Welcome to the Visual Dictionary Online, the dictionary with a new
point of view. A quick glance at the index is all it takes to
connect words with images.
Explore the 15 major themes to access more than 6,000 images and see words like never before.
OITP announces the release of two new online copyright education tools: the Fair Use Evaluator and the Exceptions for Instructors eTool. These great new resources-developed by Copyright Committee super member Michael Brewer-add to OITP's repertoire of copyright tools, including the Public Domain Slider and the Section 108 Spinner.
Tag Galaxy provides a beautiful, animated format for exploring images that have been tagged in Flickr. Great source for conversation/oral fluency activities: students can search for a word related to a current unit topic (e.g, "clothing," "almuerzo," "hanami") and then practice talking about what they see in the images. Seems to only accept input in roman characters.
Free Online Screen Recorder:
* Register & use it anywhere, anytime. No download. Compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux.
* Capture videos of onscreen action in one click. Record screencasts, tutorials, demos, training, lectures and more.
* Share and stream videos online in Flash. Embed them on blogs and webpages or send them by email.
WordSift helps anyone easily sift through texts -- just cut and paste any text into WordSift and you can engage in a verbal quick-capture! The program helps to quickly identify important words that appear in the text. This function is widely available in various Tag Cloud programs on the web, but we integrate it here with a few other functions, such as visualization of word relationships and Google searches of images and videos. With just a click on any word in the Tag Cloud, the program displays instances of sentences in which that word is used in the text.
Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, and create information using digital technology. As a Cornell student, activities including writing papers, creating multimedia presentations, and posting information about yourself or others online are all a part of your day-to-day life, and all of these activities require varying degrees of digital literacy. Is simply knowing how to do these things enough? No-there's more to it than that.
Vista Higher Learning Supersites seamlessly integrate text and technology by providing an array of online resources - activities, audio, video and resources - for each program. The integration of text and technology supports and enhances student learning every step of the way: section-by-section and lesson-by-lesson. Instructors will discover an array of online teaching resources, plus a gradebook for managing courses, viewing rosters, setting assignments, and posting announcements.
Click on the cover image below to access the Supersite demo for that program.
(for Flash Meeting project members only) A web cam and microphone attached to your computer is all you need to create video blogs (and more!) almost instantly.
Record and edit streaming video simply and easily, that can be available to a web audience within moments - FlashVlog in 4 easy steps!
FlashVlogs are recorded and edited in the FlashVlog Editor and the results are watched using a separate FlashVlog Viewer. You also have the option to customize a FlashVlog's look using the skinChoice Editor.
All applets run in a standard web page using the popular free Adobe Flash plug-in.
a full Flex (flash)video chat with audio and video support made using Open Source RED5 technology and Flash : You do noy need to purchase expensive solution such as Flash Media Server. If you have your own server, deploy the RED5 server side solution, and install our red5 Recorder: You've done it ! You have your own Video recoder solution including Video, Audio, and player...
BibMe is an automated bibliography generator that finds information about your sources and then formats the citations for you. BibMe can save you loads of time building your bibliography, time that is understandably valuable and would be better served working on your paper. Our website is your one-stop source for all your bibliography needs! Don't remember all the information for the source you cited? No problem! BibMe allows you to search from a database of millions of entries to find your source and Auto-fill in the information. Or, if you have the source in front of you, you can enter your entries in manually. With BibMe, you can register a free account, which allows you to save your bibliographies for future use. BibMe also offers resources to help you cite your work properly in the "Citation Guide" section
"In the increasingly interconnected world of the 21st century, Americans must be able to communicate effectively in English and other world languages. Yet while countries around the world are implementing language programs that position their students to become multilingual world citizens, results of a recent national report by the Center for Applied Linguistics (Rhodes & Pufahl, 2010) reveal that opportunities for U.S. students to learn a foreign language have declined.
A teacher-designed website with interactive grammar, listening and reading activities. Several well-designed study models use songs and lyrics to support learning about language and culture.
GhostReader is a multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that allows you to listen to your documents with naturally sounding voices in a language of choice.