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1- A List of The Best Video Editing Tools for Teachers 2-  A List of The Best Digital Story Telling Tools for Teachers 3-  A List of The Best drawing and Painting Tools for Teachers 4-  A List of The Best Presentation Making Tools for Teachers 5-  A List of The Best PDF Tools for Teachers 6-  A List of The Best YouTube Tools for Teachers 7-  A List of The Best Bookmarking Tools for Teachers 8-  A List of The Best Comic Strips Creating Tools for Teachers 9-  A List of The Best Photo Editing Tools for Teachers 10-  A List of The Best Digital Skills for Teachers 11-  A List of The Best Tools to Teach Creativity to your Students 12- A List of The Best Tools to Create and Administer Quizzes 13- A List of The Best Mind Mapping Tools for Teachers

This blog from Edutopia highlights Kathy Shirley and her work with iPods in an ESL classroom. At a session I attended, she shared the amazing growth her students underwent when they could hear themselves and could redo their oral practice assignments over and over until they were satisfied with the results. Her teachers have since gone on to expand their use of iPods in the classroom. The iPods offers unlimited possibilities for all second language teachers. And one of the best parts, as Kathy said, is that minimal tech. expertise is required on the part of teachers.

Here is a huge list of language teachers on twitter. Sort through and find people teaching the same language as you!

Article highlighting the amazing things MFL teachers are doing in the UK with technology. Making language teachers look fab - way to go team!

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.

A compilation of resources for the World Cup for German teachers

"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.

Created by a teacher, the toolbar can make crosswords, bingo cards, jumbles, word search puzzles, flashcards, cloze tests, pair-matching puzzles and much more.

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.