Socrative

Socrative allows teachers to conduct formative assessments using multiple-choice or short-answers. 

• Socrative for Teachers: A Brief Introduction (video)

Socrative can be used for interpretive and presentational communication.

WhatsApp

WhatsApp offers simple, secure, and reliable messaging.

• How To Use WhatsApp (video)

WhatsApp can be used for interpersonal writing.

WeChat

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose text messaging, social media and mobile payment app. Students can use this app to practice interpersonal writing via text message with friends and family.

• Everything You Need To Know About WeChat (video)

WeChat can be used for interpersonal writing.

Google Docs

Google Docs brings documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help easily format text and paragraphs. Teachers can use this tool to provide feedback to students as they create a product.

• Providing Feedback for Students Via Google Docs (video)

Google Docs can be used for interpersonal and presentational writing.

Google Slides

Google Slides is a presentation tool included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service.

Teachers can create instructional presentations in the target language for input and for students to practice the interpretive mode. It can also be used by students as a tool to create a product for the presentational mode.

• How To: Quick Tutorial for New Google Slides Presentation (video)

Teachers may wish to explore these links for ideas related to creating interactive slides:

• 30 interactive Google Slides activities for classroom excitement created by Matt Miller at Ditch That Textbook.

• Interactive Google Slides Tips created by Corona-Norco Unified School District

• French Choice Board Using Google Slides created by Catherine Ousselin (French Teacher, WL Curriculum Design and Technology Consultant, AATF Social Media Manager, Commission on Technology Chair, AATF Regional IX Representative, and 2017 PNCFL Teacher of the Year)

• Choice Board for History Using Google Slides created by Amanda Sandoval (History/ELL Teacher, TOSA, Riverside COE Teacher of the Year)

Google Slides can be used for interpretive and presentational communication.

VoiceThread

Using VoiceThread, teachers and students can create, share, and comment on images, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, videos, audio files, documents, and PDF files, using a microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio file upload.

• VoiceThread Basics Tutorial 1: Upload, Comment, and Share (video)

• VoiceThread Basics Tutorial 2 : Groups and Secure Sharing (video)

• VoiceThread Basics Tutorial 3: Moderating Comments, Private and Threaded Replies, and Copying (video)

• Using VoiceThread for Language Classes (blog)

Teachers and students can use VoiceThread to:

• Create: Upload, share and discuss documents, presentations, images, audio files and videos. Over 50 different types of media can be used in a VoiceThread.

• Comment: Comment on VoiceThread slides using one of five powerful commenting options: microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio file upload.

• Share: Keep a VoiceThread private, share it with specific people, or open it up to the entire world. 

VoiceThread can be used for interpretive and presentational communication.