Technology and language learning

This is my comparison of two language learning programs that I know. In this article I give you a Livemocha review and a Duolingo review.

Clipping Magic is a simple alternative to Photoshop for removing image backgrounds. You might find it useful for designing activities in which students have to speculate about what is going on in p...

We mull over the issue of technology and language learning. Nik Peachey is on the line with expert analysis and insight.

Windows/Web: LaMP, or Lingual Media Player, is a neat program for learning a new language through watching videos—one of the best ways to become more efficient in a foreign language.

There's a terrific free tool from the People to People International folks that you can use to connect students with pen pals from other countries.

It's never been easier to quickly and easily get your digital pen flowing. The following are powerful apps designed to help you create books on the iPad.

English/Language Arts teachers often ask me what technology can do for them. After all, eBooks
are revolutionizing both the weight of students’ backpacks and the
local bookstore’s bottom line. But the English classroom?

You can actually use Twitter in the classroom with Bloom's Taxonomy thanks to this awesome table that details nearly two dozen different ways to integrate the pair!

Education is quickly moving online, but we haven't seen all that many studies that actually look into the effectiveness of these new forms of online learning.

Throw away your dusty old dead tree dictionaries! They are either too bulky (and expensive) to use conveniently, and not updated regular