Corkboard.me

Very simple applications that lets you include images as well as 'Postit' notes

Fairytale of PGDE

Fairytale of PGDE on PhotoPeach

Mullingar on Fotopedia

Using Elgg as a Social Learning platform

Using Elgg as a Social Learning platform

Podcast - Book Lanuch

This podcast is the sppech made by Dr. Pádraig Hogan, Education Department NUI Maynooth on the occasion of the launch of his book The New Significance of Learning: Imagination's Heartwork on 3rd December 2009.

Dr. Pádraig Hogan by arickard

Voice tools for language teachers

Create a talking Avatar
Voki.com Here and totally for free the company behind a site called Site Pal have have made this simple but powerful tool available to anyone. It has been used very creatively for teaching.

Sign up to create a username and login to start being creative.

Why use Voki in language teaching?
Three audio options:

• Record directly
• Pre-precord (upload a file)
• Text to speech (recognises a range of languages)

NOTE

1. Students can practice and listen to their speech.
2. Have fun in creating different images - avatars of oneself, of famous people to give words to in the target language or create completely fictional characters.
3. Especially useful for shy pupils, but useful for all in terms of encouraging accuracy and time spent rehearsing.
4. Post to a blog/website/Moodle page to share.
5. Use "Comments" Feature offers opportunity to encourage appropriate feedback.
6. Start with Text-to-Speech and move on to recording.
7. Pre-record using Digital voice recorders or Audacity.

Ideas:
Pupils can create real or fictional version of them selves or act as news/weather reporter, foreign correspondent, eye-witness to a crime scene/accident historical event …etc.

Simple short speeches on topics such as home, pets, school subjects.

Create a Voki for each of the teachers in the school speaking the Target language…(with teachers permission, of course…virtual staff room).

Your ideas? Comments welcome.

Details on how to create a Voki:
How to Embed a Voki in a Blog post



Translation tool - would you use this?

Podcasting

1. What is Podcasting?

• A little background on 'audio-blogging' aka 'Podcasting'
• Common craft video

2. Where to find podcasts

• iTunes > Store > Home > Browse > Category > Subcategory
  See Apple's tips for Podcast fans
• Podcasts for educators schools and colleges
  
• Education Podcast Network

3. How to create your own

1. Recording sound (equipment, tips etc.)
2. Editing (software, free sound effects, more sound effects, free music, more free music and other things to be aware of etc.)
3. Publishing (with podcast hosting sites like AudioBoo or PodBean)
   
   [Insert an example here]

4. Definitive Guides for podcasting teachers and students

1. How to Podcast
2. Learning and Teaching Scotland
3. Recap ltd - Podcasting