VNU Spring2008 - Day 7 - May 27, 2008


Today we are going to learn about online quizzes, games, and activities.

Please watch this Screencast to see today's plan.
(Either watch on the projector, or have one person download it and  share)

First, look at examples of online activities below.
 You can save these into your 'Materials Archive' by click File/Save Page as.
   Online Activities

Flash based activities (like those listed below) are difficult or impossible to save, so you can only access these when you have an internet connection.

Now let's experiment with creating your own activities using a program called Hot Potatoes.

First, one person will need to Download Hot Potatoes 
(if everone downloads it, we will probably have connection problems, so please only download it once and share)
Each person will then need to register their Hot Potatoes
To do so, go to the registration page, enter your information, check your email,  copy the 'key', click Help/Register in Hot Potatoes,  and paste  the key.
You can see the entire process in this screencast: Registration Screencast

OK, now it's time to try creating activities.
Please look at The Hot Potatoes Guide.
Then, open your Hot Pototoes program and start creating. Good luck!

If you succeed at creating Hot Potato activities, upload the .html files  to EFL537.com by attaching them to a blog post.
(Create / Blog entry   - Attach File)



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