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It may seem strange to bookmark a site that's full of links to other sites and tools, but this one just seems to comprehensive and far-reaching that I thought it was worthwhile to include. Video editors, teleprompters, conversion tools, screen capture - it's all here. If you want to explore video tools beyond Voicethread, or to work in conjunction with Voicethread, start here.

An interesting site highlighting some of the top 100 tools for learning. It will be interesting to see how many tools we use throughout the educational technology courses. This site gives people an opportunity to see the best technology tools and give them an opportunity to follow the link to the site to experience each tool for themselves. It is also possible that some of these tools can be used with VoiceThread or as a supplement to VoiceThread.

Another amazing collection of video-related online resources - too good to pass up. This is a very comprehensive list of online tools, really covering the range of functionality, including creating and editing. Excellent if this is something you want to explore in detail.

One of the best tools that I know of for use in teaching foreign language. Very flexible. Use it to teach new content, to let students practice listening and/or speaking, for student projects, to collect native speakers comments etc. Note that there are two versions: Voicethread and Ed Voicethread. Ed requires a school account, but provides an added measure of security and functionality in terms of classes (well worth it)

This is a better version of Mailvu. You can create an account, upload and download videos. It is very easy to create a video - just hit record - and then send it via email to someone. The recipient can save the video and then reuse it (as in my example uploading it to VoiceThread.) Seems to be a great tool to have students submit audio/video.

A French Clip Art site.Clip Art images are given in many different areas. Useful images for the foreign language classroom (can be edited for other languages). This is a great tool for creating graphics for the classroom, using as flashcards, adding to worksheets/quizzes/tests, and incorporating as a talking point in VoiceThread.

Great visuals! Thanks for sharing.

A great way to combine Powerpoint and video - kind of a dual presentation. [Downside for me - doesn't handle Chinese]. Great tool for combining two already powerful presentation tools, either for teacher use or for student use.

Podcasting - both audio and video. Another site, primarily aimed at podcasting. Nice explanation and interface.

Audacity is a program used to record audio in mp3 files. Users must download the program, but then they can easily record audio. Files can be sent to teacher or can be uploaded to a VoiceThread as an alternative to leaving a comment directly on the VoiceThread. Many schools currently use Audacity as a recording tool in language labs.

Digital story telling - stories are a great way to help students improve their language ability - this gives them a way to create something around that. This tool is more focused than Voicethread, and as a result less flexible, but still provides a similar experience and functionality.