Type/Name
| Address | Description |
Audio Podcasts
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| Ipadio | http://ipadio.com | Moderated. Add audio by phone. Toll free number. Speech to text translation. |
Internet Archive and Blogger
| http://lausdpodcast.wikispaces.com/PublishPodcast
| Upload your audio to Internet Archive, then create a podcast with Blogger. Unlimited space.
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| Posterous | http://www.posterous.com | No account required, but more control if login is created. Email in your audio recordings to create an automatic podcast. |
Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning
| http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/ | A host of tool to record and publish a podcast.
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| Audio/Recordings | | |
| Vocaroo | http://vocaroo.com/ | Create audio recordings online. Download them or get the embed code or link for a website. |
| Voki | http://www.voki.com/ | Create a talking avatar. Students record their voice for the avatar. Finished avatars can be embedded on a website or blog, or linked to in a document. |
| VoiceThread | http://www.voicethread.com | Audio or video record to accompany images. Great for collaborative digital storytelling.
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English Central
| https://secure.englishcentral.com/ | Watch a video clip. Review and speak the words. The computer rates your work. |
Audio/Text-to-Speech - Speech-to-Text
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Mac Text to Speech
| System Preferences > Speech > Text to Speech
| Mac Text to Speech
In Snow Leopard, you can send to iTunes
as an .mp3
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Word Talk
| http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/ | WIndows Text to Speech
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| iPadio | http://ipadio.com | Great, free speech to text utility
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Google Voice
| https://www.google.com/voice | An absolutely powerful utility that gives you voice mail, the ability to tie all your lines to one number, and free speech to text transcription.
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| YakiToMe | http://www.yakitome.com | Free text to speech converter. Login required. Can download .mp3 files of the text.
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| Reference | | |
Larry Ferlazzo's Best Reference Websites for EL Learners
| http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/11/13/the-best-reference-websites-for-english-language-learners-2008/ | A great collection of reference sites, including pronunciation, dictionaries, thesauri, spelling, and many more.
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| Vocabulary | | |
English Verb Conjugator
| http://conjugation.com/ | Not only does this tool conjugate a verb, but it lists every variation of the verb possible!
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Vocabulary/ Dictionary - Thesaurus
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| Visuwords | http://www.visuwords.com/?word=aggregate | Online Visual Dictionary. Helps students see the relationship between words.
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| EasyDefine | http://www.easydefine.com/ | Define a list of words all at one time, get the synonyms and download the list of words. Takes the fun out of doing vocabulary words. :)
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VocabGrabber
| http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/ | VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context.
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Visual Dictionary Online
| http://visual.merriam-webster.com/index.php | Explore words by seeing their relationships and connections, using visual aides. A different way to appreciate words.
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EyePlorer
| http://eyeplorer.com/show/ | Organizes terms into categories so they can be better understood from the contextual clues. |
ThinkMap Visual Thesaurus
| http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ | Visualize words and their relationships
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Vocabulary/ Flashcards
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| Quizlet | http://quizlet.com/
| Students create their own flashcards. Flashcards can be used in a variety of ways and can be accessed on mobile devices also.
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Vocabulary/ Games/Practice
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Vocabulary Games and Resources
| http://vocabulary.co.il/ | A collection of vocabulary games for help with practice.
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| GotBrainy | http://www.gotbrainy.com/ | Upload a picture, then write a sentence to describe the photo. Many vocabulary words are already on the site, and are searchable.
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VocabSushi
| http://www.vocabsushi.com/ | Real world contextual examples incorporated into games. Learns as you play more. Suitable for older students due to its complexity.
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Vocabulary/Practice
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| Brainpop/ESL | http://brainpopesl.com/ | An interactive, engaging site for students to practice English skills. Not complete yet. |
| Babla | http://en.bab.la/ | Games, dictionary, and translation tools
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Fovro
| http://www.forvo.com/languages/en/ | This service has the pronunciation for many words in English.
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Writing/Collaboration
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Google Docs
| http://docs.google.com
| An amazing tool for collaborative writing, with many features. Requires login- which is generated by LAUSD upon request for all students.
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| TypeWith.me | http://typewith.me/ | Create collaborative workspaces where up to 15 students can work on the same document in real time.
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| Writing/Practice | | |
| PicLits | http://piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx | Much like the magnet words that can be placed on a canvas, this site allows you to drag words around to make sentences. Playing with words helps students strengthen their command of writing.
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One Million Monkeys Typing
| http://www.1000000monkeys.com/ | Much like the MadLibs creations, this site allows you to read, follow a chosen path for the story, and then have the ability to add your own ending. More popular ones stay, while less popular ones fade away.
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