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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).

Used for making professional looking videos in a short amount of time.

A slew of resources to help learners of all ages learn how to read and report on charts and graphs.

Actively Learn allows you to assign reading assignments and place assessments in the assignment also.

Interesting article on the use of infographic. The full report from the Pearson and the Babson Survey Research Group offers an interesting perspective on the use of social media in the classroom

A free online tool that students can use to create animated voice presentations for the classroom.

I will have to implement this tool next time when I create comic strips. What a neat idea, interactive, fun and free.

I like this tool, I have seen teachers in my school use a program similar to this one, but for some reason I can't remember the program. These can be fun for the students to use because it is something different than the normal PowerPoint that they complete for assignments.

This is a "trilingual index of expressions with equivalent meanings" in English, Spanish, and French/Québécois. The colorful idioms are often difficult to translate directly, so this resource is very useful and fun!

Great report on Technology Innovation in Education. Interesting reading and explanation of data and trends

This tool allows you to create an online portfolio that your students can take pictures of their work and add it to their portfolio, which you can access for free online.

Sabine, With regards to cost, it is free. I am unsure about how much storage that they give you to use on the site. That was something that was not talked about at the conference where I discovered the tool.

Can you upload video and/or recordings?

This is a very interesting article on three strategies to create a meaningful learning environment for our students in class or online. Especially relevant is the suggestion on assessing often and early

This is a "master" list of all kinds of educational technology tools in the areas of social netowrking, teacher's web resources, educational apps for the iPad, 21st-century teaching resources, google tools, and content area resources. Lots of things to see and review!

Free flashcard-creating program. Can create flashcards via Web browser and free mobile app. Could be fun for making students "stakeholders" in contributing vocabulary to a course.

Free PDF download of excerpts from Collier's handbook. Aside from simply creating notebooks and notes on ideas of interest, students (and instructors, too!) can use Evernote features to track to-dos, share folders, even build portfolios. Evernote provides useful tools for helping students stay organized in our fast-paced, digital device-driven world.

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.

Our Learn Italian language lessons and courses are completely FREE with audio flash cards, interactive review games, and tons of free Italian language lessons.

This is a nice website. When you click on "language" in the top left corner, one can access other languages. The phrases section is something that can be incorporated into many proficiency levels.

The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Italian and Italian culture. Start speaking Italian in minutes with audio and video lessons, audio dictionary, and learning community!

An online classroom/ resource center where the students can retreived information, take tests/ quizzes and turn in assignments.

Create, or have your students create, choose-your-own-adventure style stories. You can integrate cultural norms in the options for each step of the story.