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Sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawai'i and the Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) at Michigan State University

This is in some ways similar to delicious and Diigo (for bookmarking purposes).

Objectplanet is a free software used for 100% web-based survey. It covers all survey needs, it's time-saving, it gives us the chance to desing an onlien survery very quicky and then see the results at the same time.

Apple's iBooks Author Jan 22nd 2012 One Comment respond trackback Jose Picardo shows his first attempt at creating an iBook. "Apple recently announced the launch of its free iBooks Author desktop application, which - they claim - "allows anyone to create beautiful Multi-Touch textbooks - and just about any other kind of book - for iPad. With galleries, video, interactive diagrams, 3D objects, and more, these books bring content to life in ways the printed page never could." 

Sheppard provides you with lots of educational games, activities, quizzes, and articles for kids and children. I found it useful for the ones who have a kid or kids at home and they want to have one-to-one lessons and also for the teachers who are dealing with this group of learner.

PaperRater.com is a free resource, developed and maintained by linguistics professionals and graduate students. PaperRater.com is used by schools and universities in over 46 countries to help students improve their writing. PaperRater.com combines the power of natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, information retrieval (IR), computational linguistics, data mining, and advanced pattern matching (APM). We offer the most powerful writing tool available on the internet today. As part of the development process, we put together a team of computational linguists and subject matter experts to develop a core Natural Language Processing (NLP) engine using statistical and rules-based NLP to extract language features from essays and robustly translate that into statistical models. We hope to showcase some of our technology at a later date.

This website is great for finding tools similar to the ones you are familiar with but are not, for some reason, available to you at the moment.

Thanks a million dear Dr. Marandi for introducing and sharing such an amazing tool. I have been checking it for about an hour; it's really interesting. :)

GuardChild is the leading resource for Online Parental Control Software. GuardChild.com is your one-stop source for child Internet monitoring and filtering software, featuring independent software reviews and instant free downloads of child-protection software. GuardChild is the leading resource for Online Child Protection Software and Internet information.

Web Teacher Tools is offering a single Moodle site to any educator who would like one. It is a great way to become proficient with Moodle,

Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning Created by the Center for Language Education And Research at Michigan State University. Online programs for recording, uploading, mixing, and interacting. Free!

The Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (GLoCALL) Conference aims to share knowledge, research and experience on how to use computer technology to make language learning more effective and pleasant; to explore how the technology can be adapted to better meet the local needs of students and teachers, while at the same time providing global perspectives on computer-assisted language learning (CALL); and to bring the technology within the reach of local teachers who wish to develop their professionalism in CALL. GLoCALL is jointly sponsored by APACALL and PacCALL.

In the classroom and at home, students use Popplet for learning. Used as a mind-map, Popplet helps students think and learn visually. Students can capture facts, thoughts, and images and learn to create relationships between them.

It's magnificent, I am using it in two of my classes and it really make them encouraged, esp. in teaching students how to use mind-map in writing classes.

Strongly agree! :)