Year: 2009

An educational initiative brings us thousands of audio books, many with their text and sometimes even with exercises or activities. Definitely worth a look. Shorter pieces available like Kintaro.

TimeToast is a simple way to make a timeline, and share it with others on the web. Great for making a presentation or assigning homework for a story or essay about time order. Here is a sample.

When you can get a video camera that is this easy to use, and has High Definition images, it is impossible to pass up. I bought my Flip Mino HD for about $200 (sadly I’ve only seen it for sale in the US), but is now available for about $150. Very simple one-button operation (turn on/turn off). Once you are finished taking the video, a USB plug pops out of the top and you can load it on to your computer for editing or display. I usually put it up on the web (one-button add) because now YouTube supports HD video, the new standard.

Great for immediate feedback in a class.

Brain Flips is a great place to start a deck of flash cards, for vocabulary or whatever.

This is a great tool for presentations. Flowgram is like a screen capture, where you dictate and record what is on the screen. But it is better, because all the web pages are live, and you can use them just like the regular web. This is great to show students an exact part of a web site, and an exact part of a web site, and talk about it.

Or better, have them show you something that they found, and tell about it in English. Try the sample here.