General links:Lingo used in Virtual Communities: http://www.digitalspace.com/avatars/book/appendix/netiq.htm#netlingo
Foreign Language Computer-Mediated Activity (FLCMA) Resource Library at CALPER (database of computer-mediated classroom activities): http://calper.la.psu.edu/taflp/database.php
Asynchronous communication:
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections: http://www.iecc.org/
E-Pals: http://www.epals.com
Listservs:
FLTeach: http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/
Linguistic Funland: http://www.linguistic-funland.com/tesllist.htmlListservs may be moderated or unmoderated.
Netiquette: http://ucs.orst.edu/~healeyd/pci/netiquette.html
Newsgroups
Discussion Boards
NiceNet: http://www.nicenet.org/
yackpack ("an Internet service that helps group members communicate with each other"):
http://www.yackpack.comBlogs and wikis: See "Resources for Blogs and Wikis:" http://www.pitt.edu/~cbsiskin/ling2148/blogs&wikis.html
Jim Duber on CALL: "Interactive Journal"
Synchronous communication:
MOO
SchMOOze University: http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888/Basic MOO Commands: http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu/commands.htmForMOOsa: http://formoosa.fl.nthu.edu.tw
Mundo Hispano: http://www.umsl.edu/~moosproj/mundo.html
Chat:
Internet Relay Chat: http://www.irc.org/Tapped In: http://www.tappedin.org ("online workplace of an international community of education professionals")
Groupboard: http://www.groupboard.com/ (Interactive website tools)
Teleconferencing:
Skype: http://www.Skype.com iVisit http://www.ivisit.info/Video Teleconferencing with iVisit: http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/workshops/techspring04/teleconf.htmlNetmeeting (Microsoft) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/default.asp
"Videoconferencing in Foreign Language Learning" by Robert O' Dowd:
http://www3.unileon.es/personal/wwdfmrod/vctext.html
Virtual Worlds:
Second Life ("a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents"): http://secondlife.com/
"Second Life in Education and Language Learning" by Vance Stevens: http://www.tesl-ej.org/ej39/int.htmlThe Palace: http://www.thepalace.com/
The following have both synchronous and asynchronous functions:
Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.comHorizonWimba: voice software for synchronous and asynchronous communication
PalTalk: Voice chat: http://www.paltalk.com/Blackboard (system used at the University of Pittsburgh): http://www.blackboard.com
Moodle is an open-source course management system: http://moodle.org
EctoLearning (collaborative personal learning environment): http://www.ectolearning.com
Drupal, open-source content management system: http://drupal.org/Ning (social networking tool): http://www.ning.com/
Podcasting and WebCasting:
Resources for Podcasting: http://www.pitt.edu/~cbsiskin/ling2148/podcasts.html
Introduction to Podcasting at CALPER: http://calper.la.psu.edu/tech_workshop_2005/podcasting.html
The Webcast Adademy: ("a hands on, collaborative training center for people interested in learning how to produce and host live, interactive webcasts."): http://webcastacademy.net/forum
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbsiskin/ling2148/comm.html
Last modified: February 18, 2008