Speaking Tool: Discord

 

Discord is an app that allows individuals to create groups called "servers" dedicated to a topic or just for chatting, and these servers can be divided into separate groups called "channels" that are dedicated to different topics. These channels can be put into two different categories: text channels and voice channels. These are self explanatory, the text channels are for texting and the voice channels are for individuals to speak with each other. 

A teacher could create a server for a classroom, and use the voice channels to practice speaking with the students. The teacher could also monitor the students speaking each other via muting themselves as to not distract the students while they practice. Also, as the server manager, in this case the teacher, could mute or unmute someone at any time, and they could also check if the student has lower their voice input and make it higher, so no cheating!