Thursday, October 16, 2008

Audio Dropboxes

CLEAR: Michigan State University
http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/audioDropbox/AudioDropboxes.pdf Documentation
http://clear.msu.edu/store/moreinfo.php?product_ID=46 Information
http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/audioDropbox/ Login and program (free)

A dropbox for paper assignments is a box where students place their homework,papers, or other assignments. Teachers can then retrieve the papers at their convenience.
An audio dropbox is an audio collection tool that can be put on any web page.Students record themselves using the tool, and their recordings are placed in the instructorʼs dropbox automatically.
Audio Dropboxes can be used to add speaking to language courses. You can have students describe pictures on a web page, read a text passage, or respond  to open-ended questions.