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===Chapter 11: Learning at Your Service (Opener #10: Networks of Personalized Learning) === **Online Language Learning (Opener #10):** Have you ever wanted to learn Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi, Russian, or Farsi? Millions of people are using resources such as Livemocha, ChinesePod, [|SpanishPod], [|Mixxer] , [|KanTalk] , [|ECpod] , and dozens of other online resources to learn or teach languages. Much of this is free. One company, [|Livemocha], has gone from start-up to 3 million users in less than 2 years. At the same time, free podcasts from [|ChinesePod], a product of [|Praxis Language] , are downloaded around 300,000 times per month. These free podcasts are available at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.


 * 1 - How are you maximizing personal learning via the internet for your school/in PSD?**


 * 2 - How can your school/division harness some aspect of Facebook or other social media to improve teaching/learning?**


 * 3 - Does your school/in PSD currently utilize online mentoring/tutoring? If so, what is the outcome? If not, what areas would be of interest to your school/division?**

AskOnline: __http://www.askonline.net/__ Audible: __http://www.audible.com/__ Australia Flexible Learning Framework: __http://www.flexiblelearning. net.au/flx/go__ Bebo: __http://www.bebo.com/__ Blogger: __http://www.blogger.com/__ Business Opportunities Weblog (Dane Carlson's weblog for small business): __http://www.business- opportunities.biz/__ Business Pundit (Robert May's weblog for business): __http://www.businesspundit.com/__ The Carlyle Letters Online: __http://carlyleletters. dukejournals.org/__ Connectivism: __http://www.connectivism.ca/__ Cyworld: __http://us.cyworld.com/__ Del.icio.us : __http://del.icio.us/__ The Diary of Samuel Pepys: __http://www.pepysdiary.com/__ Diaryland: __http://www.diaryland.com/__ Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Technology (Michael Orey): __http://projects.coe.uga.edu/ epltt/index.php?title=Main_ Page__ Explorer's Web: __http://www.explorersweb.com/__ Facebook: __http://www.facebook.com/__ Flickr: __http://www.flickr.com/__ Flixster: __http://www.flixster.com/__ Fotolog: __http://www.fotolog.com/__ Frenchpod: __http://frenchpod.com/__ Friendster: __http://www.friendster.com/__ Furl: __http://www.furl.net/__ Google Blog Search: __http://blogsearch.google.com/__ Growing Stars: __http://www.growingstars.com/__ Here Comes Everybody (Ken Carroll's weblog): __http://ken-carroll.com/__ Hi5: __http://hi5.com/__ Incheon Free Economic Zone (FEZ): __http://eng.ifez.go.kr/guide/ ifez_about/ifez.asp__ Instapundant (Glenn Reynolds' weblog): __http://www.instapundit.com/__ Internet Time Blog (Jay Cross's weblog): __http://internettime.com/__ Learning Peaks: __http://www.learningpeaks.com/__ LinkedIn: __http://www.linkedin.com/__ Live Journal: __http://www.sixapart.com/ livejournal/__ Livemocha: __http://www.livemocha.com/__ Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages: __http://www.livingtongues.org/__ MentorNet: __http://www.mentornet.net/__ Mixi: __http://mixi.jp/__ Mixxer (Language Exchange): __http://www.language-exchanges. org/__ MonkeySee: __http://www.monkeysee.com/__ Movable Type: __http://www.sixapart.com/ movabletype/__ MySpace: __http://www.myspace.com/__ New Technology High Schools: __http://www.newtechfoundation. org/__ Ning: __http://www.ning.com/__ Old Daily (Stephen Downes): __http://www.downes.ca/news/ OLDaily.htm__ Periodic Table of Visualization: __http://www.visual-literacy. org/periodic_table/periodic_ table.html__ PhotoBucket: __http://photobucket.com/__ Picasa: __http://picasa.google.com/__ Pitas: __http://www.pitas.com/__ Project Gutenberg: __http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/ Main_Page__ Simpy: __http://www.simpy.com/__ Small Business Trends (Anita Campbell's weblog): __http://www.smallbiztrends.com/__ Sookmyung Women's University: __http://e.sookmyung.ac.kr/__ Stephen's Web (Steven Downes weblog for education): __http://www.downes.ca/__ SMARTHINKING: __http://smarthinking.com/__ StraighterLine: __http://straighterline.com/__ Technorati: __http://technorati.com/__ The Poles: __http://www.thepoles.com/__ Thorsmark (Mark Franek's weblog): __http://markfranek.wordpress. com/__ TravelinEdMan (Curt Bonk's blog): __http://travelinedman.blogspot. com/__ Triple Creek: __http://www.3creek.com/__ Tutor.com: __http://www.tutor.com/__ TutorVista.com: __http://www.tutorvista.com/__ TypePad: __http://www.sixapart.com/ typepad/pricing__ VoiceThreads: __http://voicethread.com/__ Visual Thesaurus: __http://www.visualthesaurus. com/__ Weblogg-ed (Will Richardson's weblog for education): __http://www.weblogg-ed.com/__ Wikihow: __http://www.wikihow.com/Main- Page__ William Penn Charter School: __http://www.penncharter.com/ root.asp?display=flash__ Xanga: __http://www.xanga.com/__

Language Learning:
Adout.com: Education: __http://www.about.com/ education/__ Childtopia: __http://www.childtopia.com/__ ChinesePod: __http://chinesepod.com/__ Chinswing: __http://www.chinswing.com/__ Dave's ESL CafÃ©: __http://www.eslcafe.com/__ ECpod: __http://www.ecpod.com/__ EnglishPod**:** __http://www.englishpod.com/__ Englishtown: __http://www.englishtown.com/Sp/ lp/Home.aspx?bhcp=1__ ESL Flashcards: __http://www.eslflashcards.com/__ ESL Kids: __http://www.esl-kids.com/__ FriendsAbroad: __http://www.friendsabroad.com__ FrenchPod: __http://frenchpod.com/__ Global English: __http://www.globalenglish.com/ pls/EN/225474.htm__ ItalianPod: __http://italianpod.com/__ KanTalk: __http://www.kantalk.com/__ LanguageLab.com: __http://www.languagelab.com/ index/__ Livemocha: __http://www.livemocha.com/__ LoMasTv: __http://lomastv.com/product/ home.php__ ? Mango Languages: __http://www.mangolanguages.com/__ Mixxer: __http://www.language-exchanges. org/__ Rosseta Stone: __http://www.rosettastone.com/__ SpanishPod: __http://spanishpod.com/__

Podcasting and Vodcasting:
Curry.com (Adam Curry's weblog): __http://www.curry.com/__ Daily Source Code (from Adam Curry): __http://www.dailysourcecode. com/__ Digital Podcast: Education Podcast Directory: __http://www.digitalpodcast.com/ browse-educational-20-1.html__ EdTechTalk: __http://edtechtalk.com/__ The Education Podcast Network (EPN): __http://epnweb.org/__ iTunes: __http://www.apple.com/itunes/__ iTunes U: __http://www.apple.com/ education/itunesu_ mobilelearning/itunesu.html__ Learning 2006 University (from Elliott Masie): __http://www.learning2006.com/ university__ NPR podcast directory (Beta): __http://www.npr.org/rss/ podcast/podcast_directory.php__ Podcast Alley: __http://www.podcastalley.com/__ Podcasting News: __http://www.podcastingnews.com/__ Podcast.com: __http://podcast.com/__ SonoSite ultrasound training: __http://www.sonosite.com/ trainingmodules/__ Worldbridges: __http://worldbridges.net/__