Useful+Websites

Useful websites for creating activities and assessments for the four language skills

__Speaking activities/assessments __ CLEAR Audio Dropbox Set up a free CLEAR audio dropbox account so that you can embed an audio dropbox in webpages, wikis, edmodo and more. Students record an audio sample, put it into an audio dropbox, and the sample goes directly to your account. Please note that this audio dropbox is DIFFERENT from the dropbox you will make during the workshop. []

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Voki Students set up their own free accounts, and then create speaking avatars. They can record their own voices, and e-mail their vokis to their teacher. []

__Listening activities/assessments __ CLEAR Mashup Set up a free CLEAR mashup account. You use the same user name and password for all of the free CLEAR “Rich Internet Applications.” Then you can imbed a youtube video into your webpage or quia quiz, and exclude all of the videos and advertising around the video. []

Video tutorials for Mashup and Smile: []

CLEAR’s main “Rich Internet Applications” webpage: []

__Reading and writing activities/assessments __ Quia Set up a quia account ($49/year) to create quizzes, activities and learning games. You can share quiz questions with other teachers, and put their questions into your question bank, to use later when creating tests. You can imbed images of authentic materials for students to read. You can also create writing prompts, and students can write directly into the answer box. Try it for free for one month. [|www.quia.com]

__Other useful sites __ Edmodo If you need a free webpage to post assignments and lots more, check out edmodo. You get a free account, and can set up separate pages for each class. You monitor everything so you can delete inappropriate remarks and remove students from the class if necessary. It’s like facebook, only for schools, so students quickly catch on to how to use it. []

Gmail You and your students can all get free gmail accounts to use for schoolwork. A free gmail account can hold much more mail than most school e-mail accounts. http://mail.google.com/mail/