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I found this site because I love using Animoto, but am frustrated that the video clip is so short. From the site "When you use Animoto, you know video clips must be 10 seconds or less. But have no fear, I can show you how to get more video clip time! I work on Animoto's customer service team and I know some of you are looking for the secret to adding longer clips."

Regardez nos capsules éducatives sur l'alimentation. Il faut manger sainement, mais il ne faut pas oublier que les repas sont aussi un plaisir et un moment de partage!

Please send your suggestions and ideas to Catherine Ousselin. This list will be updated often! Free - The SpanishDict app features a complete Spanish-English dictionary, talking phrasebook, interactive word game, and a word of the day. $ 0.99 With El Conjugador, you can conjugate all Spanish verb in one way without being connected to the Internet.

A created list of applications for mobile devices that can be used to help teach Spanish.

This is a great resource for educational games in French for all levels.

This webinar take you throught the process iof creating a rubric using a speaking class as an example.

What does it mean to be assessment literate

Good blogpost about Assessment Literacy. Talks about what it is and what it is not.

This article is a nice reminder that assessment has many facets, and is vital for measuring educational quality on lots of levels as well as student achievement.

A good article that tells about how schools are using social networking

I like this article's ideas for how to use certain social media tools in the classroom, such as gaggle.net for safe social networking, Twitter for end-of-unit review, etc.

A tool that students can use to maeasure language proficiency.

However, once you've chosen a particular class of Web 2.0 technology (i.e. content creation tools, communication tools, social networking tools...) making a selection from among several seemingly similar Web 2.0 tools in that class can often be challenging and time-consuming. That's why a checklist is useful. It will save you time by helping you eliminate poor

Students are encouraged to write their own lyrics to songs of their choice, translate them into the target language, record them (audio or video), and share with the world.  This is an excellent way of incorporating 21st century skills, ISTEs, ACTFL standards, and more.  This could require collabortion, too.    This project is 'owned' by the students - teachers just guide the process.  Many examples and support available.

A free tool that lets you embed an audio message into your website - an appropriate tool for the 610 course!  You can record a message by phone or mic, use the text-to-speech feature, or upload your own mp3 audio files.   You can even choose from 25 languages and 100+ voices.  Very cool indeed. 

This article details various ways to assess student speaking skills quickly in class; aligns with recent ACTFL conference presentations.

A scoring rubric for items to be included in an e-portfolio.

I liked this rubric especially since I want to implement portfolios in my class.

Video email; records an audio and video presentation. Free.

A document from an Iowa World Language Conference Presentation. Details several helpful ideas on possible and effective formative assessments.

Interesting article. Some good ideas about creating assessments.

This has some great free images. Could be used for description and webpages and flipcharts in the classroom.

This site mirrors the English version, but all the content is in French. The quizzes after each cartoon video clip are very useful for extending vocabulary beyond the basics.

A fantastic resource for level 1 vocabulary with audio, visuals and simple sentences.