Thursday, October 13, 2011

Activity Guide

Computer based games, activities, and quizzes are perhaps the most common examples of CALL.  These can be created with downloadable software or online services.  It is possible to create activites using a program on your computer (like Hot Potatoes) or online site (like Proprofs, Quzlet, or Google Forms).  There are also many, many activities already online that you can access and sometimes download.
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.  Take a look at Jeff's Hot Potatoes Guide if needed. The activity can be very simple (i.e. a 3 questions quiz, a gap activity with a few blanks, etc. ).
    - Save it twice. Once as a Hot Potatoes file, once as an html file (Save as &  Create webpage)
    -  If time permits, try different kinds of  activities
  • Use Google Forms (guide here), Quizlet, 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.
  • To embed an activity in a blog post, use this code:
    <iframe src="URL Here" frameborder="0" height="500" width="600" scrolling="auto"></iframe>




Finding Activities
   Online Activities  (some made with Hot Potatoes, some not) and test taking prep
Sites designed specifically to provide test taking peparation
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