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Voice Thread A VoiceThread is a multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments. This is done by using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). A person can share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues, and alternatively, they are able to record comments too on the slides. You can register without paying anything. Linguistic Skills: Listening and Speaking Activities #1. The teacher creates a VoiceThread presentation, each slide has a picture. The teacher records an audio in which he/she says three different sentences but only one sentence fits with the image. Students listen to the three options and should say which of the three sentences fits with the picture. This activity is used in the classroom. #2. The teacher asks students to make a conversation in pairs. They should record an audio or video carrying out the conversation. Students must us...

Voki Voki is a website to create customized avatars to use in almost any way that you want. You can email your avatar, post it online and add it to other documents and presentations.  You can add a voice (sound) through a variety of methods: microphone, downloading an audio file, via your phone and typing the text in.  It is used as a creative tool to get students involved in subjects and spur their imaginations. Voki itself is free and can easily be incorporated into the classroom and learning tools.  Linguistic Skill: Speaking Activities: #1. Students must create a presentation about illnesses and diseases using Voki. They should choose a nice background theme that fits with the topic. Then, they should create and customize an avatar. Students must choose one illness or disease to develop in the presentation. The presentation must include a slide for the title, a slide for the causes, a slide for the symptoms, and a slide for possible treatment. Th...

SpiderScribe SpiderScribe is an online mind-mapping tool.  Site users can utilize SpiderScribe to organize thoughts and ideas into maps, adding text, images, files, geographical maps, and calendar events to create unique displays of information. The most basic plan is free and allows users to create unlimited public maps and three private maps. Linguistic Skill: Writing Activities             #1. The teacher asks students to work in groups of four. She assigns a topic to each group. Students must create a mind map providing background knowledge of the topic. This activity is carried out in a laboratory. Each student should be working on the mind map using a computer. This application allows students to work in groups but it is not necessary to be together, they could be working separately on the same mind map. Each group should present their mind map in front of the class. The teacher gives them feedback. #...