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Account is free; find collaborative projects with students around the world. Has a limited number of free student epals account too.

ePals is a free web 2.0 resource that provides language classes the opportunity to connect with target language speakers around the globe. Communication can range from simple email messages to wiki and blog collaboration to multimedia presentations and even Skype video chat. Teachers can monitor all activity, for the sake of student security. A potential project would be for both groups - advanced level students in the local L2 group - to read the same story or poem and then use the ePals blog tool to share opinions (targeting writing skills) and later the Skype video chat to discuss (or perhaps debate) the text (targeting oral skills).

Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab) contains relevant information for students pertaining to academic writing. This part of the site (Research and Citation) specifically outlines different formats for citing and referencing (such as APA and MLA).

This site is a good resource for citing images with varying amounts of information available and provides useful examples with a link to UMUC for APA style citation.

This is the official site for Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that allows users to license their creative work (e.g., music, blogs, photographs, course materials, etc.) in online environments.

This is UMUC's definition of copyright laws and fair use procedures.

Collect media from across the web, publish on Storify, then share with others. This is a great conversation starter!

This is a game for Spanish learners and native speakers. It tests your vocabulary and helps you learn new words. Students need a smart phone or an ipad or Facebook to play.

This is a platform that will help students to make connections to native speakers around the world. It has a lot of resources for teachers as well. You are able to control who is in your class.

Teachers and students can creatively teach and/or show what they've learned with this 'recordable, interactive whiteboard'.

This site allows students to create their own blogs. (Recommended mainly for high school and college students.)

This website is a clearinghouse for every type of French grammar activity online, with additional cultural and vocabulary components.

Through this website, teachers can have their students vote or submit short text answers or questions using computers or SMS messages from their cell phones without needing to purchase clickers.

Early language learning website offering fun activities to promote learning. Eight different languages on offer. Interactive activities and printable worksheets available.

This site provides guidelines on how cite in APA format.

Site provides a template to complete to cite in APA format.

This audio dictionary (French) gives students immediate access to pronunciation of over 2,500 words.