Free online tutorial for using Soundcloud - 0 views
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R. Stannard: "This tool allows students to create sound files and then the teacher or other students can listen, click on the sound wave and add written comments. So it is great for providing feedback as teachers can listen to the recordings and then click at the appropriate point and add comments regarding language, intonation, content or pronunciation." You can embed the audio file with your comments into your teacher blog for students to explore. Obviously very useful for listening-speaking practice. Can also be used on smartphones.
VideoLAN - VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - 0 views
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"VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols." From R. Davis and R. Wilson: "One of the best features is that there is a portable apps version that you can load onto a thumb drive, and thus you can play streaming media files in locations where you do not have administrative permission or rights to download the VLC player or other applications to computers at work or school." For Windows-based PCs.
Virus Protection Software - 1 views
My files are often lost if not corrupted in my disk drive, and sadly, those where important documents. Sometimes, I fail to backup all my files, that is why, by the time it is corrupted, I am left ...
Explain Everything ™ for iPad on the iTunes App Store - 0 views
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An app for iPad: "Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere." Allows you to synchronize video and audio in MP4 files, and use timeline editing. $2.99 US.
Voice Recorder & Podcast Playlist | Evoca, Empower Your Voice - 4 views
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"Instantly record & publish digital voice recordings" online, using phone, Skype, or mic. Saves and stores audio files in MP3 that you can post to website, blog, Facebook or Twitter, and playback with browser, tablet, or smartphone. Voice comments can be recorded, making it possible to use for language lessons. Great potential. Anyone who has used this with students, please comment!
Creating Interactive Google Presentations - Apps User Group - 1 views
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"We all know Google Presentations is a great tool for making multimedia slideshows. But did you know it can also be used to make interactive quizzes and "Choose Your Own Adventure" style stories? With Google Presentations ability to link to specific slides you can build a non-linear slideshow that allows the user to make choices and go to different slides depending on their choice. Learn tips and tricks to make this work best, and see how this can be used for you or your students to make interactive quizzes and stories." This looks like fun. Users warn that some of the links to help files don't work, but give it a try.
Block Posters - Create large wall posters from any image for free! - 0 views
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"Upload an image from your computer and choose how many sheets wide you would like your poster to be once printed. "Once you're happy with your selection, you can download the PDF file containing your newly created images and print each one massively blown up, resulting in a huge pixel poster to stick on your wall ..." A very useful tool for display of your students' work, or to make a giant jigsaw puzzle. T/H to R. Byrne
Decoding Digital Pedagogy, pt. 1: Beyond the LMS | Digital Pedagogy | HYBRID PEDAGOGY - 0 views
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"The invention of the LMS (Learning Management System) was a mistake. And here I'm not going to make the same frustrated argument made numerous times before now that LMSs are limiting structures, that their interface and functionalities control how teachers teach online (although those things are true). The LMS was a mistake because it was premature. In a world that was just waking up to the Internet and the possibility of widely-networked culture, the LMS played to the lowest common denominator, creating a "classroom" that allowed learning -- or something like learning -- to happen behind tabs, in threaded discussions, and through automated quizzes. The LMS was not a creative decision, it was not pushing the capabilities of the Internet, it was settling for the least innovative classroom practice and repositioning that digitally. As a result classes taught within its structure generally land with a dull thud. No matter how creative and inspired the teacher or pedagogue behind the wheel, the LMS is no match for the wideness of the Internet. It was born a relic -- at its launch utterly irrelevant to its environment and its user." Very thought-provoking article on how digital pedagogy really differs from just "teaching online."
Aligning_CCSS_Language_Standards_v6.pdf - 1 views
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This important article by the ACTFL discusses how the U.S. Common Core standards can be aligned with the National Standards for Learning Languages. Presents several diagrams and other visuals to help teachers see the crossovers for each skill--reading listening, speaking, and writing--in presentational and interpersonal modes, and how culture is woven into the whole.
British Council Innovations in Learning Technologies for ELT.pdf - 1 views
Best Shield Against Computer Viruses - 1 views
I have always wondered why my files are often corrupted and to think that I have installed an antiVirus software. I always scan my external disks each time I insert them in my unit. It was only lat...
TwistedWave is a browser-based audio editor. You only need a web browser to access it, and you can use it to record or edit any audio file.
All the audio is stored and processed on the server, so you don't need to download anything, or save your work when you are done. Close your browser window and your work is saved. Open TwistedWave somewhere else, and all your audio files, with the complete undo history, are still available.
With a free account, you can edit mono files up to 5 minutes in length. Once you have an account, you can purchase a subscription to increase this limit. T/h to R. Byrne, Free Technology for Teachers.