I’ve previously posted several times about Edcanvass, and it’s already on a number of “The Best…” lists. This week they added another great feature — the ability to easily record up to five minutes of audio on any image or … Continue reading →

Here’s one of several videos my ESL students did for our One-Sentence Project. I’ll be adding it to The Best Resources For Doing A “One-Sentence Project”

Wave joins the list of several free Smartphone apps that let you record an audio caption for a photo. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English and to The Best Online Tools For Using Photos In Lessons.

Dubbler joins the list of several free Smartphone apps that let you record a sixty second audio caption for a photo. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English and to The Best Online Tools For Using … Continue reading →

The Chinese New Year: From Fear to Festivity is the title of this video from English Central that I’m adding to The Best Resources For Chinese New Year. More importantly, though, it’s the first English Central video that I’m embedding … Continue reading →

One of my students’ favorite activities, and one that I believe is very effective, is several times a week getting together in assigned small groups to practice conversational English. They all have a “cheat sheet” of about seventy different questions … Continue reading →

Web Doc is/was a sorta’ blogging platform that makes it super simple to write individual “docs.” I especially like its ability to search the Web for images within your “doc” and just post it into what you’re writing. It also … Continue reading →

John Yan was the creator of ShowBeyond, a very nice alternative to VoiceThread that was on The Best Ways To Create Online Slideshows until it shut down last year. Now, John has just unveiled his new tool for education, UTellStory, … Continue reading →

Skqueak is a new free iPhone app I like a lot that lets you easily provide audio for photos. There are several other apps on various “The Best…” lists I’ll be sharing shortly in the post that do something similar. … Continue reading →

VoiceGem lets you easily and quickly make an audio recording (I’m not sure for how long, but it certainly went on for awhile during my experiment) without having to register. You record and then email it to yourself or someone … Continue reading →