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Watch this recording of our network webinar with David Mitchell, Deputy Headteacher and blogging expert, to find out how to raise writing standards in your school through the power of a classroom blog. This webinar was delivered as part of the National Literacy Trust Network's "The power of blogging" theme.

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Alternative to blogging; no account required.  "Just publish your content and share the link."

Postach.io is the easiest way to publish the thoughts you're already capturing in your Evernote. If you currently have notes in your Evernote account, you're ready to publish right now.

From the Voki for Education Newsletter Voki in the Languages Classroom

An example of how Voki is being used in language lessons.

An example of how Voki is being used in language lessons.

Professional Video Platform made lighter, friendlier and free Publish video content on your websites, blogs and social networks and manage it from one place"

slidestaxx enables you to gather various social media into a beautiful slideshow for your blog, website or directly on slidestaxx. It's fast, easy and free! Check out some stacks other people have created with slidestaxx in our showcase. 

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Tell Stories, Your Stories (slidecast creator, multimedia slidecast, digital storytelling, storytelling, audio, photo essay, audio essay, photo blog, audio blog)

"embedit.in is the easiest way to embed any document or any webpage in your blog, profile, or website. It works with PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and many other formats. It's totally free of charge. "

Witty Comics is a cool website. It allows its users to create two characters dialogues. This is a great learning tool for students. They love cartoons and comics and are much more inclined to learn via dialogues and interactive  play roles. Teachers can use Witty Comics to create dialogues underlining the target structures they want to teach  and let students act them out. Students can on their part use Witty Comics to create thier own  dialogues and rehearse them in front of their peers. Witty Comics is a good tool to foster students communicative skills and enhance their creative powers. Witty Comics is free of charge and is very easy to use. It has a simple platform that any one can handle , the only thing you need to do is to register with them and start making comics straight away. Pre-drawn background scenes and characters are already provided and students will only select the ones they want to feature in their comics.   You might also like: 8 Reasons Why you should Create A Blog for your Class 10 Must Have Resources to Teach about Copyright and Fair Use Snip.ly :Snip and Share Your Favorite Parts of Webpages A Great List of 70+ iPad Apps for Teachers and Students LinkWithin   

"Tag and link images on your own web site! Watch the video to see how Thinglink works. Thinglink is easy to set up for all major web publishing and blogging platforms, including Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr and Drupal."

Says-It.com image makers allow you to create your own funny photos and graphics - simply type in some text and choose from a few simple options. You can create your own church sign, make an official seal, have your own fire or police badge, and more. Once you've picked your options and created your image, you can use it for whatever you like - save it on your computer, upload it to ImageShack image hosting for use in blog or forum posting, or have it applied to a variety of high-quality merchandise from Zazzle.com, including stickers, mugs, keychains, and magnets.

A good guide to Twitter for teachers

"About this site Compfight is an image search engine tailored to efficiently locate images for blogs, comps, inspiration, and research. We make good use of the flickr™ API, but aren't affiliated with flickr."

"Laptop and microphone Joe Dale is an independent consultant working with CILT, Links into Languages, The British Council and the BBC. He is host of the TES MFL forum, former SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner and is a regular conference speaker. Joe has been podcasting since 2006, you can read more in his blog Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom. Creating and listening to podcasts offers many learning opportunities for pupils both in and out of the classroom. The cyclical process promotes speaking, listening and writing skills and can improve pronunciation, confidence and engagement. Scripting, recording and editing caters to a range of learning styles, facilitates peer assessment, pupil voice and collaborative project-based learning. Pupils are able to access higher order thinking skills, foster creativity, revise lesson content and deepen their understanding as a result. Podcasting also allows pupils to publish professional sounding audio inexpensively to a real audience, giving them a sense of ownership and a more relevant and meaningful purpose to their work. Showcasing pupils' work in this way can forge links with the wider community and celebrate achievement too. Downloading podcasts on to a computer or mobile device lets learners review their learning at their own pace at a time which suits them wherever they may be and as many times as they want. Providing a transcript makes the content even more accessible and enables further personalised and distance learning to take place."