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Video Mail in a Blink! It's fun, it's easy and there's nothing to install Flash-based so no download and for Mac and PC. Free account allows for one-minute messages. Message receivers don't have to sign up to watch the message it seems. That's good. Teachers can send message to students and encourage them to continue and reply. This is especially nice for online learners and teachers. Students can send each other messages to practise speaking and listening. Speaking for a minute is probably not that scary :)

I agree and have used eyejot quite a bit. They've made it more friendly in the past year. But the friendliest way to encourage students is to use Bubblejoy. http://www.bubblejoy.com/intro.php Pick an interesting ecard/frame your students will love! David http://eflclassroom.com

Thanks for this, David! It never hurts to have options.

In most if not all 1:1 student laptop initiatives, "instant messaging" is a hot topic for both students and teachers. Typically and predictably, students want access to instant messaging, while many teachers and administrators see IM as a distraction comparable to video games. Both IM and video games are often regarded as "problems" for the classroom teaching and learning environment, rather than powerful tools that can be leveraged for transformative educational experiences.

I just tried this (without creating an account or anything) ... it let me put a phone number in, and type out a message for it to send by a VOICE message, along with choices. It called instantly, and the moment my wife made her choice (by pressing 3 on her phone), the answer showed up on the website.

A free tool that lets you embed an audio message into your website  You can record a message by phone or mic, use the text-to-speech feature, or upload your own mp3 audio files.   You can even choose from 25 languages and 100+ voices.    Very cool indeed. 

10 Best Online Rhyming Dictionaries . My first message  on wordpress ! Your comments needed ! 

Allows you to create audio messages & attach it to a map. Leave a message in any language.

Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. This disconnect matters because teens believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help them.

Teaching: Synchronous [live] and asynchronous teaching through Virtual Classroom, Online Tests, Content Sharing and Messaging System. Administration:Online Classes, Online Tests, Educational Content, Contact and Payment Management. Contacts, Posting to Social Bookmarking Websites.

LT - a BC course Unit on web 2.0

I wonder if we could use this tool to turn shakepeare into text format? LOL From a learning point of view, we could do it and then give it to the learners to write over into proper english... (evil grin)

could be used as a voting system?

students can SMS answers & teacher can display online.