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PRODUCING ELECTRONIC MATERIALS. By Yenny Tanzino 16 October 2010. I. What are electronic materials?. Informational resources, exercises & activities that you created yourself. Students use on a computer as web page or CD-ROM content or printed form. http://a4esl.org.
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PRODUCING ELECTRONIC MATERIALS By YennyTanzino 16 October 2010
I. What are electronic materials? • Informational resources, exercises & activities that you created yourself. • Students use on a computer as web page or CD-ROM content or printed form. • http://a4esl.org
Reasons to create & use EM in class • To provide extra practice for weaker learners. • Consolidation and review exercises for groups. • To generate a large bank of materials to be used in class or for self-study at any point in the future.
II. Creating electronic materials online • Use some of the simple generators which can be found online. • Form: printable resources to be taken into class • Web pages & made available on the internet • Ex: http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com • http://smile.clear.msu.edu
What is an authoring tool? • An installable program that allows you to create materials in electronic format • Can be distributed on a CD-ROM, DVD, USB, via web page to your learners.
Using authoring tools to produce materials • Hot Potato Ex: http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ • Allow you to create web-based exercises a. multiple choice b. short answer c. jumbled sentence d. crossword e. matching/ordering f. gap-fill
Another area to explore • Interactive stories (reading maze) • Clarity software • Creative technology • QUIA