Ana Maria is an EFL
teacher in Brazil. She is also enthusiastic about using new
technology in order to enhance learning . She has been
a member of the Yahoo "Learning with Computers" Community
since July 2006 where she has learned a lot and as a result
has created some class blogs which have expanded her
students' learning beyond the classroom walls. Ana Maria
blogs at
Life is a Feast. As Ana Maria
is a blogging fan, her tools are related to blogs:
Ana Maria's Top 10 Tools as at 29 July
2007
gettyimages
-
I love the images
they have in their bank and these images
enrich PowerPoint presentations and blog posts
Slide -
This is a free site
where you can download images or photos and make
wonderful slides with
Slideshare
- This site enables you to share PowerPoint
presentations by providing an HTML code which you can
publish in blogs. Fantastic!
FileDEN -
This is the site I use
to host different documents (word files, ppt files,
audio files ...). You
can create links to your
files in the net.
Voki -
With voki
you can create virtual hosts to blogs and websites
for free, you can choose one of the standard voices
or even record your own. It's simple and
eye-catching. You can also e-mail special messages
to friends by using these avatar images with voice.
Springdoo -
With Springmail you can send voice or video mails to
anyone you like. Springblog enables you to add your
voice or video message to your blog. Springcast
creates a an embeddable box where you and other
people can create voice/video messages together in
one channel. Wonderful possibilities!
YouTube -
I couldn't leave it out.
This endless collection of videos can help us a lot. I
normally use it with another site,
ESL Videos, where I can
create activities for the videos I have selected
from Youtube
toufee -
You can make flash
movies to introduce topics to your students. You can add
photos, films, images, captions with/without sound,
select transitions and make it into a movie. Great!
Yahoo Groups
-
Well, if it weren't for
the wonderful members of the Learning with computers
community I wouldn't have learned so much.
Scribd -
A site where you can
download files and not only get links but embed the
files in your site.
What are your
Top 10 tools - for
your own personal working and learning
and/or
creating, delivering or supporting others' learning?
Let us know
