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,Virtual Macbeth was designed to demonstrate how we might best use the affordances of virtual environments for Education. Shakespeare’s Macbeth reimagined in Second Life provides an adaptive bridge between classic texts and new media technology.

Story Jumper es un atractivo creador de cuentos. Con esta herramienta puedes crear y compartir narraciones, además de montar tu propia aula virtual de narración, una opción de trabajo colaborativo muy interesante. La interfaz está en inglés.

ANVILL (A National Virtual Language Lab) is a speech-based toolbox for language teachers

I have been working over the last few months on designing a Business English course for a virtual school called languagelab.com that has an island in Second Life

Uso integrado de las TIC para la realización de un viaje virtual - Benjamín Menéndez Martínez, Nueva York, Estados Unidos. (en diferido)

This is really fun! Good for learning about the geography of Europe.

The mission of the Skype an Author Network is to provide K-12 teachers and librarians a way to connect authors, books, and young readers through virtual visits. Wouldn't it be great to invite authors into your classroom or library to video chat with students before, during, and/or after reading their books? We are growing a list of authors who want to make that connection with you via Skype. Visit our Skype Overview page to learn more about Skype.

LiteType.com is a Free Online Virtual Multilingual & Interactive Keyboard Tool. You can type, search and translate in more than 50 foreign languages,with no need to install any additional software.

LiteType.com is a Free Online Virtual Multilingual & Interactive Keyboard Tool. You can type, search and translate in more than 50 foreign languages,with no need to install any additional software.

This site offers an easy way to create your own virtual flashcard to study anything. You can also use other users' cards or share your own to help students. It supports many non-European typing scripts, like simplified Chinese and Japanese to help learn languages. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

"The ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) is unlike any other assessment. AAPPL Measure addresses the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning and uses today's communication media in which test takers perform tasks such as participating in a virtual video chat, creating wikis, e-mailing, and using apps to demonstrate language ability."

Keep your class motivated with this is behaviour management tool where teachers can award virtual badges for anything. Choose from a large collection of badge designs. The children can see their progress with their own personal login. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Management+%26+Rewards

This is one of my favorite sites to find out what's new in tech for our use.  The April 11th blog post discusses typing accents in other languages.  It also presents 2 virtual keyboards for WL students. Also presented are links to learning languages, activities, and image-based language lessons.  The Pictolang games could help students study languages on their own. The CAPL galleries could be helpful in locating images to use in developing your own language learning activities. You could also have students use CAPL to create language learning games to use to study

Museum Box es un sitio web que te proporciona las herramientas necesarias para crear tu propio museo personalizado, mediante cajitas virtuales; puedes registrar el centro al completo en el site y trabajar de manera colaborativa en diferentes áreas.

"Al igual que tenemos redes sociales para docentes, para profesionales, para amigos, para charlar con los alumnos, para dar clase o para estar al día en lo que a nuestros intereses y aficiones se refiere, Goodreads es una potente red social en la que puedes compartir lecturas, recomendarlas, tener tu propia biblioteca virtual y participar en desafíos, encuestas, juegos trivial, etc."

Pinterest es un tablón de anuncios en línea, virtual, pero colaborativo, social. Visualmente muy atractivo, te permite crear y organizar todo lo que encuentres en la red para que le pongas chinchetas a todo lo que te interese, de ahí el nombre: pin + interest.

La lectura de mil maneras y en mil lenguas está al alcance de nuestras manos gracias a los montones de sitios en los que se ha combinado la tecnología para convertir la lectura convencional en libros digitales, audiolibros, estanterías virtuales, escritura y lectura colaborativa, lectura compartida en redes sociales, laboratorios de libros ...

Virtual tour of a small Spanish village.