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Garageband - I
just love this apple application. Make music, make podcasts,
make vodcasts. The world is your oyster with this. Sorry for
Windows users.
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iMovie (HD version) - Another top apple application. I
prefer this version because I'm used to it. I've not tried
out the O8 version because I use a G4 PowerBook and you need
an Intel Mac.
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gMail - Best web
based email by far. Although I actually use Thunderbird to
actually read my mail. But with Gmail it is so easy to find
"lost" messages. I've also recently learned about a really
useful trick with gmail where you can create supplemental
addresses by adding a + after your user name.
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Gabcast - Great
tool for podcasting by phone. Especially if you have a
contract mobile with free minutes.
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Glogster
- Superb mashup tools that kids could use to create
e-posters. Advantage of these over paper is that you can add
audio and video to your "canvas"
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ClassTools - Brilliant resource for creating Flash
exercises. The best thing is, you don't even have to know
about Flash.
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Slideshare -
Great for sharing presentations. But I love the Slidecast
facility where you can add an mp3 file to run with your
slides. Great for vocab drilling because you can show the
flashcards at the same time.
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Twitter - I have
picked up so much from Twitter since it "invaded" my life.
Although it can be very distracting. Twitpic is a great way
of sharing pictures via twitter.
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VoiceThread -
Not used this yet but the potential is enormous for kids to
produce multimedia presentations and comment on each other's
work. Very AiFL. Especially great because you can set a pro
account for educators for free.
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Voki - Great
all round resource but in particular good to encourage shy
kids to speak a foreign language, because they don't have to
see themselves.
