Week 08-3: Teacher Resources Online

Make exercises online

-Tools for educators: http://www.toolsforeducators.com/
-Lanternfish: http://bogglesworldesl.com/
-Easy Test Maker (paper tests): http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx
-Crossword Puzzle Game: http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/create.html
-Web Poster Wizard: http://wizard.4teachers.org/
-SMILE- a variety of web-based activity generators (free registration) http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/mimea/smile/v2/index.php

ANVILL

-Provide a speech-based toolbox
-Used as a space for student audio and video recordings: Voicethread, Wetoku
-Used as a course website (other web-based resources): CLEAR
-Used as a space for audio-video cultural exchanges or collaborations
-Needs: a browser, Flash Player, a headset with a microphone, a decent Internet connection

Sources:
-ANVILL (National Virtual Language Lab): https://anvill.uoregon.edu/anvill2/

-ANVILL Background Readings:

1) Overview: http://babel.uoregon.edu/anvill/11-anvillOverview.pdf

2) Basic Tools: http://ylclab.uoregon.edu/groups/anvillhelp/wiki/fb6ef/Core_Tools.html

3) A Comparison of Online Tools for Audio and Video Recording A Search for Free and Affordable Voice Recording to Replace Wimba Voice:

http://www.iallt.org/iallt_journal/llti_highlights

-ANVILL in Use:

1) From Aerogram to Voicemail: Connecting Learners for Cross Cultural Understanding (ATJO Newsletter): http://babel.uoregon.edu/anvill/ATJONewsletter_Sept_2011.pdf
2) Transforming Language Education Across the Internet:
http://it.uoregon.edu/itconnections/anvill