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A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies.

Welcome to the Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. This site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993.

USING BLOGGER TO GET STARTED WITH E-LEARNING In "Using Blogger to Get Teachers Started with E-Learning" (FORTNIGHTLY MAILING, May 25, 2006), Keith Burnett discusses how "[s]imple class blogs can be used to post summaries of key points, exercises, links, etc., by email.

Learn about adult literacy education here, including English language learning, numeracy, and adult basic and secondary education.

Particular interests in content-based learning for adults, collaborative learning, online learning. Not specifically ESL/EFL oriented. --EHS

Vance Stevens discusses social networking in his blog. Links to specific lesson plans using Web 2.0 tools.

What advice would you give to another TEFL teacher interested in becoming a blogger? 27 bloggers responded: writing over 40 articles, 2 sent emails and 31 bloggers answered a poll on various issues.

VoiceThread allows the creation of digital media-based stories. The Library linked here gives a good idea of the range of projects possible. The Digital Library is a database of articles about successful VoiceThread projects. Our hope is to create a resource that offers guidance and inspiration for people undertaking new projects. Please contribute a VoiceThread to help the Digital Library grow.

A social site where teachers can add a syllabus and other materials, and students can communicate with each other.

Used by Micheal Coughlan to make a little instructional video.

Using instructional video to teach vocabulary--this video was taken using eyeglasses with a built-in camera, so it takes just one person to create the instructional video--either the instructor or a student.

Discusses how to deal with error correction and revisions with student writing online.

This is a really nice description of what WebQuests are and how to develop them. Uses short videos for various aspects, and has links to articles on the Web.

The Knowledge Tree is an e-journal generated by members of the Australian vocational education and training (VET) system to enable the sharing of research and learning innovation in national and global e-learning practice.