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Has some comments for each tool about how it is used wth students, if it requires a download, etc. Linked from http://ddeubel.edublogs.org/2010/07/14/best-web-2-0-tools-for-learning-teaching-languages/ If you download the spreadsheet from Google Docs, you can keep your own record, or you can add to the sheet here.

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"The isolation occurs because each piece of information does not have a URI," Berners-Lee continues, referring to universal resource identifier. "Connections among data exist only within a site. So the more you enter, the more you become locked in. Your social-networking site becomes a central platform - a closed silo of content, and one that does not give you full control over your information in it. The more this kind of architecture gains widespread use, the more the Web becomes fragmented, and the less we enjoy a single, universal information space." Great article!

Interesting article arguing that collective corporate interests have co-opted social networks and detract from learner control and education use of Web 2.0.

"In this talk, the presenters, Ozge Karaoglu and Shelly Terrell, will explore the various possibilities of Web 2.0 tools, such as Voicethread, Glogster, Voki, and digital storytelling tools, to engage young language learners. Educators will learn how to effectively collaborate on international classroom projects as the presenters demonstrate the ways their Turkey and Germany lower primary classes connected." Be sure to also check out the site with kids resources: Technology for Kids Website:

Free! ESL Video uses video from around the Web (e.g. The Daily English Show), and attaches short quizes on the content, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. You can choose videos by level (beginning to high-intermediate), and track results of student quizzes. You can also make your own quizzes with video you select from the Web!

What's Vodpod? Your favorite videos on the web, in one place. Save videos you like as you surf the web, or search to find them on Vodpod. Our widgets let people watch videos you save on your blog, website, Facebook, Myspace or just about anyplace.

Web 2.0 Tools for EFL ESL Teachers This has been a pretty busy week for me, mainly because I delivered my first online technology training presentation (8th September 2009) using the Adobe Connect Pro platform. I have to thank Jürgen Wagner and Verena Heckmann, e-learning specialists at the Landesinstitut für Pädagogik and Medien in Saarbrücken Germany, for offering me this opportunity to get online and promote and share some of the technological tools and activities I believe can be so helpful to EFL and ESL teachers.

This is the Scribd version of the text of Nik Peachey's talk on Web 2.0 Tools (see related bookmark about his blog). He gives links to the tool and examples of its use, examples of how to get started, and practical advise on ways to use the tools with students.

"In the original 2004 article I stated: "The pipe is more important than the content within the pipe. Our ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than what we know today. A real challenge for any learning theory is to actuate known knowledge at the point of application" (Conclusion section, � 1). I find Verhagen�s (2006) critique falls at precisely this point. The core of what I wrote in the initial article is still valid: that learning is a network phenomenon, influenced (aided) by socialization and technology. Two years is a lifetime in the educational technology space. Two years ago, web 2.0 was just at the beginning of the hype cycle. Blogs, wikis, and RSS�now prominent terms at most educational conferences�were still the sandbox of learning technology geeks. Podcasting was not yet prominent. YouTube didn't exist. Google had not released its suite of web-based tools. Google Earth was not yet on the desktops of children and executives alike�each thrilled to view their house, school, or business in satellite images. Learning Management Systems still held the starting point of most elearning initiatives. Moodle was not yet prominent, and the term PLEs (personal learning environments) did not exist. In two years, our small space of educational technology evolved�perhaps exploded is a more accurate term."

"There are ten tasks and they can be done in any order, except for the tenth one which should be last. Please feel free to use and share these tasks and by all means leave any comments or suggestions for improvement. I will also be hosting a teacher development week using and discussing these tasks and the related tools from 7th to 15th December 2009 on the SEETA Moodle site: http://www.seeta.eu/ so by all means come along for that if you want to share ideas and learn a bit more together." These ten tasks are a nice resource for teacher trainers, or if you are a teacher and want your students to try out one or more of the tools (not all of which are really Web 2.0 tools, BTW). I've used most of these before, but it is a pleasure to use them on the IMac Intel-based with very high speed Internet. If you hit this site before December 2009, do join the SEETA discussion at their Moodle.

You may use the sound effects on this web site free of charge in your video, film, audio and multimedia productions (but do not re-sell them or post on a web site for download).

"One of the most important information literacy skills for students is learning how to critically evaluate information found on the Web. This page includes forms for teaching the process, articles for learning about the aspect of literacy, and a list of bogus sites to use to showcase that all things on the Web are not real."

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.

"Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online reading comprehension and vocabulary development software. It helps people understand difficult English faster, helps them learn words in new ways, and helps teachers create high-interest learning materials from any English text passage. "Just paste in a difficult English sentence, paragraph, or more, or enter a web page URL and click the button. You'll instantly see an easier version, for fast understanding now. No dictionary needed! Plus, the easier version is specially highlighted to help build vocabulary." I don't know about the claims for learning English faster, but it seems like a great, free tool to help faster reading of web pages that are not designed for non-native speakers.

Review of Digital Dante Website. "Great works continue to draw new specialists into the field and serve to bring the history of a language, its people, and their culture to life. Literary works serve as examples of the power and beauty of language at its best. Helping to make such texts more accessible to learners, the Web can make use of hypertext and multimedia to provide context that is so often lacking for those without the general background knowledge that a good reader is assumed to possess. "

This is the reincarnation of Wallwisher -- more colorful and vibrant, and still being adapted to new uses. Most recently I've seen Padlet (like Post-its for the Web) used as a way to collect interesting learning tools by crowd-sourcing.

The author compares 10 bookmarking and annotating tools, such as Diigo and Scoop.it, Pinterest, etc.

This is "another great resource on critical thinking skills created by Microsoft and luckily provided for free..I have had a look at it some days ago and guess what? You will definitely love it. It talks about literacy in the digital age and features some great critical and web search skills students need to have.The guide is just 37 pages but is definitely worth reading. If you feel like you can't read it now then download it and read at your own leisure." The downloadable pdf file has good ideas.

"Learni.st makes it super easy to share what you know by pointing to existing web resources. You can use videos, blogs, books, documents, images, anything to explain how to learn something. This short video will teach you about the basics of Learnist like how the homepage is laid out and what is on a Learn Board." You will need an invite in this current Beta stage, but I think it will catch on.

A page created by the Media Coordinator of a school, this list of web tools links to Bloom's action verbs. Each visual link leads to a page describing what the tool does and to further support, such as examples and help files. Quite a mammoth piece of work, and it will require a great deal of exploration. Of note is the right-hand column, which lists the experiences provided by the tools, e.g., animating, videocasting, podcasting, etc.