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All the web links listed here were accessed on December 10, 2009.
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Although Wimba has been gaining popularity in US higher education, it is at 
present a rather expensive software program and must be licensed by an institution.
Information: List of technological resources
This is a starting list of technologies potentially useful for your classroom. You are
invited to update and add more entries.
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Feature films and sit-coms:
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http://www.simplyscripts.com/ (over 1,000 downloadable film scripts);
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http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/ (Seinfeld scripts for 180 episodes from
nine seasons).
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Audio- and video-recording of sample dialogues, class instructions, and
students’ interactions:
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http://www.youtube.com/;
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http://audacity.sourceforge.net/;
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http://www.wimba.com/products/wimbavoice/
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Online exercise-making tools:
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http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ (Hot Potatoes, see above for examples);
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http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/;
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http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/index.php?page=makers;
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http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ (web-editor);
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http://www.thebrain.com/; http://www.visual-mind.com/index.php
(mind-mapping tools).
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Online classroom tools and wikis:
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www.moodle.org;
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www.blackboard.com/us/index.bbb;
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tappedin.org/tappedin (K-12-oriented discussion tools and private text
chatrooms);
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http://pbwiki.com/;
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http://calper.la.psu.edu/tools.php (chat, blog, and wiki hosting for
educators).

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Blogs:
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https://www.blogger.com/start;
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http://www.typepad.com/;
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http://edublogs.org/ (blogging for teachers and students).
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Chat and video-conferencing programs:
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http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/chatrooms;
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http://www.skype.com/;
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http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/index.html (video-conferencing for use in
schools).
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Gaming and virtual interaction:
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http://secondlife.com/;
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http://www.worldofwarcraft.com;
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http://www.activeworlds.com/.

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