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Prezi is a good resource for students to look at a wide array of related topics and choose the angle that best suits their research or class direction. Gradeguru and Notehall are mainly about student exchange of helpful notes and study materials. Dropbox is mainly a storage tool that also allows sharing and exching files. Chegg is a book rental tool.

Point/Counterpoint - a discussion on "is technology killing critical-thinking skills?" I think they're coming from the same point of view, but expressing it differently. A lot of frustration with internet filters...

We can continue a discussion here in the Diigo group about articles, tools, or whatever the group finds and bookmarks. You can also put "sticky notes" right on the article page itself - no one but the logged-in group members can actually see the notes. This is one way we can keep the "group momentum" going after the institute ends. Add your thoughts!

More tutorial for using Audacity

This is terrific, Marlene. I intend to look into this Blog for my Action Research project for the IBSC (International Boys' Schools Coalition) I am part of. I am supposed to work all year long on my action and report on my findings next summer at the annual gathering in London (We are a team of 16 language teachers from all over). Your summer institute has been a wake up call for me in so many senses!! Also, thanks for inviting me to join this group!

I'm always frustrated with sites that say they have free images and then link to a bunch more sites that say and do the same thing. Here are 7 sites to find photos and images that are copyright-free or friendly, in addition to Flickr. Do you remember how to search using Creative Commons??

More about online places to learn a language like LiveMocha.

Many teachers have also suggested that you have a "personal" Facebook page, and a "teacher" Facebook page, and ne'er the twain shall meet...

For those of you who have YouTube blocked in your schools

The writer of the "Cool Cat Teacher" Blog was very impressed by a tech integration specialist who won an award - and tells us all to take a minute to thank our "Bob"s, whoever they may be!

Richard Byrne gave this as a presentation - a lot of tools to explore!

Elementary teachers using wikis for showcasing student work, portfolios, and connecting with a larger audience outside the classroom.

More classes move to online environments; students need to evaluate learning styles.

From Richard Byrne's blog: "Own Your Space is a free, sixteen chapter ebook designed to educate tweens and teens about protecting themselves and their stuff online. This ebook isn't a fluffy, general overview book. Each chapter goes into great detail explaining the technical threats that students' computers face online as well as the personal threats to data that students can face online." It's free, downloadable, and it looks to me like it should be read by any student with internet access - and their parents and teachers!!!

Are you ready to receive and make the best use of an interactive whiteboard?

Take note! How are you using your whiteboard? For those of you who don't have one, would the type of whiteboard mentioned in this article be useful for language learning? How would you use one? For those of you who DO have a digital whiteboard, how do your STUDENTS use it? Let us know! add your ideas here in a reply!