Read about this post off Podcasting News, HyperTranscribe is a software that incoporates playback and a convenient window for transcriber’s text-input. A demo version is available for download.
A further look at ResearchWare revealed another software, HyperResearch, a qualitative research tool. Not sure how useful this tool is, but thot I’ll just document it here in case I need it in the (very near) future 🙂
Softcopy of 700 reasons for studying languages
3 days ago I made this post and email LLAS and asked if they can make available the PDF version for download. And here it is, they have made it easily available to teachers for download. Cool !
Multiuser online “UNO” – ??
Shared by Shuhua studying in HKU, this game adapted the concept of UNO, and replaced the numbers/symbols with Chinese characters instead. The game is streamed via an Electroserver. Try it today, and if you would like to develop your own web-based flash games, check out this Flashkit forum.
700 reasons for studying languages
Trying to find a reason to motivate your students to study the language that you are teaching? The Subject Centre for Languages , Linguistics and Area Studies (UK) has published “700 reasons for studying languages“. Though the report is only available to UK postal addresses, you can still get a glimpse of it through this online searchable database.
Learnerblogs.org – Free blogs for school students
James Farmer has announced in his post that he’s offering K-12 students free blog space, as an alternative to blogger.com etc. You may want to test it out and see if it suits your (students’) needs 🙂