… The most popular presentations of 2010. Eighty-two slide Social Media for Business came in first, followed by Steal This Presentation, which is appropriately a presentation about how to give presentations.

Steal This Presentation embedded below:

Quoted from slideshare-zeitgeist-2010

    A paper read on June 6, 2009. “Web 2.0 Technologies in Teaching EFL Writing: Class Blogs with Text to Speech (BlogCast) for Oral Presentation and Process Writing,” JALTCALL 2009, Toyo Gakuen University, Hongo Campus, Tokyo, Japan: June 5-7, 2009.

   This paper reports on a three-year pilot field study on the use of ‘Weblog,’ and ‘BlogCasting’ (text to speech Podcasting) for oral presentation and grading papers in EFL writing classes at a Japanese University.  The paper discusses the potentials of Weblogs in EFL language teaching, and the usefulness of such Web 2.0 technologies as RSS (Rich Site Summary or Real Simple Syndication) and text to speech technology. …

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1.  - http://jaltcall.org/content/course/view.php?id=16
2.  PPT in SWF embedded from the slideshare site: Embedded below
   

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4. Slidebroom ID in error or broken? slidebroom id – - [slideboom id=73242&w=425&h=370] - no plugin installed?, so will paste the links below:
   

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5. PPT in SWF at slideboom

  Portal site – WClick HERE

1.  - Video in MP4 –  DIALANG WonderShare Movie Story MPEG – DIALANG installation on Dynabook G8 at home (<–WClick HERE to view in a new window) 
2. DIALANG …  [enables] you … [to] learn about your strengths and weaknesses in a foreign language, and find out what level you are at.
   

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3. — Drag and Drop Activity <– WClick HERE 
   

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4. DIALANG provides flexible support to anyone learning a language:

• You can test yourself in reading, writing, listening, grammar and vocabulary.
• DIALANG’s 14 languages are: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. 

1. DIALANG offers carefully designed and validated tests of different language skills, together with a range of feedback and expert advice on how to improve your skills.
2. DIALANG also offers scientifically validated self-assessment activities, because it is now widely recognized that being able to judge your own language proficiency is an important part of learning a language.
3. DIALANG does not issue certificates. It allows you to find out what level you are at and where your strengths and weaknesses are, so that you can decide how best to develop your mastery of a language.
4. DIALANG will help you to take control of your language learning and it will increase your awareness both of what you can do at the moment, and of what it means to know a language.
5. DIALANG has been developed by more than 20 major European institutions, with the backing of the European Commission.
6. DIALANG is the first major language assessment system to be based on the Council of Europe’s “Common European Framework of reference”, which has become established throughout Europe as the most widely recognized frame of reference in the field of language learning. 

1. Pilot testing and Stand alone package: http://dialang.org/project/
2. System Requirements for DOWNLOAD package:
   • Operating System: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
   • Memory: 64MB working minimum. 128MB preferred.
   • Disk Space: about 20 MB
   • Network Connection: Access to the Internet is required. 56K modem or higher recommended.
   • Sound card: Standard sound card required for listening questions
   • Screen resolution: Requires 800×600 at 256 colours or higher
   • and “the Sun Java Run time Environment” is required (to be downloaded in a LZH installation file)

3. What is the difference between the Beta Version of DIALANG Version 1 and the Pilot Tool? <– WClick HERE!   The Beta Version is the most recent version of the DIALANG System. The Beta Version constitutes the complete DIALANG System, containing placement tests, self-assessment, tests for reading, writing, listening, vocabulary and structures as well as help, feedback and advice in all the 14 DIALANG languages. The only difference between the final Version 1 of DIALANG and the Beta Version is that the Beta Version may still contain some programming bugs and content problems in some test tasks and translations.

4. The scales used in DIALANG <– WClick HERE

   • The DIALANG assessment system builds on the Council of Europe 6-level scale from A1 to C2. test results are reported on the Council of Europe scale

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  •   test results are reported on the Council of Europe scale

   

   

  • self-assessment uses this scale 

   

In the course of developing DIALANG, several versions of the scales have been developed and translated into the 14 DIALANG languages. To access the scales, click on the links below.  

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    • About the scale development work
    • DIALANG score reporting scales
    • “I can” statements
    • Overall self-assessment

Obama elected the 44th US President

Speech on November 4, 2008 in Chicago

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4. Barack Obama speech – Full text of Barack Obama’s speech –Click  – “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. …
   If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.”
5. Google News – Obama victory speech searches <–Click
6. 「米国に変革が到来」　オバマ氏勝利演説（全文）- Asahi.com（1/7ページ)<–Click 『もし、米国ではあらゆることが可能であるということを疑ったり、建国者の夢がまだ生きているのか疑問に思っていたり、米国の民主主義の力を疑ったりする人がいたら、こう言いたい。今夜が答えだと。 。。。人々に仕事を戻し、子どもたちに機会の扉を開こう。繁栄を再建し、平和の大義を推進しよう。アメリカン・ドリームを取り戻し、我々は一つであるという根本的真実を再確認しよう。希望を持つことは息するくらい当たり前だ。皮肉や懐疑心に出会ったり、「できやしない」という人に出会ったりしたら、米国民の精神を要約する不朽の信条で応えよう。「我々はできる」 』
7. YouTube (in English ONLY) <–Click
8. YouTube (Englsh and Japanese with simuletaneous translation)<–Click 
9. Democracy Now – “A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 700 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S. “- Click –> Listen/Watch November 05, 2008 

    

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10. Democracy Now
    Listen	Watch
    Real Audio Stream MP3 Stream MP3 Download More audio formats	Real Video Stream MPEG-4 Video Download MPEG-4 Video Torrent(huh?)

11.  シャドーイング、ディクテーション、英作文が使える英語学習ソフト ●e.Lemon – Barack Obama – Installed on a PC (Dynabook) 1/23/09: Screen Shot
    

    e.Lemon installation

12. iknow - bilingual(ENG-JPN) vocabulary list – iknowサイトで英訳単語リストが
13. Even typing practice?

Odiogo Listen Button – WordPress Plugin- Succeeded!

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KGLAW BlogCast server – it is still a penultimate version, but we verified that our new KGLAW BlogCast server works! Click the images below to jump!

1. <– kgblogcast/

2. <- test_kondo Link broken

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   - http://www.j-let.org/~wcf/modules/tinyd0/
2. PPT in SWF embedded from the slideshare site:
   

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3. infoseek /WorldCALL2008.f/index-short.html
4. PPT in SWF at slideboom

1. PPT uploaded to another mirror site: http://docune.jp/
2. PPT uploaded to another mirror site: http://www.slideboom.com/
3. PowerPoint files and WELL Portfolio Index of files WELL: Web Enhanced Language Learning – MYasuda
4. JALT CALL sig 2008 
5. (PPT) Developing CALL Theory: A New Frontier, Keynote Lecture, Dr. Phil Hubbard, Stanford University JALTCALL Conference, Nagoya: May 31, 2008

<– View videos at KGLAW-IT forum - in PHP

Karl Fisch and I[ Scott McLeod] are very pleased to announce the new version of Did You Know?

1. Did You Know? 2.0
   • As you’ll see, we tried to minimize what some perceived as alarmism about globalism. We also fixed some errors, changed the music to something that didn’t violate copyright, and got a complete graphic makeover from XPLANE. Additionally, we added some material after ‘Shift Happens‘ to encourage viewer conversation and action.
2. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
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5. MY Playlist at YouTube on “Did you know? 2.0″
   •   My Playlist in a large window with ‘menu’
   • http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6524E109C9A37400 (Edit if logged in)
   • Did you know? 2.0 ( 7 Videos)  Play All
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• <– Polls close close Thursday November 8, 2007 at 10:00 p.m.

1. VoiceThread  - Group conversations around images, docs and videos. Transform your presentations, projects and media into rich collaborative spaces.

   •  - Examples of Voicethread: in classroom & Podcasting – Embedded movies at my PHP BBS: atbb.jp/myasuda/ 
   • My Giving Tree Project – Voicethread at ,
     

     Giving Tree Shel Silverstein  Amazon.co.jp- browse sample pages

   • Actual example of story telling using various tools including voicethread: - cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/ Dominoe+50+Ways
   •  - WordPress blogs tagged with ‘voicethread’ – http://ja.wordpress.com/tag/voicethread/

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2.  - How to use VoiceThread at YouTube
   

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3. Gabcast and Garageband
   •   - cell phone audio recording sites
     • Software PBX である Asterisk を使った中小企業向けシステムを提供している Coalescent Systems、
     • 電話を使ったポッドキャストのホスティングサービス「gabcast」。
     • 指定された番号に電話をかけて喋ると、その音声をそのままポッドキャストとして配信出来るというもの。
     • 国内ではポッドキャストのホスティングサービス代表ともいえる「ケロログ」が同様のサービスを提供。
     • http://www.voiceblog.jp/myasuda/
     • <– similar phone voice recording service, but “The only downside is that it’s currently only available for Skype.”
   • Podcast196V: Podcasting with Gabcast and Garageband (<– Click to browse MP4 to download)

     • 2007.10.19(金) 14:33  This  podcast is a 17 minute screencast of the procedures required to use a distributed recording method (cell phone audio recording on-site at a museum for a student field trip via Gabcast) along with a client-based software program for digital storytelling (Garageband) to create a podcast sharing student voices.

   • <– classroom digital storytelling
   • Comments, e.g. – http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/10/18/the-ethic-of-minimal-clicks-for-classroom-digital-storytelling/
4. http://newtools.pbwiki.com/

   • Web 2.0 Best Practices – View Presentation Resources

   • Digital Storytelling 2.0:  What’s Next | TechForum New York – View Presentation Resources

5. Podcast195V: Digital Storytelling with Gabcast and Voicethread (<– Click to browse MP4 to download)

   • 2007.10.18(木) 14:35 – This podcast is a screencast of the procedures required to use a distributed recording method (cell phone audio recording on-site at a museum for a student field trip via Gabcast) along with a web-based, collaborative digital storytelling tool (VoiceThread) to create a web-based digital story sharing student voices.

6. Google search: http://www.google.com/search?q=voice+annotation&q=storytelling
7. Web 2.0 in classrooms
   • Classroom 2.0 –> Visit Classroom 2.0
   • College 2.0     –> Visit College 2.0

- It is back again - Click here to view widgets on PHP BBS site - Yes, up and running again as of 10/15/07!!

1. <– protopage [Public]
2. <–http://www.netvibes.com/ [Public] <– French designer
3. <– Register; Click HERE to browse [Private?] my.yahoo.com/p/2.html
4. <– Click HERE to browse iGoogle [Private]
5.  Added 10/6/07-: http://www.pageflakes.com/myasuda/1117018/ [Public/Group] <- German designer

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Alternative options – for students

1. To make the best use of ‘SPEAK!‘ which is installed in KG Law Dept.’s CALL lab this fall, 2007.

   •  <-Click to browse video on how to run and study with ‘SPEAK!” in a new window

   • <– Click to jump to ‘Yahoo! English study content on the web by Lighthouse’

2. To use a special MS-Word macro file that reads texts with text2speech engine using robot voice installed on local PCs. – http://teddy-g.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2006/02/feed2podcastwsh_9a23.html <–> To download click here –> text2speech enable macro embedded MS-Word.doc to download (Wordspeaker.doc, you would need to lower ‘security’ level for macros in MS-Word, before opening this macro embedded doc to generate audio via text2speech.)
3. To install “TextAloud” plugin for IE or Firefox browser - but it rquires an SE support in CALL lab. As this is a shareware multiple installation has to be scheduled. Google search?q=textaloud<-click
4. To use “Natural Reader” extension for IE or Firefox - but it requires an SE support in CALL lab. As this is a shareware multiple installation has to be scheduled. Google search? q=natural+reader<–Click
5. To register at Odiogo.com to get RSS feeds and audio player on the weblogs. http://www.odiogo.com/ <— to register and listen to demos
   • My Odiogo podcasting RSS site –> Click “Audio bars” http://podcasts.odiogo.com/myasudakg/podcasts-html.php<– php
   • http://myasudakg.blogspot.com/ – myasudakg – blogger <– another weblog with ‘Odiogo.com’ audio bars
   • <–RSS for myasudakg, blogger site:
   • To continue using ‘Vocal Fruits” podcasting service with additional V-Unit paymet – 100 units 500 euro dollars my Vocal Fruits threads –> http://vocalfruits.com/myasuda/, http://www.google.com/search?q=myasuda&q=vocal+fruits

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Memos on earlier pprojects and conference presentations

1.  voiceblog.jp/myasuda/346992.html <–two students’ weblog threads downloaded as MP3 audio.

2. To browse “Feed2Podcast – widgets” – no longer working as of 10/03/07:<– but functioning until the end of Sept. ’07(?)

3. <–Index of prentations at JALT CALL sig, including Weblog Assisted Grading Project for an EFL Writing Class - where I introduced ‘Feed2Podcast’ setup for the first time in Japan(?), at JALTCALL 2007, June 3, 2007, Tokyo, Waseda Univ.