Group items matching

in title, tags, annotations or url

Hopefully here we can collect some images of language learning and technology, culture and anything that is relevant to our language classrooms. images are powerful ways of sending messages and learning more about other people and places so let's give it a go!

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

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.

Allows you to clip images and text from a webpage - when you don't want or need the whole page. You can then email it, blog it, facebook it (making new verbs here) & save it to your clips.

get students to write a newspaper article!

"Example image of eyePlorer eyePlorer map for 'China': Civilization Culture of China East Asia Multinational Nation Chinese Civil War Hong Kong Macau Mainland China People's Republic of China Two Chinas Kinmen Matsu Islands Penghu Republic of China Taiwan List of Chinese inventions Written Chinese Japan Korea Vietnam Homo erectus Peking Man Zhoukoudian History of China Ancient Egypt Greece History of writing Indus Valley Civilization Maya civilization Mesopotamia Minoan civilization Hominidae Beijing Fire Guangxi List of administrative divisions of Guangxi Okinawa Prefecture Bronze Age Dynasty Erlitou culture Henan Xia Dynasty Shang Dynasty Yellow River Zhou Dynasty Spring and Autumn Period Emperor Qin Dynasty Legalism (Chinese philosophy) "

This site is a visual dictionary (arranged by themes: fruits, clothing, pets, plants, housing, school, etc) - when you scroll over each image, a French voice says the word. A wonderful resource for teachers who are not fully proficient and an opportunity to provide a different French language model for students. Ideal for elementary grades.