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=**Tech Terms**=
 * [|Glosario básico inglés-español para usuarios de Internet]
 * [|Glosario Bilingüe de Internet]
 * [|Tech Terms]
 * [|More Tech Terms]

=**Tech Tools for Creativity**=

[|50 Open Source Tools That Replace Popular Education Apps]
 * [[image:click2collaborate/AheadLogo.jpg link="http://ahead.com/"]] - Create dynamic, non-linear presentations (similar to Prezi) with this flash-based tool
 * [[image:AnimotoLogo.jpg link="http://animoto.com/education"]]- Upload photos, select your music, and then it will turn them into videos
 * [[image:msumaet/BeFunkyLogo.jpg link="http://www.befunky.com/"]] - Photo effects
 * [[image:click2collaborate/BigHugeLabsLogo.png height="53" link="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/"]] - Create badges, billboards, CD covers, collages, cubes, jigsaw puzzles, magazine covers, mosaics, movie posters, trading cards, and more
 * [[image:click2collaborate/BlabberizeLogo.jpg link="http://blabberize.com/"]]- Take any image, add a mouth to it, record something for it to say, and watch it become a moving conversationalist!
 * [[image:meaningfulmethods/BookrLogo.jpg link="http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/"]] - Create free photobooks from copyright-safe Flickr images and a template
 * [[image:BubblejoyLogo.png link="http://www.bubblejoy.com/"]] - Record a short video w/ a webcam, select a card design, share via URL or Twitter
 * [[image:click2collaborate/bubblePLY_logo.gif height="38" link="http://www.bubbleply.com/"]] - "Write" on online videos by adding pop-up speech bubbles and effects, then save and play
 * [|Create Your Scenario] - Generates simple playscripts - especially good for elementary
 * [[image:dabbleboard_logo.png link="http://www.dabbleboard.com/"]] - Collaborative whiteboard
 * [[image:click2collaborate/DumprLogo.png link="http://www.dumpr.net/"]] - Make coloring books and other interesting things from photos, save as JPEGs and use as illustrations for assignments or worksheets
 * [[image:msumaet/EdmodoLogo.jpg height="90" link="http://www.edmodo.com/"]] - Collaborative social community (a la Facebook) for students and teachers in educational settings media type="youtube" key="TzPHQr1ONaA?fs=1" height="385" width="480"
 * [[image:FlashpaintLogo.jpg link="http://www.flashpaint.com/"]] - Flash drawing editor
 * [[image:FotobabbleLogo.jpg link="http://www.fotobabble.com/"]] - Upload photos, record a message, and share
 * [[image:click2collaborate/GliffyLogo.gif height="29" link="http://www.gliffy.com/"]] - Create diagrams, graphic organizers
 * [[image:click2collaborate/GlogsterLogo.jpg height="35" link="http://www.glogster.com/edu"]]- Free, multimedia poster-maker. Set up student accounts for educational use.
 * [|All About Me Project (Spanish)] Note that students can include their own voices!
 * [|Spanish Vida Sana Project]
 * [|Spanish 3 Instructions]
 * [|Joan Miró]
 * [|Pablo Picasso]
 * [|Les freres lumieres (French)]
 * [|Linguistics Poster (University Level)]Glogster can be useful for helping university students prepare research for poster sessions at conferences


 * [[image:click2collaborate/GoAnimateLogo.gif height="40" link="http://goanimate.com/"]]- Create animated videos from stock characters, images, music, and effects, or upload your own and lay them in tracks. Students have to type text into Word and then copy and paste it in order to get diacritical marks.
 * [|Chinese III Dating Story]
 * [|Episode 1 Scene 2: La tourmente]
 * [|Mi rutina]
 * [|Revolution Francaise]
 * [|Spanish Project]

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 * [[image:click2collaborate/GoogleDocsLogo.gif height="27" link="http://docs.google.com/"]]- Free, online, collaborative suite of office tools (forms, presentations, spreadsheets, word processing)
 * [[image:msumaet/wave_logo_product.png link="http://wave.google.com/"]]- Collaborative software (games, playback, threaded conversations, whiteboard)
 * [[image:meaningfulmethods/HootcourseLogo.jpg height="115" link="http://hootcourse.com/"]] - An online community similar to Twitter, but designed for use in education
 * [[image:click2collaborate/ImageChefLogo.gif link="http://www.imagechef.com/"]]- - Dress up photos with interesting frames and your own captions, then save and share
 * [[image:IssuuLogo.jpg link="http://issuu.com/"]]- Create your own, digital magazines
 * **** [|Charoná]
 * [|Rik, el niño sin imaginación]
 * [[image:click2collaborate/LetterpopLogo.jpg height="48" link="http://www.letterpop.com/"]] - Create newsletters with photos from templates and host up to 10 online for free at any given time
 * [[image:click2collaborate/MixbookLogo.jpg height="41" link="http://www.mixbook.com/"]]- Create and share photo scrapbooks online (you can also print them)
 * [[image:click2collaborate/MotivatorPoster.jpg height="106" link="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php"]] - Create motivational posters by adding your own photos and text
 * [|My Brochure Maker] - Brochures
 * [[image:click2collaborate/OurStoryLogo.jpg link="http://ourstory.com/"]] - Create collaborative timelines with text, photos, and videos. You can also choose a type of album, answer questions, and it will generate it for you
 * [[image:PikistripsLogo.png link="http://www.comeeko.com/"]] - Create your own comic strips
 * [[image:click2collaborate/PreziLogo.jpg height="66" link="http://prezi.com/"]] - Create dynamic, non-linear presentations and concept maps
 * [[image:click2collaborate/ScrapblogLogo.jpg height="61" link="http://www.scrapblog.com/"]]
 * [|Linguafolio Español]
 * [|Comida española deliciosa]
 * [|Las comidas de España]
 * [|Bienvenida a la ciudad de Memphis]
 * [|Mi viaje a Utah]


 * [[image:click2collaborate/SnapshirtsLogo.jpg link="http://snapshirts.com/"]] - Type in text, it generates a tag cloud you can print on t-shirts
 * [[image:click2collaborate/solvrlogo.png height="90" link="http://www.a.freshbrain.com/solvr/"]] - Allows threaded brainstorming
 * [[image:click2collaborate/StorybirdLogo.gif link="http://storybird.com/"]]- Students can select illustrations from real children's picture book illustrators, then use them to illustrate their own, original stories. Diacritical marks must be cut and pasted in (via Word, for example)
 * [[image:stroome-masthead-logo.png link="http://stroome.com/"]] - Collaborative video editing
 * [[image:click2collaborate/SuperstickiesLogo.png link="http://wigflip.com/superstickies/"]]- Put your own text on a Post-it note image
 * [[image:click2collaborate/TagulLogo.png link="http://tagul.com/"]] - Make tag (word) clouds in different shapes
 * [[image:meaningfulmethods/TagxedoLogo.jpg link="http://www.tagxedo.com/"]] - Upload your text (or the URL of your blog) to make tag clouds in all sorts of very detailed shapes
 * [[image:ToufeeLogo.gif link="http://www.toufee.com/"]]- Make flash movies for free (14-day free trial, then you have to pay)


 * [[image:msumaet/TrakAxPcLogo.gif link="http://www.trakax.com/software/pc/"]] - Free audio/video editing software you can download and use to make mashups
 * [[image:click2collaborate/VocarooLogo.gif link="http://vocaroo.com/"]]- Click, record, share
 * [[image:click2collaborate/VoicethreadLogo.jpg height="35" link="http://www.voicethread.com/"]]- Photo stories that allow audio voiceovers and audio comments
 * [|Chinese Radicals]
 * [|Voicethread Project Sample in Spanish]


 * [[image:click2collaborate/VokiLogo.jpg height="69" link="http://www.voki.com/"]]- Speaking avatars
 * [|Edgehill College Spanish Blog (Ben describe el medioambiente)]
 * [|German Voki]
 * [|Japanese Voki]
 * [|Voki poèmes]
 * [|Voki Project] - Helpful example of project directions for Spanish
 * [|Voki Project Samples] - In Spanish


 * [|Wallwisher] - Collaboratively "graffiti" by posting "stickies" on this online "wall"
 * [[image:click2collaborate/WeeblyLogo.gif height="59" link="http://www.weebly.com/"]] - Free, online website creation
 * [[image:click2collaborate/XtranormalLogo.png height="38" link="http://www.xtranormal.com/"]] - Create mini, animated videos (or greeting cards) from stock elements
 * [|Camila y Gozo] - Sample conversation between 2 roommates made in Xtranormal (in Spanish)


 * [|Webquest Generator]
 * [[image:click2collaborate/WikispacesLogo.png link="www/home"]]Wikispaces- Make your own wiki!
 * [|AFLTA Festival Wiki] - Publicize language festivals
 * [|Autonomous Technology-Assisted Language Learning - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks] - A wiki-book by Gary Cziko
 * Bishop Blogs
 * [|Chinese (Mandarin) - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks] - Not a very well developed text, but could be used for ideas.
 * [|Curriki - BrowseSearch] - Wiki designed for resource sharing that contains entries from multiple subject areas (365 entries for FL)
 * DHS Espanol
 * [|Deutsch 21] - Create curriculum projects across schools
 * Digitale-schule - Create separate pages for small group work to guide students in dividing up project responsibilities, gathering necessary information, and working through the writing process
 * Español 3: Wesley - Display individual student work
 * [|Ecce Romani Wiki / German Exchange] - Organize exchange trips
 * Flat Classroom Project - Develop transliteracy skills by engaging in the collaborative exploration of real-world issues through social technologies
 * FL Teaching Wiki - Have students collaboratively develop and display content as a resource for others (higher ed)
 * Flushing French
 * Fun/Chinese - Plan lessons and keep an organized repository of resources
 * Gramatica - Grammar lessons
 * Intercultural-it-aus - Converse with students from the target culture and [|discuss cultural perspectives] using chat, discussion forums, or Skype
 * International Collaborative Wiki - Jerusalem - Facilitate joint explorations of literature and culture (among students in Canada and Jerusalem in this case)
 * KWR-Deutschwiki - Create galleries of student work that demonstrate the growth of students' language skills
 * Learning Latin America
 * Le français, le FLE, les TICE . . . - Comics in the target language
 * LHSWLC: District Rubrics - Articulate curriculum across schools
 * LHSWLC: Spanish Cover Sheets - Articulate curriculum across sections
 * Loveland High School Professional Learning Communities Wiki Workspace - Facilitate professional learning communities
 * Madame Krause's Wiki - Cultural video
 * Madame Shackelford - Organize unit resources (L'Afrique Francophone)
 * MadameSpace
 * MIC USI français - Post assignment models
 * Mon Espace
 * NHS German - Post homework calendars
 * [|Park School Languages Wiki] - Collaboratively brainstorm grant proposals
 * [|Pormesfleurs Wiki] - Involve parents in reinforcing what their children are learning
 * Tarea - Listening exercises and comprehension questions
 * [|Toulouse Study Abroad Program] - Manage study abroad programs
 * [|Vermont FL Teachers Tech Resources] - Participate in professional world language associations
 * Waterford School Japanese - Post course syllabi, assignment instructions, and worksheets
 * [|We Are the World] - Develop interdisciplinary curriculum across grade levels
 * [|Wikiaula] - Automatically notify students and parents any time a page is updated using the RSS feature of the page.
 * Wikitaller - Post copies of presentations or video clips showed during class

> > **Related Resources** > [|Why Wordle?]
 * [[image:click2collaborate/WixLogo.jpg link="http://www.wix.com/"]] - Create free flash websites
 * [[image:click2collaborate/WordleLogo.png link="http://www.wordle.net/"]]- Make your own tag (word) cloud media type="custom" key="4970681" ([|Why Wordle?])
 * [[image:meaningfulmethods/ZooburstLogo.jpg link="http://www.zooburst.com/gallery.php"]] - 3D, augmented reality pop-up books

=Tech Tools for Personal Productivity=

- Create PDFs for free (download the program, the select print, change the printer to CutePDF, and voila!)

- Printable CEO Series contains printable tracking sheets to improve productivity

- Save your bookmarks (a.k.a. "favorites") online & then access them from any computer

- Same as Delicious, but on steroids (allows highlighting and archiving of webpages, social interaction, etc.)

- Propose a classroom project. Donors can donate to your cause

- Lets you poll large groups of people so you can schedule meetings and events

- Design invitations and send them via e-mail. See who has RSVP'd

- Online fundraising. . . quickly create a webpage regarding the cause of your choice, send the link to associates, clients, family, and friends, and track your progress

- "Write" on the PDFs you save

- Online fundraising: Solicit pledges, people pay via credit card or Paypal, but accounts are not charged until at least $1,000 is raised. Project does not have to be service-oriented

- Make information come to you. Set up the alert and it searches the web and delivers updates to you

- Collaborate with other members of your department or school and easily share information without e-mail


 * [[image:http://www.google.com/images/logo_sm.gif width="150" height="55" link="http://www.google.com"]] || [|Language Tools] ||

- Search for only scholarly articles - Free screencasting (requires free download)

- - Free file conversion from one format to another

- Set up meetings, see a grid of people's availability

- Online notetaking application

- Online Stopwatch - Use this to monitor group work, to count down how much "English Break Time" is left, etc.

- Edit photos online for free

- You select the artist or genre and it generates a station that plays music similar to the style of the selected artist

- Search for songs, save them, and then make the playlist available to your students by giving them the direct link or embedding it into a wiki or website

- Quickly post a question and watch as the votes change while students text their answers to the poll. You can also download your poll as a PowerPoint slide to include in a presentation

- Make a "to do" list, it helps you prioritize your tasks through a series of forced choices

- Leave yourself a 60-second message. It transcribes it and sends the text and audio file to your e-mail and to your online account

- Edit existing rubrics or create your own

- Great PowerPoint tools for soliciting feedback from your audience (including several that integrate with Twitter)

- Upload documents to share with others

- Send Tab URLs - Send a list of links from open tabs to yourself or others in an e-mail message with this Firefox extension
 * [[image:click2collaborate/SendTabURLsLogo.png width="50" height="50" caption="Send Tab URLs Firefox Extension" link="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4437"]] ||
 * Send Tab URLs Firefox Extension ||

- Hold videoconferences with colleagues from around the world for free

- Upload ppt presentations to share with others (Example: [|STARTALK: Developing Teacher Leaders])

- - Similar to Photoshop, but free & online

- Find copyright safe photos for free that you can use in student projects as well as published or web-based materials

- A great tool for keeping up with the latest developments in your chosen fields

- Upload up to 500MB of video, then bookmark particular segments within it or allow others to comment on it

- Open source video player that will play almost anything

Wikispaces - Use a wiki to remove writer's block--allows you to make continual changes to your text, to move things around, and to keep a constant outline of the various sections of your writing in view via the navigation bar. If you cut a section, but think you might want to use it later? No problem--just make a "parts pile" page, paste the deleted section in, and find it later. Also removes the "Word crashed and I lost everything" phenomenon. Everything you type is captured in the history (as long as you save frequently), and you can always revert to a previous version of the paper if you change your mind midstream. GREAT for collaborative authoring as well.

- Send large files to others using this service

- Free collaborative meeting software (requires download) - Download and convert YouTube videos

- Maintain an annotated, sharable research library with searchable, printable notes and reports

=Other Tech Tools=


 * [|Applian FLV Player]
 * [|Audacity] - Excellent, free audio recording & editing software
 * [|Broadcast Live] - Searchable site containing links to broadcast media (newspapers, TV, etc.) from countries around the world
 * [|Buzzword] - Free, online, collaborative word processing
 * [|Cmap] - Free social concept mapping tools that allow you to collaborate, attach documents and images, etc. (requires registration)
 * [|Flock] - Free social web browser
 * [|Google Earth] - Free program that allows you to see 3-dimensional views of the earth, cities, etc.
 * [|Google Talk] - Free chat program
 * [|iTunes] - Free multimedia player
 * [|Mindomo] - Free, collaborative concept-mapping
 * [|Ning] - Social networking platform
 * [|Photofunia] - Upload a photo, select from a comprehensive list of photo effects, then save, create an avatar, etc. Photos deleted every 2 hours
 * [|Second Life] - Free virtual world software
 * [|TinyChat.com] - Set up an ad-free, "disposable" chat room in one click. No registration required.
 * 21st Century Technologies - Links to handouts, information, and tools for language teachers
 * [|Twitter]- Microblogging
 * [|Vuvox] - Allows you to create interactive panoramas, interesting visual effects for slideshows that you can build from RSS feeds or photo albums, etc.
 * [|YouConvertIt.com] - Convert documents to PDFs while maintaining hyperlinks

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