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Could combine reading of books in target language with audio recording in Audacity. Potentially used to help with pronunciation and intonation when speaking, or to assess students' oral expression.
Friday July 29
{Two Cool Tools (last one!) older version of PP.ppt}
Glogster
www.edu.glogster.com
Create virtual, interactive, multimedia posters to be used either as tools of instructions or as a means of student assessment. Completed glogs are embeddable in Haiku as well.
Us! (our wikispaces page)
no link needed, you're on it now.
This wiki was authored and edited by all members of the ICIE group to pose questions, offer answers, and share information. It is an ever-evolving "document"
Dragontape
www.dragontape.com
(This one is not on the PowerPoint)
Website that allows you to create "mixtapes" of any video content, both on your computer and on the internet. Videos that are "dropped" into the timeline can be chopped up and inserted at different intervals, allowing for a "remix" of the media to be created by the user.

Asynchronous discussions are when participants are not generally online at the same time. For example, you pose a question for homework and the responses to it and further discussion develop over the evening (or weekend, or whatever the time frame you desire)
For synchronous discussions
There areThe simplest and least annoying one that I (Erika) have found is Neat Chat.
www.neatchat.com: No sign-up required. Just go to the site, provide a name (there is no verification process) and start a couple of web-based chat room creation sites that are fairly easyroom. The site will provide you with a link to use.
Neat Chat: www.neatchat.comsend to your fellow participants so they can access the chat room. Conversations can be printed.
For asynchronous discussions
There is a discussion feature in Haiku. Once you have are on a specific class' page, click on the "Connect" tab at the top of the page.

Creating and sustaining online discussions with your class
There are times when you would like for your class to engage in an online discussion. There are a couple of tools that could be useful for creating a discussion forum online.
One thing that you should think about is whether you want the discussion to be synchronous or asynchronous.
Synchronous discussions are when all participants are online at the same time, chatting together. For example, you watch a movie and you have students comment on specific aspects of it while viewing the film.
Asynchronous discussions are when participants are not generally online at the same time. For example, you pose a question for homework and the responses to it and further discussion develop over the evening (or weekend, or whatever the time frame you desire)
For synchronous discussions
There are a couple of web-based chat room creation sites that are fairly easy to use.
Neat Chat: www.neatchat.com