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FREE online resources and downloadable programs for learners and their teachers.

 

Larry Ferlazzo’s focus is on sharing resources for ELL, ESL and EFL, but almost every day he finds and blogs about numerous free online resources that are great for all learners and teachers. His blog is definitely worth checking out. Thanks, Larry, for directing me to Sketchcast, yet another excellent Web 2.0 application that deserves to be in every teacher’s UDL toolkit.

Sketchcast (online resource) This application may not be for everyone, but for anyone who can sketch to express thoughts and ideas, Sketchcast is a powerful option. With Sketchcast, you use your mouse to sketch on screen; and if you wish, you can use a microphone to talk while you sketch. This is great for presenting and visually illustrating a lesson or for sharing something you’ve learned. Sketchcast can also be used effectively to create digital art. In other wores, Sketchcast is yet another effective tool for digital story-telling.

As a Web 2.0 application, Sketchcast makes it easy to share what you do by assigning URL’s. They’ve also facilitated embedding Sketchcasts in blogs or on websites. Of course, you can also explore what others have created right on the Sketchcast website.

For a quick glimpse of how it all works, here’s the developer’s introductory Sketchcast.

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