Web+2.0+Tools

= = Using online tools for professional support and collaboration....

**Tools for student feedback and questioning**
[|http://todaysmeet.com]
 * Today's Meet** (Backchanneling (for student use)

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 * Tag Galaxy**

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 * Bubbl.us**

**Tools for developing speaking and listening skills**
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 * Soundcloud**

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 * Fotobabble**

**Tools for vocabulary/script building**
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 * Quizlet**

**Socrative** Online quiz maker with lots of functions, teacher and student interface and also apps

Kahoots Online quiz maker with a variety of functions

**Tools for online sharing**
Google Collaborate with students and teachers with the Google suite of excellent resources.

=Tools to use with Youtube=

** To edit Youtube clips **
Tubechop

Zamzar
 * To convert and save Youtube clips**

Educanon Set questions and activities to make videos more interactive
 * To set activities with Youtube clips**

Edpuzzle Set questions and activities to make videos more interactive

Amara - add your captions and subtitles to Youtube clips.
 * To add text to Youtube**

To make interactive Youtube videos The Knewton Blog

Youtube Editor and Help Edit your videos in Youtube.

**Tools to organise yourself online**
Sitehoover

**Our students**
[|Digital natives]

= __**Pinterest**__ = www.pinterest.com Is a wonderful resource for your students to research cultural topics and other material related to learning a language. Having an account means you can create themed visual pinboards that contain live links to material found on the web or images from your computer or mobile device. Use it as a teacher collecting resources for your class or have students collate material for their study.

Here is an example board used in AIS NSW languages courses http://www.pinterest.com/melaniehmelanie/languages-mobile-learning/

= __Readability__ = @https://www.readability.com/
 * Clean up web pages whilst browsing on your computer or mobile device so that ads and clutter do not detract from content.
 * Having a Readbility account allows you to save your readlists (see below)

= __**Readlists**__ = @http://readlists.com/ (a project by Readability)
 * An easy way to collate web-based information as a digital reading list.
 * Useful as the teacher sharing resources with students or as students collating resources for study.

Here is an example you can view online at [] if you are viewing it on an iPad or iPhone you can also download it as an epub or ebook from the menu on the left (if you have the iBooks app installed first)

= __**Blogging**__ = Many schools find blogging a great way to motivate students to write in the target language. With the uptake of mobile devices in schools and BYOD programs blogging is an authentic writing and publishing task that encourages students to think about their writing an presentation and also to edit their work so that the real world audience will be impressed.

There are a number of popular blogging sites with educators. These are our favourites

Blogger
 * Google's free blogging site
 * Allows teacher to have their own blog, or a class blog with linked individual blogs for students.
 * Colleagues can be invited to contribute to your blog via an email invitation.

// **Weebly** // @http://education.weebly.com/
 * Free to join
 * Allows teacher to have their own blog, or a class blog with linked individual blogs for students.
 * Colleagues can be invited to contribute to your blog via an email invitation.

@https://wordpress.com/ > > Try it here.... > Step 1: email this address with a short message about a tip you use for teaching language to your students > rebe577zifa@post.wordpress.com > > Your blogpost will be published to the AISLanguages2014 blog here []
 * //Wordpress// **
 * Free to join
 * Allows you to set up an individual blog or a class blog with linked student blogs
 * students and colleagues can be invited to contribute to your blog without an account by posting to your blog via email. When you do this the subject of your email becomes the title of the blog post and the body text and image attachments become the body text of the blogpost.