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"Over the course of this event we will be looking at a small range of web based tools that will enable you to create motivating online language learning activities for your students. These can be used either in class or set as homework. You will have the chance to understand how these tools work, find out how to use them with students and be able to try your hand at creating and sharing activities with other teachers. By the end of the event you should have a small 'toolkit' of resources and ideas that will enable you to enhance your lessons though the effective and pedagogically sound use of technology."

Over the course of this event we will be looking at a small range of web based tools that will enable you to create motivating online language learning activities for your students. These can be used either in class or set as homework. You will have the chance to understand how these tools work, find out how to use them with students and be able to try your hand at creating and sharing activities with other teachers. By the end of the event you should have a small 'toolkit' of resources and ideas that will enable you to enhance your lessons though the effective and pedagogically sound use of technology.

Audio Lesson Studio - Link - "Allows you to create simple, user-defined, .mp3 audio lessons that may be used as an aid for learning languages or just about anything else - use your imagination! Audio can be based on existing media or automatically generated using Text-To-Speech." Capture2Text - Japanese OCR Utility - Link - "A utility that allows you to quickly capture a small portion of the screen, OCR it and (by default) save the result to the clipboard." cb's Japanese Word Frequency List Generator - Link - "A utility for generating word frequency lists from files that contains Japanese text." and more

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Using Google Drawing to write Chinese characters online

ost people use Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations, however there are many other tools which enable creation of more dynamic presentations. One such example is the Prezi web application which is well known for its unique zooming UI. Similarly, Impress.js is a JavaScript library and a free alternative to Prezi. Unfortunately, Prezi comes with a huge price tag and Impress.js can only be utilized by developers. If you are a lay user who wishes to get the functionality of the aforementioned tools to create more innovative presentations, then try Infinite Canvas. As the name suggests, it is a web based canvas which can be used to add images for creating slides which can be zoomed (in and out) like Prezi and Impress.js.

Another interesting article about how technology is being used in schools. As you read this, note that the biggest growth in technology in schools is for information tracking, accountability, and planning/budgeting, and assessment...not the creative uses within the daily classroom...

This tool allows the teachers to create formative assessments that can be accessed by the students using their web-enabled device. The tool is free and can be used to create different types of quizzes.

Python is a high-level, object-based, and construed programming language for the web. It is also considered a strong scripting language for server side as Python code can be similar to the pseudo coding exactly like other scripting language.The Python language offers a rich syntax, which is quite beneficial. The whole concept behind that is to retain thought process regularly about the various business rules of your application and not to pass any time in attempting to figure out for the best suitable command for use: in one word it is easier to use. Gearing up Your IT Career with Python online classes http://t.co/rN9WBuyFBc #Online #IT #Training #Python http://t.co/aNEW8glB1x

This is an interesting project - using authentic materials for language classrooms in ways in which the materials were never intended (e.g. recipe cards, postcards, maps, train schedules) - essentially focusing langauge activities and grammar on the task of describing or using the authentic materials. Sample lesson ideas are provided for each of the authentic materials highlighted.

These videos can be viewed or downloaded with or without subtitles and are useful, regardless of whether you are using the text or not.

An excellent collection of different Web 2.0 tools that are useful for classrooms.

A great collection of web 2.0 tools useful for education

Many language students like to use electronic translators. I teach English and over the years I have watched them grow in popularity. Students love them, there is no doubt about that. Teachers are not so united. Some think they are great, and others hate them. For me, it has taken some time to befriend them, and work out how to take advantage of them in the classroom.

Thinglink image annotation in the classroom, focusing on world language applications.

iPad apps: Comic life, wordfoto, aurasma, morfo and pages

Adaptive testing is one of the new buzzwords in standardized, on-line testing. At first glance, it sounds very good...very individualized, but as with all things, there are some serious issues that need to be examined before embracing this approach. This article is informative...also worth reading the comments after from teachers who have used adaptive testing.

A useful critique of online learning resource clearinghouses.