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21st Century Technology in the World Language Classroom Web-based programs for recording, production, and listening Return to the Technology Homepage
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Students create a personalized avatar. They select the background, the clothing, eye color, hair color and shape, and accessories. They record their voices either directly on the website or with the voice recorder on the computer. They may also call Voki and record from their phone. Students send their Vokis to the teacher who may post them on a blog, wiki, or website.
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| CLEAR - Center for Language Education and Research "The Center of Language Education and Research (CLEAR) at Michigan State University was established in 1996 as a Language Resource Center (LRC) through a Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education." "MIMEA is a series of interactive multimedia modules for language learning, practice, and assessment. The modules are based on video clips that show native speakers and nonnative speakers interacting in natural, unscripted situations. Interactive exercises reinforce language and cultural topics that spring from the scenarios." Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning When you sign up for a free account from CLEAR, you have access to several easy to use web tools to enhance student learning.
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My CLEAR examples Firefox browser users may experience a few issues with these programs. You may wish to use Internet Explorer to compose your projects. Students send their recorded works to a digital inbox for your review. 2. Mashup Create a visual and oral activity with a digital drop box, text, and video. 3. QuizBreak Create a Jeopardy-like game for review and fun!
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Record your sketches and audio together! Students narrate basic sketches as they draw. Extremely easy to use and FREE. Publish students' work to your blog or webpage. Here is my very first sketchcast. I am not an artist, but I can pretend to be one on Sketchcast!
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Audioboo / iPhone/Pod free app / Android download Link your Audioboo account to a Posterous blog and your recordings will be posted automatically! Instant results from your students!
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| iPadio / iPhone App / Droid App iPadio allows you to broadcast from any phone to the Internet live. Phone blog, collect audio data, record and update the world.
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This is my first upload from my iPod Touch.
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GCast is a way for you to make a Podcast of yourself or your students without the typical GargeBand (or similiar) software. Set up an account, choose a phone number that everyone will use to identify your account and a password. You may add music or edit the podcast after everyone has submitted his or her work.
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Upload a picture of yourself and change as many of the options you want. You can use the free options or the point rated options to outfit your new look. This is quite fun!
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VoiceThread example: Rachael Hodgson - Mount Vernon High VoiceThread is an amazing and FREE tool. Teachers set up an initial question to the students (with or without picture prompt) and students record their replies and post it to the common site. In this way, students and teachers are able to hear and react to each other's ideas!
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Fast, easy, and no frills recording! Record yourself directly from this Web site. Students can record their anwers to a prompt and send them to you by e-mail. Recordings can also be posted to a Web site or blog through HTML code copy and paste. There is no editing option available. .
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| Yabla - Not free, but fairly inexpensive Yabla does the work that none of us want to do! It finds video in the target language and adds subtitles. As students watch the videos, they are able to gloss words or hide the subtitles. The vocabulary is paced for words per minute and by level of difficulty. You may assign videos to your students and there are games for them to play based on the vocabulary.
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This program (free and premium versions) allow you to take snapshots and video of what is on your screen and add them to your blog, website, presentations, and word processing documents. Students could record themselves using Google Maps and Tours to explain monuments and history. It is a sleek way of teaching others how to use a program or navigate a website. See my example below.
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LiveMocha - Free! LiveMocha allows students to interact with native speakers, record their voices, take quizzes, etc. The website is fairly dense and takes some practice navigating. However, it is quite well organized and tracks your progress.
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Use this ad-heavy site to make cute animated cards with a sad little cat. Choose the language, type the text, and embed the cards into a blog or Web site. Register for the option to save your creations. Silly, but worth a good giggle.
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