1.1 Video conference:

Common tools: Zoom, (kostenlos bis 40 Minuten),

                           Google Meet (Voraussetzung: Google-Konto, Anmeldung über Google-Startseite möglich),

                           Microsoft Teams (auch kostenlos möglich; Voraussetzung: Registrierung)

Empfehlung:     jitsi: für mehrere Personen inklusive Chatfunktion und Präsentationsmöglichkeit - Open Source (freie Software, auch als Gratis-app für mobile devices) 
Vorgehensweise: 1. neben "Meeting starten" einen Namen für die Konferenz eingeben

                            2. auf den blauen "Meeting starten" - Button klicken

                            3. Link den Teilnehmenden mitteilen,
Features: Audio, Video, Bildschirm freigeben, Chat, Melden, Personen einladen, weitere Einstellungen (Sicherheitsoptionen - z.B. "Passwort hinzufügen", Aufnahme starten, Alle stummschalten, Livestream starten,...)
Toggle tile view (rechts unten) zeigt die Teilnehmenden an (beachte MUTE-Funktion oder private chat mittels der drei Punkte im Bild der Teilnehmenden)

1.2 Common learning platforms in Austrian schools: LMS,

                                                                                      Moodle, e.g. phnoe

                                                                                      LSR NÖ, Mahara phnoe    

1.3 list (2011) of online communication tools for language teaching: Joomla, Gmail, Skype, Flickr, Facebook, ...

      online language teaching tools (2017), 12 online tools for language teaching (www.teacherswithapps.com), 

      7 online learning platforms, (2021), 

1.4 TodaysMeet: a free platform for teachers and learners, easy to start with no sign up,

      1. Pick a name... 2. Keep the room open for... 3. Click "Create a room"
      4. Students fill in the created URL and choose a name 5. Write a message and click "Say"

      How it works: short instruction for teachers in German, instruction video: basics,
      20 useful ways to use TodaysMeet in schools, TodaysMeet has been shut down in 2018

1.5 Chatzy, a free classroom chat platform, instruction in German (tibs)

1.6 Other chatrooms 

1.7  list of brainstorming-apps for school: board.net: ohne Login!, Beschreibung (schule.at),
1.8 Further links: 50 ways to use Twitter in the classroom, tasks for online real time communication with Skype, learning a language online for free (200 websites),

2.1 Mobile recording - getting a general idea (German)

2.2 Recording with almost any smartphone or a mobile recorder ,

      the top 10 mobile recorders (English), test (German)

2.3 Ideas for a basic equipment + instruction video (ohrenspitzer.de)

2.4 Freeware:

2.4.1 No.23 Recorder: recording and ripping, download (chip.de), how to use it (German instruction)

2.4.2 MS Audiorecorder: description and download (chip.de),  how to use it (German instruction)

2.4.3 Audacity: multi-track audio editor and recorder, description and download

2.5 Online recorders:
2.5.1 Online-Voice-Recorder: plug in your headset and press REC-button, after recording you can shorten

         your mp3 file with the slide switch
2.5.2 Vocaroo: online-voice-recording without editing options; Instruction and tips for use in
         lessons (German, by schule.at)
2.5.3 Other online recorders: Speakpipe, Recordmp3online

2.5.4 Audioboom: free login, upload possible, creates a link and qr-code for the audiofile

2.6 Free sounds and sound effects: no login necessary

2.6.1 SoundBible: use the SEARCH-Function (magnifying glass) for the required sound, click on the sound

         descrption, then choose mp3 or wav to save the sound

2.6.2 GRSites: browse sound effects by selecting a category, save the sound by using the
          right mouse button ("Ziel speichern unter")

2.6.3 Further links: Soundjay, Mediacollege, Hörspielbox, Ringelkater, Audiyou.de, Soundsource (Austrian)

2.6.4 List of websites (login necessary) to download free sound effects

2.6.5 Seven websites providing creative commons audio (sounds and music), 

3.1 Making a film: with a smartphone, a camera, a camcorder

      10 tips (German), Kameraeinstellungen (planet-schule), Vielmuth: 7 Grundregeln beim Filmen

      (pdf, 53 pages), Medienwerkstatt: Video (lehrerfortbildung-bw.de)

3.2 Film assembly (Filmmontage): using freeware such as Movie Maker (download)
      or online with YouTube, tips (German)

3.3 YouTube
3.3.1  In class: 10 ways to use YouTube, a teacher's guide to using YouTube in the classroom

3.3.2  Tutorials: Videos hochladen und bearbeiten, mit dem Videoeditor Videos schneiden

           (watch video 2)

3.3.3  Shorten a YouTube video using viewrz.com: instruction in German

3.3.4  Avoid distraction - 3 possibilities: instruction in German