Online Tools

The following is a list of online tools I have used for class or for activities related to school:

• Quia :  Create your own educational games, quizzes, surveys, and web pages. Search millions of games and quizzes created by educators around the world.
• Students
• Games to practice vocab, grammar, history, etc.
• Online practice quizzes give immediate feedback
• Teachers
• Track student work, scores, stats

• Yabla :  Only Yabla language immersion sites give you authentic television, music videos, drama, interviews, travel, and Yabla exclusive shoots from throughout the world. Our unique player technology is designed with language learners in mind: Slow Play, Integrated Dictionaries, Listening Game, Dual Language Subtitles, and more.
• Assign weekly authentic videos students must watch, learn, and complete a cloze game.  Teachers can track student progress and assign particular videos and create due dates.

• Edmodo: Join Edmodo, where over 50 million teachers, students, and parents are connecting to collaborate on assignments, discover new resources, and more!
• Online quizzes, communication within a class

• Edline/Blackboard:  We’re combining technology, content and services in new ways to help you reimagine digital learning and communication.
• Each class and club has its own page.  Calendar of events, notes, links, assignments, etc.
• Communicate easily with parents and students

• GradeQuick:  Grade keeping and communication with students, parents and school

• Evites : Make your special event the one to remember.
• Used for events that take place during the ten days our exchange student guests are in town.

• Facebook groups: Connect with friends and the world around you on Facebook.
• Used to connect students that will become host brothers and sisters. 
• Making announcements to exchange groups.
• Going back to prior groups to post surveys, etc.

• YouTube
• Students post video assignments
• Find relevant material for classes
• Post lessons

• Duolingo:  Learn a language free.  Forever.
• Teachers can create classes to track student progress.

• Google Voice: Google Voice gives you one number for all your phones, voicemail as easy as email, free US long distance, low rates on international calls, and many calling features
• I use this to have students call the number to either recite a poem, tongue twister, or answer a question in Spanish.

• WhatsApp:  Simple. Personal.  Real Time Messaging.
• I created a group for parents while in Spain and posted daily pictures and information.
• Students from different countries keep in touch with this app.

• Podcasts : Podcasts is one the top sites to discover the hottest podcasts, listen to your favorite podcast and use all the best tools required for podcasting.

• Slideshare: Discover, Share, and Present presentations and infographics with the world’s largest professional content sharing community.
• Keep and share video presentations at this site.