Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Creating Activities


Creating Activities
 Hot Potatoes: If you don't already have Hot Potatoes installed on your computer,  you can download it (for free) here
Guide:  Jeff's Hot Potatoes Guide
Other Guides:  Official HotPotatoes Tutorial  MakeUseOf.com Guide     EFL537 Hot Potatoes Creation Screencast

Look at examples of different kinds of Hot Potatoes activies below
JquizJClozeJMatchJMixJCross
 exerciseexercise 1
 exercise 2		exercise 1
exercise 2 		exercise 1
exercise 2		exercise1 

Look at a couple of websites that use Hot Pototoes
Tasks:
  •  Hot Potatoes
    -Create any kind of Hot Potatoes activity.  Jeff's Hot Potatoes Guide The activity can be very simple (i.e. a 3 questions quiz, a gap activity with a few blanks, etc. ).
    - Save it (Save as & Create webpage) in c:\temp and save a copy on your USB drive. Make sure the file name includes your name and class#.
    -  If time permits, try different kinds of  activities
  • (Optional) Upload that file to JeffLebow.net/ttp-files (access info on handout)
  • Post that file on your blog (details here)
  • (Optional) Use Google Forms (guide here) or Proprofs.com Quizmaker  and try to  create a basic quiz or survey with at least two questions.  Post a link to that quiz (or embed it) in a blog entry on your blogger.com blog. 
  • Explore some of the websites below which have many, many different kinds of activities.
Finding Activities
   Online Activities  (some made with Hot Potatoes, some not) and test taking prep
Sites designed specifically to provide test taking peparation
FYI - Other programs and web-based tools
 (You don't need to do anything with these. There just here for future reference.)
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