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lWeb 2.0 tools - Listening tools
I have attempted to organise the following web tools according to a number of categories. Please note that rankings such as usefulness and ease of use are subjective. If you do not agree with what I have written please let me know! Click on the hyperlinks in the list below to jump directly to that section.
Listening Tools
Creating Podcasts
Locating Podcasts
Creating Podcasts
Locating Podcasts
Listening Tools |
Cost |
Age |
Rating (1-5) |
Ease of use |
Use Foreign Internet Radio to locate a Radio Station by language/country. The same site also hosts pages for Internet TV (subscriptions required for some services), and Internet Radio/TV News |
Free |
Teachers and secondary students |
4 |
Easy |
With iSpeech Text to Speech simply upload any supported document (Word, PowerPoint, PDF etc) or type in your text directly and convert it to audio (1 minute maximum). You get to choose the voice, male or female, and language and can then listen to, share, embed or download the file. This resource, while slow to convert text, would be useful for creating short dictations or podcasts. As well as the online version there is also a mobile app. |
Free for 1 minute |
Teachers and secondary students |
2 |
Easy |
Creating Podcasts |
Cost |
Age |
Rating (1-5) |
Ease of use |
You or your students can create podcasts with any listening content - a story you read out loud, a set of instructions, a description of an event, a list of vocabulary, streaming audio played through your computer such as internet radio (see above) etc. Record this content using a free program such as Audacity (download for Mac/PC) or GarageBand (already on Mac). |
Free |
Teachers and secondary students |
5 |
Easy |
Upload podcasts you have created to a podcast site such as PodOmatic. You can share them directly with your students or embed them in a website or wiki. |
Free |
Teachers and secondary students |
5 |
Easy |
Locating Podcasts |
Cost |
Age |
Rating (1-5) |
Ease of use |
Varies |
Teachers and secondary students |
Varies |
Easy |
