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Google Translate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I24bSteJpw

“a game changer”

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The SJSD Digital Express:

http://saintjosephschools.ning.com

Your local school district’s online professional development network.Wednesday, August 17, 11

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and within Digital Express...

http://saintjosephschools.ning.com/group/foreignlanguageeducators

Your district-wide foreign languages team.Wednesday, August 17, 11

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Toni Theisen’s wiki:

http://actfltech2009.wikispaces.com/

ACTFL Teacher of the Year - 2009”IB French teacher and NBCT who loves to use tech with the students and wants to encourages more teachers to use it, too.”

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VOXOPOP:

http://www.voxopop.com/

An example... http://is.gd/elQuZ

“We aim to bring people together in an environment of constructive communication. We all know that the world needs more communication between people of differing social, political and religious contexts - and Voxopop aims to provide that kind of bridge to bring about social change.

So... let's get talking!”

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“The Mixxer”

http://www.language-exchanges.org/

A free educational site for language-learners hosted by Dickinson College.

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Skype:

http://www.skype.com

Using Skype in the classroom by Vicki Davis: http://is.gd/elT5G Using Skype at School... For Dummies: http://is.gd/elTeS

Good ideas for using Skype in the classroom: http://is.gd/elUC0 Skype other classrooms! by Sue Waters: http://is.gd/elUK6

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Piclits:

http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx

“inspired picture writing”“part visual literacy, part refrigerator poetry, part… fun”

“How might technology provide a scaffold into poetry?” by Sean Nash: http://is.gd/elV1y

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2011-2012

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Slideshare

http://www.slideshare.net/

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http://goo.gl/gbgKW

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FastestTube

http://kwizzu.com/

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The SJSD Digital Express:

http://saintjosephschools.ning.com

Your local school district’s online professional development network.Wednesday, August 17, 11

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and within Digital Express...

http://saintjosephschools.ning.com/group/foreignlanguageeducators

Your district-wide foreign languages team.Wednesday, August 17, 11

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SJSD Web Platform

Website vs. Web Platform:

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EdWeek SJSD

What we learned...

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