Kim Oliver ESOL Web Links
Tech up your teaching! Every good teacher knows that the resources outside the classroom are as important as those inside for students to improve their mastery of the English language! The internet is now a gold mine of resources, but some are more helpful than others! So I have created a page with the best of the best web resources available for ESL teachers and students.
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Voicethread A very fun collaborative site. Students (and others) view images, text or video, and then add their comments through text, telephone, microphone or webcam. Their pictures or avatars show up on both sides of the source screen, and you can click on each one to hear or read their comments. Requires registration, and you can restrict viewers.
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/ A very nice overview, tutorial and technical explanation of using digital storytelling in the classroom. Good examples to view as well.
Photostory Tutorial http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory3.pdf A step by step PDF to show you how to use Photostory 3.
Ning Create your own "facebook" type of community. Free, but requires registration and can be restricted to certain users. Easy setup.
PB Wiki http://pbworks.com/pbworks-basic-edition Set up your own wiki for group projects
Wet Paint http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/ Another very popular wiki host, with ad-free education sites.
Colette Cassinelli’s Voicethread for Education Wiki http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/ A nice wiki highlighting how other teachers are using Voice thread; you can look at their presentations and hear/read comments.
Ask Auntie Web: Intro to Wikis http://askauntieweb.blogspot.com/2009/04/wikis.html Very simple video intro to Wikis with step by step instructions following
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