Week#11 - Online Tools Part#2

Assignments

- Create a Quizlet and post it on your blog.  How-to screencast here.
                    (instructions on how to post it on your blog start at 2:55)

- Find at least one useful handout or PPT from the 'Shared Resources' sites that you could use in your teaching. Post a link to that resource and discuss how you would use it.

- Share any other thoughts about the resources you checked out this week.

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Our Class Quizlet     TESOL Quizlet Class

Korean-English Quizlets

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Online Resources

Shared Resources

• ISL Collective
• Busyteacher.org (printable handouts)
• ESLslprintables.com (login and sharing required)
• Language Arts PPTS from Pppst.com
• ESLGames Downloadables (ppt's and worksheets)
• Waygook.org Lesson Materials   (Login required: you can use bufsttp/4ttp-fun)

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Young Learners / Elementary

• Eslkidstuff.com
• Kindersite.org
• SpellingCity.com
• Starfall.com
• PBSGames
• BritishCouncil Games
• KidsEslGames.com
• Eesl4kids.net
• Vocabulary for K-12 and ESL Kids
• Sesamestreet.org
• Dogonews.com
• Abcya.com
• ESLGamesWorld
• Mark's English School
• List of ESL Games

Storybooks and Read Aloud

• Storylineonline.net
• Freekidsbooks.org
• ChildrensLibrary.org
• Smories.com
• Storybird.com
• Bookbox.com
• Magickeys.com/books
• Tarheelreader.org
• Archive.org Children's Library
• List of Children's Books for Reading

What is Digital Storytelling?

From : http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/page.cfm?id=27&cid=27
Digital storytelling at its most basic core is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. There are a wealth of other terms used to describe this practice, such as digital documentaries, computer-based narratives, digital essays, electronic memoirs, interactive storytelling, etc.; but in general, they all revolve around the idea of combining the art of telling stories with a variety of multimedia, including graphics, audio, video, and Web publishing.

Digital Storytelling Examples

• Santee Students
• Tech2Learn (halfway down the page)
• CDS Playlists
• Web2storytelling Wiki
• Webtools4Educators
• UWM Students

Storytelling Tools

• StoryBoardThat.com  Curated Storyboards    Lesson Materials   Recent Boards (copy)
• Storybird.com  Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
• (example Seven Ways to Survive School) 
• StoryJumper  (how to, create, examples)
• Toondoo.com - Browse Toons   * How-to Guide
• Utellstory.com  Overview   How-to Video  Example
• ZimmerTwins.com
• Slidestory - add audio narration to your original stories
• Photostory (for Windows) - download and installation required (tutorial videos here)

Storytelling Podcasts

• NPR: StoryCorps Podcast
  When Living Out Of A Car, It's Hard To Feel At Home
   
• The Moth Podcast
  Texas Hold' Em, Kin, and Cloistered Nuns
   
• Death, Sex, & Money
  This Senator Saved My Life
   
• This American Life
  Switched at Birth
   
• True Story
• Porchlight Storytelling
• Love + Radio
• More Podcasts at: Podbay.fm Podcast Directory

Make 'fill in the blank' Stories

• British Council Storymaker
• Storyteller
• Madglibs.com

Audio books

Podiobooks	Podiobooks offers complete books in episodic form so you can get just a chapter at a time
Open Culture	Open Culture has a very respectable collection of great audio books, mostly classics, available for free in a variety of downloadable formats from all over the Web.
Internet Archive	The Internet Archive has a very good collection of free audio books and poetry recordings from a eclectic variety of sources.
Librivox	Librivox is an entirely volunteer-curated collection of free audio books that are in the public domain. Volunteers read chapters of these books, and the chapters are then placed online for public consumption.
Learn Out Loud	Learn Out Loud is a gigantic collection of free audio books, lectures, and educational podcasts.
Project Gutenberg	Project Gutenberg one of the oldest and largest sites on the Web, offering thousands of free, public domain books both to read and to listen to.

Podcatchers

• Stitcher.com
• Podcat
• iTunes
• Feedly   How-to    opml
• Tunein.com (live radio)

Playback Speed control

• Android Playback speed
•  iPad/iPhone apps like SmarterPlayer

Media players with speed control

• Gom Player (x, c keys)
• WMP  Enhancements / Play Speed Settings
• VLC: View/Status bar, bottom scroll

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Watch this Screencast Guide>>>:   Screencast  

Screen Readers  List of options at: http://usabilitygeek.com/10-free-screen-reader-blind-visually-impaired-users/
Speakit: Chrome Extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speakit/pgeolalilifpodheeocdmbhehgnkkbak?hl=en
Dictionary Extensions  

Google Dictionary 

These can be useful for quickly checking the meaning and pronunciation of words online.https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-dictionary-by-goog/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja?hl=en


Other Optionshttp://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-chrome-extensions-lookup-words-meanings-browse/

Online HIghlighters
Diigo  http://Diigo.com   (browser plugins: https://www.diigo.com/tools/ )
An excellent social bookmarking tool that allows you to bookmark sites online, highlight certain sections, and add sticky notes. Diigo Search for reading+efl links: https://diigo.com/search?adSScope=community&what=reading%2Befl

Standalone Chrome Extensions

Simple Highlighter: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/simple-highlighter/
Yellow Highlighter Pen: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/yellow-highlighter-pen-fo/