| Word
Processing |
| Resource |
URL |
Comments |
| Word
Processing-based Activities
for a Language Class |
|
Ideas
for communicative classroom activities based on word processing |
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| Software |
Availability |
Platform |
File Formats |
Comments |
| Sound Recorder |
Comes as part of Windows operating system |
PC |
wav |
Easy to use; wav files
are very large |
| PureVoice |
|
PC
& Mac |
Purevoice, wav on PC
Purevoice, aiff on Mac |
Creates very small files;
can insert or overwrite in a file |
| Audacity |
|
PC
& Mac |
wav, aiff, mp3 |
Allows editing;
the most complicated;
version
1.1.1 available in several languages |
| Audio Recording Options in the Language Media Center Labs
|
|
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|
| Resource |
URL |
Comments |
| TypePad
|
|
hosted weblogging service; 30 days' free trial |
| Live
Journal |
|
hosted weblogging service;
free and paid versions |
| Blogger |
|
hosted weblogging service; free and paid versions |
| Movable Type
|
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype |
for more advanced weblog
publishing |
| L*Blog |
|
Test
blog at CALPER |
| Audioblogger |
http://www.audioblogger.com/ |
Add audio posts to your blog |
| Blogs
and Wikis: Environments for On-line Collaboration |
|
Overview article by Bob Godwin-Jones |
| The
New Tanuki |
|
Example
of a blog for and by EFL learners |
| Bee
Online 2 |
|
"A
Meeting Place for Students to Share Opinions and Discuss" |
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| Wikipedia |
|
Multilingual encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute |
| L-Wiki |
http://calper.la.psu.edu/uniwiki/HomePage |
Main resource page for
wikis at CALPER |
| About Wikis |
|
Explanation of wikis |
| CyberWiki |
|
Our
very own wiki farm! |
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*Session for LING 2143, Materials Development
for Second Language Teaching & Testing, July 21, 2005 |