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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.

This is the free version of Word Magnets - you can buy the newer version which has more features - it's £100

Has a number of resources for learning, mostly podcasts and audio downloads, many of which are available free.

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.

Free ebook and course for kids by Daniel Brown. They get to role-play a character and go on a learning adventure.

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.

European site has games to learn a number of languages including French, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, German and English. There are a few free Bingo games (health and home objects). There are sheets that provide expressions (at least for French) that you'll use when playing board games or card games. Those could come in handy for building cultural vocab. that we don't often encounter in our academic language classes.

Free downloads of audiobooks. German has the second highest number of recordings. Go to 'advanced search' and select 'German' in the 'Language' section.

Check out this collection of videos about Language learning and technology that I have found. Please feel free to add your own to the technoLanguages pod. Together we could grow a really good collection! You can do that by clicking on 'Add Video to Pod' which is at the bottom left hand side of the page.

A comprehensive list of learning tools for the next academic year

Free site which allows teachers to create interactive drag-and-drop activities for their students.