Online Tools

1. Twitter (http://twitter.com )- a free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time. Application: Teacher can ask students to post 100 characters on twitter. Connect the language with life.
2. Create You Sceniorio (http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1a/11a.html) Application: Students can Create their own sceniorio in the target language
3. flickr (http://www.flickr.com ) a web to share photos with classmates
4. Make Flash Card: (http://quizlet.com/)
5. Voki (http://www.voki.com )- Voki enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character. Applicatin: Teacher ask students to record on Voki and share with classmates.
6. Voice Thread (**http://voicethread.com/**)- A Web-based digital-storytelling application Application: To share your stories or slideshows through audio, images, videos, or text with others online.
7. Puzzle Game (www.//flash-gear.com) – students can make puzzle themselves
8. Input king http://inputking.com/
9. Blog (http://www.huayuworld.org/ )
10. Digital Story Telling (http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
11. Get dropbox (http://www.getdropbox.com/ )-2 G of storage
12. Podcasting (http://Chinesepod.com)- for students to listen
13. Google document (http://docs.google.com/ ) – the teacher can see students’ input at the same time.
14. estroke (http://www.eon.com.hk/estroke/ )
15. online recording (http://vocaroo.com/ )
16. prezi (http://prezi.com/ )-zooming editor stunning presentations
17. ZDT (http://zdt.sourceforge.net/main/wordlist_index/) – you can download vocabularies or build your own database.
18. Popupchinese (http://popupchinese.com/lessons) – Learn Chinese with Beijing podcasts, popups, vocab and study tools, and HSK test prep courses.
19. Upload pictures and create slideshow online: (http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow-create.php?refid=139358927&source=cyo)
20. Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
21. Blabberize (http://blabberize.com)
22. Animoto (http://www.animoto.com)
23. www.nciku.com
24. http://www.yodio.com
25. http://voicethread.com/?#u746072
26. Chinese News: BBC Zgongwen Wang History of Chinese New Year Mandarin Radio
27. Chinese Dictionary: MandarinTools Dictionary Dictionary of Chinese Words and Phrases XueZhongwen Dictionary Nciku
28. Pinyin: pinyin practice website Wordchamp Web/text Reading Helper Mandarin Learning Tool (Chengyu stories and Tone Drill) Chinese Pronunciation Guide Instant Speak Pinyin
29. Chinese Words Zhongwen Zipu – Chinese Character Genealogy Character Stroke Order for integrated Chinese characters Free Chinese Fonts for Window9X/NT/2000/XP