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Cool Text is a free graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo without a lot of design work. Simply choose what kind of image you would like. Then fill out a form and you'll have your own custom image created on the fly. You will then need to save it and upload it to your portal page. I have used it on a few of my portal pages.

The lottery of birth is responsible for much of who we are. If you were not born in the country you were, what would your life be like? Would you be the same person? IfItWereMyHome.com is your gateway to understanding life outside your home. Use our country comparison tool to compare living conditions in your own country to those of another. Start by selecting a region to compare on the map to the right, and begin your exploration. You can also use our visualization tool to help understand the impact of a disaster. The Pakistan Flood and BP Oil Spill are currently featured. Check out the individual pages to gain some perspective on these awful tragedies.

Please!!!!.....be very careful about the bottom of the page called "Talking About..." It is not censored!

A street view tour of the Roman aqueducts of Segovia

Read educational stories in Spanish!

create your own free speaking avatar

This is a great website. I think our students will enjoy making their own speaking avatars in the language they are studying.

Just spotted this in the COLT Spring 2011 book. Guess it's been around awhile. Looks great and it will take international characters.

Welcome to Book Builder! Use this site to create, share, publish, and read digital books that engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills.

a fun interactive game to help students learn Chinese

This website is an interactive way to read and teach Don Quijote. That website lets you read the book page by page, view his adventures on a map, look at a timeline, and much more.

Pictolang© is the application side of the CAPL project, featuring language and cultural learning content through authentic imagery. The games in Pictolang© are generated dynamically, meaning the collections with more content will have more options.