USEFUL LINKS
Blogs
Blogs in Plain English (a video with a simple intro to blogs) - Lee Lefever
Blog hosts
Blogger < http://www.blogger.com/ >
Edublogger < http:// www.edublogger.org/ >
Motime < http://www.motime.com/ >
Wordpress < http://wordpress.com/ >
Chat tools
Skype < http://www.skype.com >
Yahoo Messenger < http://messenger.yahoo.com >
VIP: These chat tools include text, voice and video
Image software
Online
Animated movies and comics
Dvolver < http://www.dfilm.com/live/home.html >
GoAnimate! < http://goanimate.com/ >
MakeBeliefsComix < http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ >
Witty Comics < http://www.wittycomics.com/make-comic.php >
Zimmertwins < http://www.zimmertwins.ca/ >
Photos, drawings, course work and presentations
Bubbleshare < http://www.bubbleshare.com/ >
Flickr < http://www.flickr.com/ > (see an example used for Course work )
Picturetrail < http://www.picturetrail.com >
Tag Galaxy < http://taggalaxy.de/ >
Offline
Photostory < dowload from http://tinyurl.com/48jvat > (example of a project about Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon for an Architecture and Urban Planning course in Caracas, Venezuela)
Interactive exercises
Prepared offline and need upload to a server
Eclipse Crossword < http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/ >
Hot Potatoes < http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ > (offers a variety of different exercises)
Matching Game Maker < http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/games/Matching/index.htm > (text and sound)
Memory Game Maker < http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/games/memory/index.htm > (text, image and sound)
Spellmaster < http://www.spellmaster.com/ > (2 packs, one just for text, the other with sound)
QuizFaber < http://lucagalli.net/en/ >
Prepared online and have hosting service
ProProfs < http://www.proprofs.com/ >
Quizlet < http://quizlet.com/ > (see Similes by Claudia Carril)
MyStudiyo < http://www.mystudiyo.com/ > (see Idioms with colors by Claudia Carril)
Quia < http://www.quia.com/web >
Online Exercise Makers < http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/index.php?page=makers >
Maps
Clustrmaps < http://www.clustrmaps.com/ > (keeps count of visitors and locates them in the world)
Frapprmaps < http://www.frappr.com/ > (social map: see where your visitors come form and read their short message)
Google maps < http://maps.google.com >
World Atlas < http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm >
Voice
Audacity < http://audacity.sourceforge.net > (need to download; offline recorder and .mp3 converter)
HandyBits < http://www.handybits.com > (need to download; offline voice mail and recorder)
MyChingo Voiceboard < http://mychingo.com/signup.asp > (online recorder; "not free")
Vaestro < http://www.vaestro.com/ > (online recorder) (click here for an example)
VoiceThread < http://voicethread.com/ > (online recorder) (click here for an example)
Voxopop < http://www.voxopop.com/ > (online recorder) (click here for an example)
VIP: You may need to register to Vaestro, VoiceThread and Voxopop to have access to the recordings
Wikis
Wikis in Plain English (a video with a simple intro to wikis) - Lee Lefever
Wiki hosts
Pbworks < http://pbworks.com/ >
Wikispaces < http://www.wikispaces.com/ >
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