EDPUZZLE

As we saw earlier on this blog, EDpuzzle is an innovative video site that lets you take any video you like off the web and edit it so that you can use it for educational purposes. You can cut it down into different parts and add audio notes and questions for the students to answer. Moreover, you can create virtual classrooms where teachers can monitor individual student work.

We can use it in class to practise the listening and check the students' comprehension.

Here you have an example of a video activity taken from the library:

Finally, here's another activity created by me:

SOUNDCLOUD

SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform that enables users to upload, record, promote and share their originally-created sounds.

We can use it in the classroom in many different ways:

• Students can use it for language practice. Students record their speaking and teachers provide comments on their performances.
• Students can use it to enhance their speaking abilities by recording speeches addressed to their peers or to other classes. 
• Students can record audio clips and add them as explanatory materials to the class projects they are working on. 
• Teachers can use it to add audio feedback to students assignments. 
• Teachers can create a SoundCloud group for their classes and encourage students to upload, record and share audio there. The group can be set to private so that only students can view and use it. 
• We can encourage students to leave comments on the sound tracks uploaded by other students in the SoundCloud group of the class. 
• SoundCloud can be used for digital storytelling. 
• Students can use it for book reports. They can record audio book reports outlining their thought. about the books they read and invite others to interact with the audio by leaving comments. 
• We can use SoundCloud to document and distribute lessons and lectures with students. 
• We can use it for podcasting in class.

Here you have an example of an audio track that I uploaded to my SoundCloud account: