Video communication apps and mobile learning Quoctrung 8/23/2013One of the great things about mobile devices such as tablets, iPads and phones is that most modern devices have good quality cameras and mic... Read more
Mix Images and Animation on Your Mobile Quoctrung 3/30/2013A couple of years back I wrote about a really nice web based tool called Xtranormal and since then I've heard from so many teachers say... Read more
Create Video Questionnaires Quoctrung 4/20/2011Intervue.me is a new website I have been using recently. It's another website that is based around the use of webcams. The site enables... Read more
Get your Students Listening and Interacting with Native Speakers Quoctrung 3/17/2011Listening in the EFL / ESL classroom can be a pretty dull business. Usually it consists of students all listening to the same thing at the... Read more
So Ask Me a Question Quoctrung 11/24/2010I recently spotted this very interesting site called Vyou.com which exploits video to create asynchronous conversations. I find it interest... Read more
Using Wise Quotes with EFL ESL Students Quoctrung 7/22/2009I've always found wise (and sometimes not so wise) quotes really useful, both within the classroom with students and as a way of introdu... Read more
Using Word Clouds in EFL ESL Quoctrung 9/03/2008I've just discovered Wordle , which is a really useful site for creating word clouds. The word clouds are created by entering either a t... Read more
Sending Bubble Joy to your EFL / ESL Students Quoctrung 7/24/2008It's amazing how you can spend ages looking for something you want and then when you find it a whole bunch of other things come along wi... Read more
Video conferencing for EFL Quoctrung 7/16/2008It's not often that you look at a product and think 'Ah! That's exactly what I've been looking for! And it's free!' ... Read more
Teaching Speaking in Second Life Quoctrung 6/17/2008For me, one of the main blocks to really developing online language learning courses has been the inability to supply real communicative spe... Read more
Pronunciation goes 2.0 Quoctrung 4/23/2008I've been looking this week at Forvo , which is a kind of web 2.0 pronunciation site. The site allows users to request, and add audio cl... Read more
Iconic teen video Quoctrung 4/18/2008Using video clips with teenagers can be enormously motivating for them, IF you get the right content. Getting the content right involves tak... Read more