MALL for the 21st  Century*

Claire Bradin Siskin

csiskin@edvista.com

(MALL = mobile-assisted language learning)

Mp3 Players:

 
  Which iPod Are You? comparison chart http://www.apple.com/ipod/compare-ipod-models/
iTunes software for downloading apps for iPhone and iPod Touch; Windows and Mac versions http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Resources for Podcasting Links to information about podcasts http://www.edvista.com/claire/callcourse/podcasts.html

Mini-camcorders:

 
  Flip video cameras company website http://www.theflip.com/
How to Use Flip Video Cameras in the Classroom useful suggestions http://www.ehow.com/how_5257011_use-flip-cameras-classroom.html
40 Interesting Ways to Use Pocket Video Cameras Classroom 2.0 Blog http://live.classroom20.com/1/post/2009/10/40-interesting-ways-to-use-pocket-video-cameras-special-guest-tom-barrett.html

Where to Get Apps

 Description URL
  iTunes media playback program developed by Apple. PC and Mac versions available http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Blackberry App World software for downloading Blackberry apps http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/
Blackberrycool Store Blackberry Apps http://store.blackberrycool.com/appstore.asp
Ten Free BlackBerry Apps You Actually Want Twitterberry, Facebook, and more http://www.blogtrepreneur.com/2009/02/17/ten-free-blackberry-apps-you-actually-want/
Nokia apps Download apps for Nokia https://store.ovi.com/
Top 50 iPhone Apps for Educators annotated list http://oedb.org/library/features/top_50_iphones_for_educators

Instructional Apps:
  Pocket English (ESL) "10 complete language lessons" http://www.innovativelanguage.com/products/Pocket
PencilBot English "Multimedia edutainment for English" http://www.pencilbot.com/PencilBot/iPhone_Apps.html
TOEFL Vocabulary AudioLearn 500 vocabulary words http://www.audiolearn.net
Kaplan TOEFL Vocabulary vocabulary building tool http://www.testprepwiz.com/Wiz_Media/Test_Prep.html
VocabWiz another vocabulary app http://www.testprepwiz.com/Wiz_Media/Test_Prep.html
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Make your own exercises:
  Audio Picture Dictionary Instructions here: http://www.edvista.com/claire/pres/audiodictionary.html

"Other apps:"

    
  Twitterific access Twitter http://twitterrific.com/
Facebook access Facebook http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=6628568379
Skype access Skype http://www.skype.com/download/skype/iphone/
AIM access AIM http://daol.aol.com/software/mac/iphone/aim
WordPress create and edit content on a blog http://iphone.wordpress.org/
Google Mobile App Search Google by voice; other Google tools http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/topic.py?topic=13584
AudioBoo send audio, pictures to audio blog http://audioboo.fm/
Current Postcards create postcards to email or send to Facebook http://mobilefission.blogspot.com/2007/06/about-current-postcards.html
Fake Conversations Create an audio conversation http://www.fakeconversation.com/
Farm Friends See-and-say game http://getsatisfaction.com/clever_twist_inc/products
Tip Calculator Calculate the amount of a tip http://www.raizlabs.com/software/apps/tip_calculator
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General References:
  "Going to the MALL: Mobile Assisted Language Learning" by George Chinnery http://llt.msu.edu/vol10num1/emerging/default.html
Mobile Assisted Language Learning Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Assisted_Language_Learning
Mobile ESL Learning YouTube video about mobile-assisted language learning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrbcKYFY-dQ
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*This web page accompanies the session "MALL for the 21st  Century," to be presented on October 17, 2009, as part of the Three Rivers TESOL Fall 2009 Conference.

 

Last modified: October 28, 2009

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