Week 5
Developing class materials: interactive exercise creators
Moderators: Fernanda Rodrigues & Helen Davies
Guest Speaker: Rubena St. Louis
Week 5: February 8 - 14
We are really delighted to be here with you for another week of hands-on activities.
Enjoy creating and sharing lots of online learning materials for learners of all ages.
Objectives
By the end of this week you will have:
- explored different tools to create online surveys and worksheets, and interactive exercises
- explored different features of these tools
- created activities using some of these tools and shared them with the community
- attended the live presentation on the topic of the week
- commented on the presentation of the week
- answered the questions of the week
- read and commented on the Week 5 readings
Activities
Get ready to explore some of the software available for creating online surveys, worksheets and interactive exercises.
We hope to create and share 3 online exercises.
Start by checking out some of the suggested tools below and let the group know what you think (send a message to the Yahoo group).
Task 1
- Take some time to comment on the selected readings.
- Write any thoughts, suggestions or comments here on the forum.
Task 2
- Create an exercise for any of these skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking, or vocabulary. Try a different application each time.
- Explore the software for creating online surveys and worksheets.
- Create an online worksheet for your students.
- Create an online survey.
- Share your creations !! Post the links to your exercises on our Participants'productions page.
Task 3
- Think about a question you would like Rubena to answer during her presentation. Write your question here ........
- Attend Rubena St Louis´session on "Materials Creation" at the Webheads Elluminate Vroom on xxxday, Feb at xxxx GMT
- Share your reflections on the session on our Blog
Tools to Explore
Interactive exercise creators
Quia (free 30-day trial period)
For young learners
Matching Game Maker Tutorial
Memory Game Maker Tutorial
Spellmaster Tutorial
Take this quiz: How Well Do You Know WebTools?
Other Examples
Get an idea about online worksheets: edHelper.com
To discover how interesting online quizzes/exercises can be: http://www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises/
Check this site with a lot of interesting interactive exercises, which we can do for free.
Suggested Readings
Click here for a brief overview of this week's reading suggestion. Don't forget to share your comments in the Discussion Forum!
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