Jess McCulloch is an extremely enthusiastic Chinese language teacher who is turning to technology to help engage and excite her students about the language. In this episode Jess talks about some of the cool tools she is using in her classroom.

A small school in country Australia might seem an unusual place to find students learning to speak Chinese, but not for Jess McCulloch’s students.

Jess is also looking to set up her website as a place for language teachers to be able to network and connect, so if you are a language teacher (or know one) take a look over at www.technolote.com.

Some links from this episode…

• Technolote.com – Jess’s main website
• TechnoChinese – The class blogs for Jess’s classes
• So Damn Hard! – Great article about learning Chinese
• ChinesePod – Learn how to say all sorts of useful things!
• Skype – Free communication tool for connecting classrooms
• Langwitches – Silvia Tolisano’s site for language teaching
• Voicethread – Digital storytelling for Web 2.0
• Rudd at APEC – Kevin Rudd’s address to the Chinese delegates at APEC

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