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Category Technology Description Website (URL) General Blogs (e.g., Wordpress, Kirby, Tumblr) Online platforms for creating user-made content in the form of online diaries, journals, audiovisual albums, commentaries, fan sites, etc. Most can be x x x x setup to be designed collaboratively or allow comments/feedback and other forms of asynchronous interactions between users. General Course Management Software (e.g., Canvas, Course management systems are used by Blackboard, Laulima) universities for a variety of classroom purposes. They typically offer teachers the ability to post x online activities, assessments, and discussions, manage grades, and coordinate online interactions x between other students and teachers. General e-Portfolios Online or digitally created portfolios designed to display learning achievement and development. Depending on the focus, this could include x x homework assignments, draft writing, feedback (instructor, peer, or self), a vocabulary journal, or any other digital record of development over time. General Learning Management System (e.g., Course management systems (or learning Blackboard, Canvas, Laulima) management systems) are used by universities for a variety of classroom purposes. They typically offer x teachers the ability to post online activities, assessments, and discussions, manage grades, and coordinate online interactions between other x x students and teachers. General Messaging apps (E.g., Line, iMessage, Google Online messaging applications through desktop, Hangouts) web-based, and mobile platforms used to x communicate via text, audio files, images, or videos between two or more individuals asynchronously. x General Mobile dictionaries (e.g., e.g., Imiwa Mobile-based dictionary applications, many of Japanese-English Dictionary, Larousse which provide several features useful for second x French-English Dictionary) language speakers such as pronunciation cues, stroke orders, example sentences, multi-language translations, radical searches, etc. x General Mobile learning apps (e.g., Duolingo, Mobile-based learning applications, typically in the x x Memrise, Kanjibox) form of flashcards or memorization based games. General MP3 recordings A digital audio file format used by Apple iTunes, x x Windows Media Player, Audacity and other. x x x x x x General News websites (e.g., BBC) Web-based news sites. General Online corpora (e.g,, Russian National x x x x Corpus, The UCLA Written Chinese Corpus) Category Technology Description Website (URL) General Online corpus tools (e.g., Corpus tools at x BSFU (http://www.bfsu-corpus. x org/channels/tools)) General Online dictionaries (e.g., Multitran, Lexilogos x , zkorean, NCIKU, Naver Online Dictionary, x x Perapera) General Online dictionaries (e.g., Multitran, Lexilogos x , zkorean, NCIKU, Naver Online Dictionary, x x x x x x Perapera) General Online dictionaries (e.g., Multitran, Lexilogos x x , zkorean, NCIKU, Naver Online Dictionary, Perapera) General Online flashcards (e.g., Pleco, Quizlet, x x Wenlin) General Online flashcards (e.g., Pleco, Quizlet, x x x Wenlin) General Online newspapers (e.g., The Korea Times, El x x x Nuevo Dia , Moscow Times) General Online television (e.g., RT, Dramafever, x x Youku TV, Baidu TV) General Podcasts Online audio programming available for streaming x x x x or downloadable to desktop or mobile devices. General Simple Notification Services (SNS) (e.g., Line, x x iMessage, Google Hangouts) x x x x x General Social media (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn) x x General Television shows in country x x General Texting x x x General Video x x x x x General Video x x x x x x General Video clips General Video Conferencing (e.g., Skype, Google x x x Hangouts) x x General Webinar (e.g., Skype, Adobe Connect) General Wiki User-designed web content, similar to blogging x platforms but typically involves multiple x contributors General Wiki User-designed web content, similar to blogging x x x platforms but typically involves multiple contributors Category Technology Description Website (URL) Application Adobe Connect This software-based technology allows for http://www.adobe. video conferencing between multiple parties com/products/adobeconnect.html using Adobe Flash. The services provided include synchronous audio/video conferencing x x for presentations or meetings, web conferencing using video and desktop/screen sharing, and the creation of virtual classrooms through digital whiteboards, synchronous and asynchronous content, and assessment features. Application Anki An online or downloadable flashcard study and http://ankisrs.net, https://ankiweb. creation platform. Users can create their own net/about sets of flashcards which can then be downloaded and accessed on their local computers or mobile devices, or accessed via the Ankiweb.net site. Cards can be created with several different layers of information (e.g., x x x x x meaning, reading, pronunciation), can be created with audio/visual information, and are displayed to learners according to a spaced repetition algorithm, which prioritizes cards that have not been viewed recently or have been flagged as difficult by the learner. Application Doctopus Add-on for Google's online office applications (e.g., http://cloudlab.newvisions. Sheets, Drive) to act as a course management org/add-ons/doctopus x system for teachers. Enables teachers to create, organize, and share files with students. x Application Duolingo Web and mobile-based (IOS, Android, Windows) https://www.duolingo.com application for learning foreign languages (e.g., Spanish, French, Germain, Italian). Allows users to complete activities based on speaking, listening, x translation, and other challenges, tracking their progress through in-application assessments and other reward-based motivational systems to keep learners interested and progressing. x x x x x Application Email x x Application Email Application Flagship mobile app Prosposed only, doesn't exist yet (to my x x knowledge). Category Technology Description Website (URL) Application Google Docs Google's online, free word processing application. https://www.google. Allows multiple users to edit, interact, and track com/docs/about/ x changes within the same document, as well as share, upload, and download documents. x Application Google Docs Google's online, free word processing application. https://www.google. Allows multiple users to edit, interact, and track com/docs/about/ x changes within the same document, as well as share, upload, and download documents. x x Application Google Docs Google's online, free word processing application. https://www.google. Allows multiple users to edit, interact, and track com/docs/about/ x x changes within the same document, as well as share, upload, and download documents. Application Google Drive Google's online, free cloud-based repository for https://www.google.com/drive/ documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other x uploaded files. Allows for easy file management, sharing, uploading, and downloading. x Application Google Images Image-based search engine powered by Google. https://images.google.com Allows users to search for images by inputting text, x or reverse image lookup by inputting a picture or image for Google to locate the original source of the x image. Application Google Images Image-based search engine powered by Google. https://images.google.com Allows users to search for images by inputting text, x or reverse image lookup by inputting a picture or image for Google to locate the original source of the x x image. Application Google Translate Online, web-based translation platform powered by https://translate.google.com Google. Allows users to view translations of entered x text, lookup individual defitions, synonyms, and uses for individual words. Also allows users to suggest alternative translations. x x Application Google Translate Online, web-based translation platform powered by https://translate.google.com Google. Allows users to view translations of entered x text, lookup individual defitions, synonyms, and uses for individual words. Also allows users to suggest alternative translations. x x x Application GroupMe Mobile-based group instant messaging application https://groupme.com powered by Microsoft across multiple platforms (IOS, Android, Windows). Allows users to form x specific groups to engage in asynchronous chat/text via cell phone or mobile device. In addition to text- based chat, can also share pictures, videos, and x web-links. Category Technology Description Website (URL) Application HelloTalk Mobile-based language learning application to http://www.hellotalk.com/#en connect foreign language learners with native users of the target language. Available across IOS and x Android platforms, and allows users to commuinicate via voice or text, and includes features for translating, transliteration, and text-to- x voice for listening practice. Application Italki Web-based application for connecting language https://www.italki.com learners with native users and foreign language x teachers. Users can connect with and, for a cost, hire a private teacher to take lessons through Skype or other audio/video conferencing software. x x Application Kahoot Web- and Mobile-based application that allows https://kahoot.it users to create games and activities for learning x purposes. Touted as useful for formative x assessment purposes. Application Kahoot Web- and Mobile-based application that allows https://kahoot.it users to create games and activities for learning x x purposes. Touted as useful