This document provides a list of online resources to help motivate language learners through differentiation, including links to download presentation slides, audio editing software, text-to-speech tools, photo sharing sites with images for teaching languages, tag clouds and word art generators, graphic organizers, mind mapping software, and tools to support differentiated activities. It was written by Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages at Alderley Edge School for Girls.

1. Motivate ALL your Language Learners!-Differentiation revisited
Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages, Alderley Edge School for Girls
@icpjones http://twitter.com/icpjones
A downloadable copy of the presentation slides for this training session will be available from:
My Languages Blog http://isabellejones.blogspot.com
Audio support:
Audacity free sound editing software http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Create your own speaking avatars with Voki http://www.voki.com/
Text-to-speech software http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/
Visual support:
Make your own words using pictures of lettershttp://metaatem.net/words/ABBA
Flickr (photo-sharing site) http://www.flickr.com/
Flickr group for language teachers http://www.flickr.com/groups/imagestoteachlanguages
My own authentic pictures (also available from TES profile at
http://www.tes.co.uk/MyPublicProfile.aspx?uc=694292&event=21)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/icpjones/sets/72157621889909661/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/icpjones/sets/72157612320791556/
TagGalaxy http://taggalaxy.de
Pinterest (sharing visuals and infographics) http://pinterest.com (icpjones)
PhotoPin (creative commons licensed pictures) http://photopin.com
Pics4Learning. com (pictures for educational use) http://www.pics4learning.com
Photo-vocab (Spanish) http://zachary-jones.com/photovocab
Word Clouds and Word Art http://www.wordle.net http://www.imagechef.com
http://www.tagxedo.com
Graphic organisers, mind-mapping software and interactive visuals
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.mindomo.com
Templates to support differentiated thinking skills activities http://classtool.net
Desktop tools to support a range of differentiation strategies http://www.triptico.co.uk