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Technology & Teaching resources |
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Last updated on 4-Jan-11 |
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Center for Language Education And Research: Title VI Language Resource Center offering many free technology applications
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition: Title VI Language Resource Center: offers assessment help, technology, etc.
www.todoele.net: educational materials, scholarships, blogs, etc.; by and for Spanish teachers
Funding/Grants · Grant writing tips and resources
· www.refresheverything.com Pepsi Refresh Project: grant awards where people vote for the winners.
· Donorschoose.org: Public school teachers may submit proposals. Independent donors may choose to fund them.
Assessment · Assessment Training Online (oral proficiency) free course · Automated Oral Proficiency Test (Pearson/Versant) : https://www.aetip.com/Products/CAPE/CAPE.cfm
Audio/video resources · Cine con clase: Spanish-language film clips for classroom use
· Foreign Language videos: video clips in which native speakers talk about various topics · Culturally authentic pictorial lexicon: authentic images for language learning · Lyrics training: listen to music videos and fill in the blanks · http://www.nettvdb.com/ Internet TV stations from 208 countries · Videos and activities for Spanish teachers ·
EDsitement: language, literature, history, art, culture tools (NEH)
Free High School Recognition Certificates (by April 30)
Free Stuff for Teachers: printable graphic organizers, forms, awards and certificates
Creating Crosswords and Other Puzzles
www.teachers-pet.org: An add-on for Microsoft Word. Text can be turned into educational games.
http://www.memorylifter.com/about.html virtual flashcard system, free downloadable for English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese.
http://l.georges.online.fr/tools/cloze.html : create your own CLOZE test
www.teachersdiscovery.com: catalog of foreign language supplies
www.DiversityStore.com: catalog of language/ethnic supplies
Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning from CLEAR
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Freecorder http://www.freecorder.com/
gCast www.gcast.com
Yakitome www.yakitome.com: create and access podcasts
Yackpack www.yackpack.net or http://www.yackpack.com/education.html
DL Recorder http://helix.dartmouth.edu/dl-recorder/
Skype www.skype.com
Audiria www.audiria.com
JeopardyLabs jeopardylabs.com
CultureQuest Project Toolkit www.culturequest.us/pt_a1.htm
Understanding audio file formats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_file_format
WikiRecording http://www.wikirecording.org/File_formats
Integrating Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/mm-course/sound.html Try Open Source Software for Free: Moodle, Sakai, etc. Blogging sites · Edublogs · Blogger Wikis Chat/social networking · (K-12) GlobalSchool: “is a great service that helps teachers locate other schools and classes with whom to conduct online exchanges.” (from the NCLRC December newsletter) · Mixxer: “is another free educational website that allows students to conduct language exchanges online with partners around the world via Skype.” (from the NCLRC December newsletter) · Hello-Hello Language on the Go: a free language learning website combined with social networking SmartBoard sites · Polyvision Environmentally Certified Whiteboard Videos for Integrating Technology into the Classroom Time for Kids—celebrates different countries On-line tutoring services · Smarthinking.com: company provides their own tutors · AskOnline.net: software allows you to use your own tutors Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro E-Learning Environments: create virtual classroom environments Wordle.net: generating word clouds xtranormal.com: enter text to create animated movies secondlife.com: avatars can interact with others in virtual environments Open Courseware Consortium—free university courses from different countries, in various languages http://www.moretprs.net/: TPRS discussion and support forum |