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This looks like a fun app for online discussions - whiteboard, text board, and a board where you can put a webpage and mark it up.  The "audio line" were all busy when I tried it - that would be especially nice - but you could use this app alongside Skype or other voice chat.

A school district in FloridA is Advising teAchers not to "friend" students on sociAl networking sites, clAiming thAt teAcher-student communicAtion through this medium is "inAppropriAte."

Interesting that these regulations are listed in the teachers' handbook. I live within walking distance from the school I work at, and often see neighborhood kids. One in particular is my student, in fact I was standing outside my home last night talking with two friends of mine and he walked by. He's a great kid and we always say hi and chat a little, but it's in the back of my mind that even that could be used against me by someone who is twisted. The weird thing about the inappropriate internet stuff is that there is always a paper trail, so it seems so obvious to not do certain things. I'm surprised FL advises teachers to not even use a "professional" user account with students, but apparently they feel the risks outweigh the advantages.

I liked how the teacher videotaped the skype conversation with a flipcam in order to replay it for her students. Then, they could focus on parts of the conversation in more detail.

I like the idea of the flipcam as well. I also like how she manages to have those kids skype, which is a difficult tasks to do. This is a very good example on how a whole group can skype with another located in another part of the world.

At our school there is A phenomenAl sociAl studies teAcher who uses Skype to tAlk to students in the Middle EAst. I would love to chAt with students from Mexico or Another SpAnish speAking country, but Am unsure About how to get stArted. Does Anyone hAve Any tips About how to find A pArtner school And set up interAction? I think this is essentiAlly pArt of 'ePAls'. Does Anyone use this? ShAre your experiences, pleAse, if you hAve!

Jon- I totally agree that we should still make them read Vonnegut and can't use new culture/brain learning styles as excuses- how to reconcile the new ways students are and our teaching styles is where we need to research more so we can implement instructional practices that meet them where they are at and get them to the place we need them to be.

Practice and learn a language with a partner in reciprocal conversations

Wow, knighthood!

Twitter has become a powerful tool for community organizers, marketers, and others who want to share and receive information in a fast, friendly environment. It's no wonder, then, that teachers have also found success on Twitter, using the tool to connect with students, share information with parents, and find useful resources. Here, we'll take a look at 100 tools that can help twittering teachers make the most out of this helpful microblogging tool.

If you are considering using electronic portfolios with your students - here is a review of software available for a school. You might also want to consider LinguaFolio, and just plain wikis as other alternatives.

AbstrAct: Over just the pAst decAde, online leArning At the K-12 level hAs grown from A novelty to A movement. Often using the Authority And mechAnism of stAte chArters, And in leAgue with home schoolers And other Allies, privAte compAnies And some stAte entities Are now providing full-time online schooling to A rApidly increAsing number of students in the U.S. Yet little or no reseArch is AvAilAble on the outcomes of such full-time virtuAl schooling. The rApid growth of virtuAl schooling rAises severAl immediAte, criticAl questions for legislAtors regArding mAtters such As cost, funding, And quAlity. This policy brief offers recommendAtions in these And other AreAs, And the AccompAnying legAl brief offers legislAtive lAnguAge to implement the recommendAtions.

A blog post by Chuck Tryon thAt describes A video AnnotAtion tool. He Also mentions A text AnnotAtion tool by the sAme compAny (SociAlBook).

So far in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese - in three levels.  The Beginner level has pull-downs so you just make a choice.

Awesome resource, thAnks for shAring, I cAn use this for my weekend school. Middle school students would reAlly enjoy it. :D

anyone try the karaoke? or, is there another karaoke site? i have a student trip to Mexico City coming up and my wouldn't that be a fabulous fundraiser!

This is a blog that various people contribute to with reviews and instructions for a variety of tech apps and websites - that can be used for a variety of purposes, from video annotation to labeling photos and many more. Thanks to the people at CeLTa for posting these! (add to your Feedly to keep up with new posts!)

Matt has a lot of great tech ideas - and he's a Spanish teacher, so many are specific to language teaching and learning. If you don't know his blog, you may want to take a look around.

FlipGrid tutorial that helped to walk me through setting up different topics for students to participate in.

I so needed this!

It seems somewhat self-explanatory, but by watching the tutorial I came up with a few ideas that would not have otherwise come up. among them, I can use FG as a scaffolding activity to match student progress over the course of a quarter or semester. It offers a few features that could appropriately match this growth-- I can write a prompt with an image, video, video + link. anyway, I can see now more clearly how to FG can be a great resource for my classroom.

The article describes why and how to use Padlet. It emphasized its intuitive design and described it as digital wall that participants in the classroom can use to express their ideas, comments, suggestions etc.

Interesting article. I will have to try it out. See it used, never used it myself.

This is an annotation of a reading activity/ practice, from a guest blogger, Mónica Romero, to Grant Boulanger's Exploring the convergence of Language acquisition and arts. Like his CI suggestions and Freebies

Ooh, the internet tells me it's Free Voluntary Reading. This is an interesting article. I'm not sure it would be directly applicable to any of the classes I teach right now, but it's good food for thought.