's easy to read,
Amazon sells a ton of, they're called easy readers
and they're made for students who are learning
whatever the language is, French, German, Spanish
as a second language.
If you can find one of those books
and the storyline kind of speaks to you
when you read about it,
I would definitely order one and give it a go.
Or you can ask your teacher as well if they,
I'm sure hopefully you have a classroom library
in your world language classroom
and you can maybe peek and see what books are there
that you wanna borrow from your teacher.
I love that.
I did not know about those easy readers
and we'll definitely be checking those things out
and sharing those resources for sure.
So we have another fun segment that I like to do
called basically two truths and a dream.
So we're gonna do something fun and hopefully it's fun
but this time it's fun for you
because you're putting it on me
and I had to figure this out.
You're gonna tell us two true facts about your life
and one dream you had as a kid.
And we'll try to guess along with the audience
which one is the dream.
Whenever you're ready, feel free to throw them out
and I will try my best.
Okay, so the first thing about me
is that I love Halloween.
It's my favorite holiday.
The second thing about me
is that my family is originally from Spain
so I have dual citizenship.
And the third thing about me
is that I own a dog rescue
and I have lots of incredible land
where 80 dogs run around and love life.
Okay, cool.
So the first case is that she loves Halloween.
That's her favorite holiday.
That's first.
Second is her family's from Spain
and she has dual citizenship.
I want you all to think about the nuance she is adding
or the extra information she's adding
because that's where she may be trying to catch me up
with the dream.
So I'm saying that out loud for a reason.
And then third, an animal rescue with 80 dogs.
So think about her history,
think about her background
and I want you to go through this with me as well.
So for the first one, you love Halloween.
That feels like an easy one.
So it could be either.
You could have thrown that out.
You also were smiling a bit when you said it.
So that may be something that's actually true.
So let me hold on to that one.
I'm not gonna decide on that one just yet.
The second one around your family's from Spain
and having dual citizenship,
I believe that because you did say
that you grew up in a household
where your parents spoke English and Spanish.
So I'm gonna definitively say that one is true.
Kids, feel free to scream and yell
that I'm wrong in the background.
And then the last one is the animal rescue
and 80 dogs that are running on land.
I just had a situation
where I actually had to help an animal recently
and took it to a place
where there was an animal rescue for wildlife
and she literally had 200 animals.
So that could be real.
As well, but I'm gonna say,
I'm gonna go with the animal rescue is the dream.
Halloween is coming up
and you can't wait to put on your outfit.
You are correct.
Ah, great.
You're very early.
I was hiding my Halloween decorations.
For kids who are listening to this,
make sure you go look at it on YouTube.
She has a spider web in the background
that I did not see until she turned her camera around.
So share more about Halloween,
share more about your Spanish upbringing,
would love to hear more about that
and your whole dream of having an animal rescue.
Yeah, so I've always had a fascination with Halloween.
I don't know if it was the candy as a child
or the idea that I can dress up for a day
and be anything or anyone else.
I love the creativity of Halloween.
I don't necessarily love the scary aspects of Halloween.
So we love to do a family costume.
I've already picked out what we're gonna be.
I like to keep it as a surprise.
I get very excited.
For Halloween every year.
It's kind of my Super Bowl.
Nice, I love it.
And my family, I was lucky where my grandmothers,
they're actually both still alive.
They live in Spain and I was able to spend summers there.
And when I was first born, we spent some time there as well.
So I think I was like a baby up until about the age of two.
I lived in Spain and then we moved back here
to the United States.
So I'm lucky that I have dual citizenship.
So I have kids who are listening, two passports,
which is like, what?
Why do you need two passports?
I'm not totally sure why, but I have them.
And the dream of owning a dog rescue.
I do live in New Jersey
and land is not necessarily easy to come by here.
But perhaps if we ever moved to New York or Pennsylvania
or maybe even head back to Spain,
we can own an animal sanctuary in the future
where we can hopefully take care of animals
and give them lots of love.
I've always been an animal lover.
I think I actually get it from my grandmother
who lives in Spain, who we wanna take care of them
because animals only have us.
They don't have voices.
So we have to be kind to those that are always in need
and need us as humans to keep them fed
and to keep them happy and lots of love.
That is so great.
Yeah, we had an incident this weekend.
We were walking in our neighborhood
and there was a crow that didn't fly away.
So my boyfriend loves animals, so I already knew.
I'm like, let me start Googling
and see how we're getting this animal to a shelter.
I would probably call animal rescue or something,
but it was a situation where we couldn't just call them.
You had to drop them off.
So we got an opportunity to go to an animal rescue center
that actually focuses on wild animals only.
And she has 200 animals.
She works with like 3000 animals a year.
And she even has things like monkeys
that people aren't supposed to bring into the country
that she now has to like take on forever.
And it's just, yeah, it's so important
that if you have an animal, take care of it.
If you see an animal in need,
there are so many resources out there to help.
And we were able to get the crow to a safe space
where she was able to fix its wing.
And we'll hopefully check in and learn that it's doing okay.
So I really appreciate you for calling that out.
Yeah, if you can rescue an animal
and give it a wonderful home,
that's also something to consider
because there's plenty of animals out there
that need great homes.
We have three, all rescued.
So I'm like, no more.
We have one, but we're always tempted.
We have one.
When she opened that door, it's so hard to close the back up.
First dog, and then now two cats.
My first animal was a cat when I grew up.
But we have two rescue kittens.
One was a kitten, one was a full cat.
But they've been great.
And cats tend to live their own life
and do their own thing.
So it wasn't as much of an added pressure.
But yeah, the first was a dog, but now we're at three.
We're done.
Everyone else has to go on to live with another family.
But yes.
So before we go, do you have any advice for kids
who want to learn more about language and technology?
So I think the important thing to keep in mind as a student
or as someone who's up and coming
in this age of artificial intelligence
is to keep thinking about the possibilities that exist
thanks to this technology.
Or if you think of something, can you build it?
And holding on to those ideas and seeing
how maybe those ideas can turn into reality.
I keep reading about young students who invent things
or create things, especially if they
see that there is an issue or some sort of problem,
having that solutionary mindset.
And how can I address this in an eco-friendly, positive way
to hopefully be a great impact on our global society?
So I would love for you all to think big picture
and to think about how language can serve in a way
that you can connect with more people, regardless
of what you invent and what you do later in life.
Languages and cultures will bring you or help
immerse you into the world around you.
So keep doing what you're doing.
Keep making things amazing.
And I can't wait to see what the future holds,
thanks to what you all create and what you make it.
I love that.
Anything else you want to share with our listeners
or anything else you want to share that I didn't ask
that you want to make sure you had the opportunity
to talk about today?
No, just I do hope that they all study languages.
And I look forward to potentially hearing back
from some students in the future with what
they do with the language, what they invent.
I always, as I guess as busy as our lives always are,
I always cross my fingers hoping that I'll hear back
from former students or I'll hear back as adults
what it is that they're doing.
So if there's any adults maybe that I had as students
that would like to reach out and tell me
all the wonderful things that they're doing now as adults,
I love hearing back from students.
I absolutely love that.
And you'll be able to contact Noemi through our show notes.
So make sure you check it out with your parents
or adults who are happy to hear this.
And you can go back to Noemi to share how she helped you
to get to where you are and just share your story.
That would be great.
So thank you so much for joining us today, Noemi.
And thank you to all of our listeners for tuning in.
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