LearningwithComputers

Thanks to Isabelle Jones for pointing out this new site for language teachers and teacher educators

Primary and Secondary Continuity in Foreign Language Teaching multi-national (European) educational endeavor: documents, forum, website under construction (2009.01.07) Project Description: http://www.pri-sec-co.eu/en/the-project/project-description.html

use as ongoing weekly assignment for voicethread oral responses -- record and upload MP3 to Moodle website -- sometimes choose as shared project; listen and respond to same category of questions. thanks to http://www.slideshare.net/gpoli/an-ipod-in-your-classroom-toolbox-presentation-736951?type=powerpoint

"This is a clean and safe site for children and others to find good-quality, printable images that have no copyright restrictions. All the images are in the Public Domain. ... can be integrated in Open Office" (from Sheryl A).

Thanks to Isabelle for pointing this out.

"basic tran[s]lator that can handle several languages simultaneously. Looks good but as with any basic translators, not very reliable for more than single words" (Isabelle Jones).

Thanks to Joao for pointing this out.

another of Larry's bests

Authors and developers request acknowledgments when you use these images.

"This library consists of about 3000 images which we hope will be useful in the teaching of basic vocabulary in a variety of languages. The characters and objects depicted are as culturally neutral as we could make them" (paras. 1-2).

Thanks to Joao for pointing this out.

Free text checking interface from the University of Maryland (U.S.)

My favorite is edupunk.

illustrated list and definitions of buzzwords, recently coined or revitalized terminology

Interesting footnote re: public awareness raising and logo trademarking

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) highlights an extensive public awareness raising campaign vis-à-vis "the importance of learning languages and understanding cultures" (banner, ¶1), but may confound "all Americans" with a national populace (U.S.).

This marks the beginning of an online dictionaries list. I'd love to hear your recommendations for learners of English as an additional language (all levels).

Sister-site of the Online Japanese-English Dictionary (OJED), notes plans to branch out into: "Idioms, English shorthand, penmanship, contests, verb lists and their conjugations, puzzles, [and] grammar pages" (Future Projects at Beginners English Dictionary, ¶1)

The EJOD has an English sister: http://www.beginnersenglishdictionary.com/

If you become an EJOD member, you apparently get access to twice as many words: "Free version (2006 version) contains about 10,000 words. Member version (2008 version) contains about 20,000 words" (Free Search English-Japanese Online Dictionary, ¶1). Site also notes plans to branch out into polite language, and cultural topics (Future Projects)

Good news for Mac users

"You can now directly upload Keynote presentations. Just compress as .zip and upload. / Not only can you upload Keynote files, you can also download great keynote presentations from other users" (SlideShare Newsletter December 2008, Upload your Keynote Presentations). There's a tutorial on SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/ashwan/upload-keynote-to-slideshare-presentation/

Suggested uses: extending networks, retrieving lost conversations

Search engine collection by Steve Hargadon (www.stevehargadon.com) "that allows you to search across ALL public Ning networks and other conversation-oriented sites for specific content" (On Classroom 2.0: ... New Searching Site; December 16, 2008). allows you to search across ALL public Ning networks and other conversation-oriented sites for specific content.