Online Tools for Language Teaching

1. Learning/Content Management Systems

Blackboard

http://www.blackboard.com/

Commercial LMS

Drupal

http://drupal.org/

Open source CMS

Joomla

http://www.joomla.org/

Open source CMS

Moodle

http://moodle.org/

Open source LMS

Sakai

http://sakaiproject.org/

Open source LMS

2. Communication

Gmail

https://mail.google.com/

E-mail

Skype

http://www.skype.com/

Chats

Windows Live Messenger

http://explore.live.com/windows-live-messenger

Chats

Yahoo! Messenger

http://messenger.yahoo.com/

Chats

ooVoo

http://www.oovoo.com/

Video chats

TokBox

http://www.tokbox.com/

Video chats

Jabberwacky

http://www.jabberwacky.com/

Chatbot

Verbot

http://www.verbots.com/

Chatbot

MyBB

http://www.mybboard.net/

Forum

phpBB

http://www.phpbb.com/

Forum

Tangler

http://www.tangler.com/

Forum

Voxopop

http://voxopop.com/

Audio discussions

3. Live and Virtual Worlds

Elluminate

http://www.elluminate.com/

Live e-learning

Livestream

http://www.livestream.com/

Streaming video

OpenSimulator

http://opensimulator.org/

3D application server

ActiveWorlds

http://www.activeworlds.com/

3D virtual world

Second Life

http://secondlife.com/

3D virtual world

Twiddla

http://www.twiddla.com/

Team WhiteBoarding

Ustream

http://www.ustream.tv/

Live broadcast

Wimba Classroom

http://www.wimba.com/

Live e-teaching

WiZiQ

http://www.wiziq.com/

Virtual classroom

4. Social Networking and Bookmarking

Delicious

http://delicious.com/

Social bookmarking

Diigo

http://www.diigo.com/

Social bookmarking

Elgg

http://elgg.org/

Social networking

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/

Social networking

Grouply

http://www.grouply.com/

Social networking

MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/

Social networking

Ning

http://www.ning.com/

Social networking

SocialGo

http://www.socialgo.com/

Social networking

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/

Professional network

Twitter

http://twitter.com/

Information network

italki

http://www.italki.com/

Language learning community

Lang-8

http://lang-8.com/

Language learning community

Livemocha

http://www.livemocha.com/

Language learning community

5. Blogs and Wikis

Blogger

https://www.blogger.com/

Blog

Edmodo

http://www.edmodo.com/

Blog & wiki

Edublogs

http://edublogs.org/

Blog

LiveJournal

http://www.livejournal.com/

Blog & journal

WordPress.com

http://wordpress.com/

Blog

PBworks

http://pbworks.com/

Wiki

Wikispaces

http://www.wikispaces.com/

Wiki

Penzu

http://www.penzu.com/

Personal journal

6. Presentation

280 Slides

http://280slides.com/

Multimedia

Animoto

http://animoto.com/

Video slideshows

Empressr

http://www.empressr.com/

Multimedia

Prezi

http://prezi.com/

Presentation editor

SlideRocket

http://www.sliderocket.com/

Creating and sharing

Zoho Show

http://show.zoho.com/

Creating and sharing

7. Resource Sharing

Google Docs

http://docs.google.com/

Documents

TitanPad

http://titanpad.com/

Documents

Zoho Writer

http://writer.zoho.com/

Documents

Box.net

http://www.box.net/

Files

Dropbox

http://www.dropbox.com/

Files

VoiceThread

http://voicethread.com/

Group conversations

Xtranormal

http://www.xtranormal.com/

Movies

Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/

Photos

Picasa

http://picasa.google.com/

Photos

MyPodcast

http://www.mypodcast.com/

Podcasts

PodOmatic

http://www.podomatic.com/

Podcasts

Glogster

http://www.glogster.com/

Posters

Screenr

http://screenr.com/

Screencasts

Slideshare

http://www.slideshare.net/

Slides

PhotoPeach

http://photopeach.com/

Slideshows

Dipity

http://www.dipity.com/

Timelines and news

OurStory

http://www.ourstory.com/

Timelines and stories

Jing

http://www.techsmith.com/jing/

Visuals

SchoolTube

http://www.schooltube.com/

Videos

TeacherTube

http://www.teachertube.com/

Videos

VideoPress

http://videopress.com/

Videos

Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/

Videos

WatchKnow

http://www.watchknow.org/

Videos

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/

Videos

8. Website Creation

Google Sites

http://sites.google.com/

Pre-built templates

Jimdo

http://www.jimdo.com/

Website editor

KompoZer

http://kompozer.net/

Web authoring

Mahara

http://mahara.org/

E-portfolio system

Movable Type

http://www.movabletype.org/

Weblog management

SnapPages

http://www.snappages.com/

Drag-and-drop

Weebly

http://www.weebly.com/

Drag-and-drop

Webnode

http://www.webnode.com/

Website builder

Webs

http://www.webs.com/

Website builder

Wix

http://www.wix.com/

Flash Website

9. Web Exercise Creation

ContentGenerator

http://www.contentgenerator.net/

Flash-based

SMILE

http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/mimea/smile/

Flash-based

ESL Video

http://eslvideo.com/

ESL video quizzes

JClic

http://clic.xtec.cat/en/jclic/

Java platform

Hot Potatoes

http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

JavaScript authoring

Quia

http://www.quia.com/

JavaScript authoring

Lingt

http://lingtlanguage.com/

Spoken exercises

Listen and Write

http://www.listen-and-write.com/

Dictation exercises

10. Web Search Engines

Ask.com

http://www.ask.com/

Ask Jeeves

Bing

http://www.bing.com/

Decision engine

Google

http://www.google.com/

PageRank

Yahoo! Search

http://search.yahoo.com/

Yahoo! Slurp

11. Dictionaries and Concordancers

Dictionary.com

http://www.dictionary.com/

Free online

Merriam-Webster Online

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Free online

YourDictionary.com

http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Free online

Compleat Lexical Tutor

http://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/

English and French

Forvo

http://www.forvo.com/

Pronunciation dictionary

Howjsay

http://www.howjsay.com/

English pronunciation

Memrise

http://www.memrise.com/

Vocabulary learning

Visuwords

http://www.visuwords.com/

Graphical dictionary

OneLook Dictionary Search

http://www.onelook.com/

Dictionary search

VLC Web Concordancer

http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/concordance/

Server-based

12. Utilities

CalculateMe

http://www.calculateme.com/

Conversion utility

CalendarFly

http://www.calendarfly.com/

Free scheduling

Doodle

http://doodle.com/

Easy scheduling

ClustrMaps

http://www.clustrmaps.com/

Hit counter map

Currency Converter

http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/

Currency calculator

Dvolver Moviemaker

http://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/

Animated cartoons

Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/

Virtual globe

Lesson Writer

http://www.lessonwriter.com/

Lesson plans

Storybird

http://storybird.com/

Collaborative storytelling

Cacoo

http://cacoo.com/

Collaborative diagramming

Mindmeister

http://www.mindmeister.com/

Mind mapping

Mindomo

http://www.mindomo.com/

Mind mapping

Remember the milk

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

Task management

SurveyMonkey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Online survey

Qwiki

http://www.qwiki.com/

Information experience

Voki

http://www.voki.com/

Speaking avatar

Time and Date

http://www.timeanddate.com/

Time zones

TinyURL.com

http://tinyurl.com/

URL shortening

W3C Link Checker

http://validator.w3.org/checklink/

Links and anchors

Wallwisher

http://www.wallwisher.com/

Sticky noticeboard

Wayback Machine

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

Internet archive

Wordle

http://www.wordle.net/

Word clouds