Teaching

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=Teaching Resources=

- A wiki containing literature-related projects (such as video poetry) and links to resources regarding grammar and composition

=Tech Tools= >
 * [[image:languagelinks2006/acapela-box-logo.jpg link="https://acapela-box.com/AcaBox/index.php"]] - Text-to-speech: type your text in the box, select from m/f native speaker voices in many languages (including LCTLs), adjust speech rate and voice shaping, then download your file


 * [[image:click2collaborate/AheadLogo.jpg link="http://ahead.com/"]] - Create dynamic, non-linear presentations (similar to Prezi) with this flash-based tool


 * [[image:languagelinks2006/AnimotoLogo.jpg link="http://animoto.com/education"]] - Upload photos, select your music, and then it will turn them into videos


 * [[image:msumaet/BeFunkyLogo.jpg link="http://www.befunky.com/"]] - Photo effects


 * [[image:click2collaborate/BigHugeLabsLogo.png width="114" height="53" link="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/"]] - Create badges, billboards, CD covers, collages, cubes, jigsaw puzzles, magazine covers, mosaics, movie posters, trading cards, and more


 * [[image:click2collaborate/BlabberizeLogo.jpg link="http://blabberize.com/"]]- Take any image, add a mouth to it, record something for it to say, and watch it become a moving conversationalist!


 * [[image:meaningfulmethods/BookrLogo.jpg link="http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/"]] - Create free photobooks from copyright-safe Flickr images and a template

 Record a short video with a webcam, select a card design, & share via URL or Twitter


 * [[image:click2collaborate/CreateYourScenario.GIF link="http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1a/11a.html"]][|Create Your Scenario] - Generates simple playscripts - especially good for elementary


 * [[image:languagelinks2006/dabbleboard_logo.png link="http://www.dabbleboard.com/"]] - Collaborative whiteboard
 * [[image:click2collaborate/DumprLogo.png link="http://www.dumpr.net/"]] - Make coloring books and other interesting things from photos, save as JPEGs and use as illustrations for assignments or worksheets


 * [[image:msumaet/EdmodoLogo.jpg height="90" link="http://www.edmodo.com/"]] - Collaborative social community (a la Facebook) for students and teachers in educational settings media type="youtube" key="TzPHQr1ONaA?fs=1" height="385" width="480"


 * [[image:languagelinks2006/FlashpaintLogo.jpg link="http://www.flashpaint.com/"]] - Flash drawing editor


 * [[image:languagelinks2006/FotobabbleLogo.jpg link="http://www.fotobabble.com/"]] - Upload photos, record a message, and share


 * [[image:click2collaborate/GliffyLogo.gif width="73" height="29" link="http://www.gliffy.com/"]] - Create diagrams, graphic organizers


 * [[image:click2collaborate/GlogsterLogo.jpg width="153" height="35" link="http://www.glogster.com/edu"]]- Free, multimedia poster-maker. Set up student accounts for educational use.
 * [|All About Me Project (Spanish)] Note that students can include their own voices!
 * [|Spanish Vida Sana Project]
 * [|Spanish 3 Instructions]
 * [|Joan Miró]
 * [|Pablo Picasso]
 * [|Les freres lumieres (French)]
 * [|Linguistics Poster (University Level)]Glogster can be useful for helping university students prepare research for poster sessions at conferences


 * [[image:click2collaborate/GoAnimateLogo.gif width="134" height="40" link="http://goanimate.com"]]- Create animated videos from stock characters, images, music, and effects, or upload your own and lay them in tracks. Students have to type text into Word and then copy and paste it in order to get diacritical marks.
 * [|Chinese III Dating Story]
 * [|Episode 1 Scene 2: La tourmente]
 * [|Mi rutina]
 * [|Revolution Francaise]
 * [|Spanish Project]


 * [[image:click2collaborate/GoogleDocsLogo.gif width="95" height="27" link="http://docs.google.com/"]]- Free, online, collaborative suite of office tools (forms, presentations, spreadsheets, word processing)


 * [[image:msumaet/wave_logo_product.png link="http://wave.google.com/"]]- Collaborative software (games, playback, threaded conversations, whiteboard)


 * [[image:meaningfulmethods/HootcourseLogo.jpg height="115" link="http://hootcourse.com/"]] - An online community similar to Twitter, but designed for use in education


 * [[image:click2collaborate/ImageChefLogo.gif link="http://www.imagechef.com/"]]- - Dress up photos with interesting frames and your own captions, then save and share


 * [[image:languagelinks2006/IssuuLogo.jpg link="http://issuu.com/"]]- Create your own, digital magazines


 * [[image:click2collaborate/LetterpopLogo.jpg width="137" height="48" link="http://www.letterpop.com"]] - Create newsletters with photos from templates and host up to 10 online for free at any given time


 * [[image:click2collaborate/MixbookLogo.jpg width="112" height="41" link="http://www.mixbook.com/"]]- Create and share photo scrapbooks online (you can also print them)


 * [[image:click2collaborate/MotivatorPoster.jpg width="130" height="106" link="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php"]] - Create motivational posters by adding your own photos and text


 * [|My Brochure Maker] - Brochures
 * [[image:click2collaborate/OurStoryLogo.jpg link="http://ourstory.com/"]] - Create collaborative timelines with text, photos, and videos. You can also choose a type of album, answer questions, and it will generate it for you
 * [[image:click2collaborate/OurStoryLogo.jpg link="http://ourstory.com/"]] - Create collaborative timelines with text, photos, and videos. You can also choose a type of album, answer questions, and it will generate it for you


 * [[image:meaningfulmethods/PandoraLogo.jpg link="http://www.pandora.com/"]] - You select the artist or genre and it generates a station that plays music similar to the style of the selected artist


 * [[image:meaningfulmethods/PlaylistLogo.jpg link="http://www.playlist.com/"]] - Search for songs, save them, and then make the playlist available to your students by giving them the direct link or embedding it into a wiki or website


 * [[image:click2collaborate/PreziLogo.jpg height="66"]] - Create dynamic, non-linear presentations and concept maps


 * [[image:click2collaborate/ScrapblogLogo.jpg width="122" height="61" link="http://www.scrapblog.com/"]]
 * [|Linguafolio Español]
 * [|Comida española deliciosa]
 * [|Las comidas de España]
 * [|Bienvenida a la ciudad de Memphis]
 * [|Mi viaje a Utah]


 * [[image:click2collaborate/StorybirdLogo.gif link="http://storybird.com/"]]- Students can select illustrations from real children's picture book illustrators, then use them to illustrate their own, original stories. Diacritical marks must be cut and pasted in (via Word, for example)


 * [[image:click2collaborate/SnapshirtsLogo.jpg link="http://snapshirts.com/"]] - Type in text, it generates a tag cloud you can print on t-shirts
 * [[image:click2collaborate/solvrlogo.png height="105" link="http://www.a.freshbrain.com/solvr/"]] - Allows threaded brainstorming


 * [[image:languagelinks2006/stroome-masthead-logo.png link="http://stroome.com/"]] - Collaborative video editing


 * [[image:click2collaborate/SuperstickiesLogo.png link="http://wigflip.com/superstickies/"]]- Put your own text on a Post-it note image


 * [[image:click2collaborate/TagulLogo.png link="http://tagul.com/"]] - Make tag (word) clouds in different shapes
 * [[image:meaningfulmethods/TagxedoLogo.jpg link="http://www.tagxedo.com/"]] - Upload your text (or the URL of your blog) to make tag clouds in all sorts of very detailed shapes


 * [[image:languagelinks2006/ToufeeLogo.gif link="http://www.toufee.com/"]]- Make flash movies for free


 * [[image:msumaet/TrakAxPcLogo.gif link="http://www.trakax.com/software/pc/"]] - Free audio/video editing software you can download and use to make mashups


 * [[image:click2collaborate/VocarooLogo.gif link="http://vocaroo.com/"]]- Click, record, share


 * [[image:click2collaborate/VoicethreadLogo.jpg width="139" height="35" link="http://www.voicethread.com/"]]- Photo stories that allow audio voiceovers and audio comments
 * [|Chinese Radicals]
 * [|Voicethread Project Sample in Spanish]


 * [[image:click2collaborate/VokiLogo.jpg width="75" height="69" link="http://www.voki.com/"]]- Speaking avatars
 * [|Edgehill College Spanish Blog (Ben describe el medioambiente)]
 * [|German Voki]
 * [|Japanese Voki]
 * [|Voki poèmes]
 * [|Voki Project] - Helpful example of project directions for Spanish
 * [|Voki Project Samples] - In Spanish


 * [|Wallwisher] - Collaboratively "graffiti" by posting "stickies" on this online "wall"
 * [[image:click2collaborate/WeeblyLogo.gif width="145" height="59" link="http://www.weebly.com/"]] - Free, online website creation


 * [[image:click2collaborate/XtranormalLogo.png width="207" height="38" link="http://www.xtranormal.com/"]] - Create mini, animated videos (or greeting cards) from stock elements
 * [|Camila y Gozo] - Sample conversation between 2 roommates made in Xtranormal (in Spanish)


 * [|Webquest Generator]


 * [[image:click2collaborate/WikispacesLogo.png link="www/home"]]Wikispaces- Make your own wiki!
 * [|AFLTA Festival Wiki] - Publicize language festivals
 * [|Curriki - BrowseSearch] - Wiki designed for resource sharing that contains entries from multiple subject areas (365 entries for FL)
 * DHS Espanol
 * Español 3: Wesley - Display individual student work
 * [|Flat Classroom Project] - Develop transliteracy skills by engaging in the collaborative exploration of real-world issues through social technologies
 * FL Teaching Wiki - Have students collaboratively develop and display content as a resource for others (higher ed)
 * International Collaborative Wiki - Jerusalem - Facilitate joint explorations of literature and culture (among students in Canada and Jerusalem in this case)
 * Learning Latin America
 * Loveland High School Professional Learning Communities Wiki Workspace - Facilitate professional learning communities
 * Tarea - Listening exercises and comprehension questions
 * [|Toulouse Study Abroad Program] - Manage study abroad programs
 * [|Vermont FL Teachers Tech Resources] - Participate in professional world language associations
 * [|We Are the World] - Develop interdisciplinary curriculum across grade levels
 * Wikiaula - Automatically notify students and parents any time a page is updated using the RSS feature of the page.
 * Wikitaller - Post copies of presentations or video clips showed during class


 * [[image:click2collaborate/WixLogo.jpg link="http://www.wix.com/"]] - Create free flash websites


 * [[image:click2collaborate/WordleLogo.png link="http://www.wordle.net/"]]- Make your own tag (word) cloud


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 * [[image:meaningfulmethods/ZooburstLogo.jpg link="http://www.zooburst.com/"]] - 3D, augmented reality pop-up books

=**Related Resources**=

[|Why Wordle?]