LISTEN TO YOUR HOMEWORK

Yes,listen to your notes or homework.Have it read to you as you commute or do something else.Text to speech is useful when you want to have someone read to you.Screen reading can be boring or you may not have enough time to log in.When students have loads to study and are tired of reading this can be of use.Many students take student loan and have to jugle between work and study.In between,they also have to commute great distances and this time can be better utilized for study if you have the notes with you.So,we can utilize ispeech.
This website supports most formats like MS Word,Excel,Powerpoint,PDF and more to convert it into audio.You can also share,embed or download it to your ipod.You can upload any document or URL to have it converted.Even special educators find this tool very useful.If you have a blog or website,you can add a link there after downloading.You can even let your readers choose to listen to your blog instead of reading it.It sure is useful for students and educators alike.

HOW TO CREATE A PODCAST

Podcasts are increasingly being used in the field of education.Several free websites allow you to upload your podcast and host it for free.Learners have a variety of topics to choose from and can download to their PC or Ipod.
Anyone having a PC,a microphone and high speed internet can be a podcaster.Professors and teachers can now create their own podcast channels for free and allow their students or anyone searching for that topic on the internet download it to their laptop or ipod and listen to the lecture when and where they want to.You do not have to know any technical stuff to create a podcast.Any beginner can sound professional, creating audio or video podcast.A digital camera with recording facility is necessary for creating a video podcast.The following websites are easy to use where you can create,manage and share podcasts.They also have a podcast library for you to choose podcasts for download.You can also let people buy your podcasts when they download from itunes.
Podcast.com
mypodcast.com
podomatic.com
Recommended Reading: 100 Ways To Use Your IPod And Study Better

LEARN HINDI

Hindi is the national language of India. Hindi is spoken by a vast majority of Indians although there are a number of languages and an even more number of dialects. South India has its own languages that are totally different from hindi, yet most people understand the language since it is taught in schools and colleges. Most are adept at speaking more than one language since they travel outside their home state, have friends and colleagues who are from a different region and hence learn to speak a different language. English is spoken by many in the big cities and tourist spots.
Learning Hindi online is sure easy these days. I have been teaching for many years now and my mother used to teach in a well known Bangalore school for 26 years.
Some links are below that will certainly help in learning.

SELF STUDY LESSONS
Learn Hindi Fluency
Alphabet,script and the pronunciation,some vocabulary
Hindi alphabets and pronunciation
Hindi Conversation
Hindi Flashcards
More online resources1
More online resources2
Learn Hindi through English
Virtual Hindi
Hindi for NRI Kids via Skype
Learn Spoken Hindi via Skype 
If you are interested in a daily podcast teaching you hindi conversations, log into Ispeakhindi

A great way to imbibe the hindi language is to watch a couple of Bollywood films. Entertaining, but certainly effective in learning some vocabulary and its usage.

Bollywood Masala

You may also watch animated videos of short stories like Akbar and Birbal. Children love the video, get some moral and learn the hindi language fast.

Akbar and Birbal


Panchatantra stories
http://k12learningvideos.blogspot.com/

Check out more animated hindi stories at my youtube channel for education

Recommended reading: Learning Languages