podcast and/or videos of original stories. they can be downloaded from the blog or they are free on iTunes. you can follow then on Google Reader and be notified when a new story is updated.
record anything, then upload and share with your social media groups. save as QR code as part of an instructional piece. record some text and then students can use their smart phones to read it from a QR code
LearnOutLoud.com is a well designed and large collection of audio books. Their catalog has 25,000 audio and video titles in a mixture of paid and free. You can click on the tab marked as Free Stuff to access the free audio books that are available for download with a right click. also has videos