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Make simple movies using a limited set of backgrounds and characters. Might be good practice for adult students getting used to writing/practicing dialogues.

Choice of text, audio, or video chat rooms.

Describes ways to use images, video, music, voice, and text in teaching literature with advanced level students to improve writing and pronunciation skills. Students engaged in online discussion through commenting and VoiceThread. By Jane Petring.

Shows how you can use Xtranormal to make 3-D characters. Your students can create a movie scenario, write the script, make the characters, select camera angles, add voices (in several languages) in quite long dialogues, and share the movie by email. Stannard takes you through the entire process (about 10 min.) using a Camtasia screencast.

Lots of ideas to help students (K-12) organize and map their writing.

How a group of middle/high school students are encouraged to use assigned roles within the group to solve problems and create a project together. Instructional video shows the teacher interacting with the groups and explaining to them how work is assessed and improved.

A very extensive wiki with links to a huge number of Web2.0 tools, such as presentation programs, mindmapping, comics, image sharing and editing, search, etc.

Jeffery Heil's list of discussions and websites on how to use iPads and smart phones for educational purposes. Join the list for updates.

A really interesting site for listening practice based on current issues and news events. Has a nice non-commercial ad-free look, also. Would be useful for a culture class as well.

Linked from More Poetry Resources: Videos, blogs, and other resources from EFL Classroom 2.0. Free to join. This particular link has at present 3 YouTube videos of poets reading poems. Nice to watch and listen while reading the text.

VOA news is a great resource for listening, speaking, writing assignments, reading, et al. Very up-to-the-minute, and live streaming allows for instant listening. Good for teachers' listening practice as well.

"Teachers using the Portfoliogen Classroom service can create their own webpage allowing their students to register and create their own portfolio websites. Collaboration between teacher and student is easy with administrative visibility to view students portfolios." This might be a good way to create a safe place on the Web to create and store student portfolios.

I have put together a Wiki for my students to use. I have stressed that it is not part of their regular course but is there for them to visit and assist them in learning English. It goes for 16 weeks (the length of their course) and every week it has sections on Reading/Writing, Grammar, Litsening and Speaking. I also included sectioins on TOEFL, Environmental video and Pronunciation. There are exercises (links) for the students and all in all, it is a fun site to visit. If you want to join the Wiki and make material postings... make yourself at home. Please keep in mind that I AM in Oman and most of my students are young Omani university girls 18-20 years old. They are not the most liberal minded people and not prone to Adult entertainment. They are great students who are willing and eager to learn and a true pleasure to teach. Check it out and tell me what you think. Positive and Negative comments are welcome. So, send your students, send your enemies and even your enemy's students. Feel free to post bills on the local Metro, buses and outside your favorite adult beverage establishment. Gary Harwell www.teachergary.com

"with listening, grammar, comprehension, dictation exercises, and crossword puzzles" Covers a wide range of exercises and activities for listening, reading, and writing.

A huge list of materials online related to listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, and general study skills. Teachers need to review and select from sites to use them effectively in an academic program. Prepared by Christine Bauer-Ramazani for her Academic Skills courses.

"This suite of tools has been designed to support online teaching and learning. They are available to authorised users for use in educational institution and classrooms. Edith Cowan University does not guarantee or provide any warranty for the tools. "Teachers wishing to use the tools simply need to register with their name and email. The tools can then be accessed with these details. ... The site is managed and maintained by Ron Oliver who can be contacted with queries if the need arises. The site is a development site and has new tools in development and fixes being made to existing tools." Looks to be a very interesting set of online tools with modest interfaces. Suggestions for uses with students are pedagogically sound.

Glogster Edu is very flashy and allows embedded video, audio, photos, graphics, and text. Very appropriate for online multimedia project presentation. This Tour page tells all. Teachers can set up an account with Dashboard to view all student activity in their classes. Exciting visual features. Teachers can also use posters for presentations.

Create activities, matching games, crosswords, and quizzes. Save these resources online with your free teacher account and analyze results of quizzes and games.

Wow! This has articles on how to use comics, lesson plans, and links to places on the Web where you can create comics. Excellent blog feature.

This is going to a relatively short "The Best…" list sharing places where ESL/EFL/ELL teachers who are both new and experienced with using educational technology can find resources, ideas, and support.