I can't believe that we are going to finish the course soon. My students and I are on holiday now because we are celebrating Hanukkah. Nevertheless I have a lot to do. This week I have been busy mainly with my project, so I had very little time to explore the toos offered by Jeff and Sean.
I have created the blog for my students. http://jkoifma.blogspot.co.il/
for more details click here:
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I will introduce it to my students next week when we return to school from holiday. In this site I posted the topics for project that are supposed to be writen in the 11th grade and in 12th grade the students take an oral exam and a presentation with th external tester.
Now I have been exploring such sites as Hot Potatoes http://hotpot.uvic.ca/index.php and the Easy Test Maker https://www.easytestmaker.com/ I have never heard about these sites, but I will certainly use them in my teaching. I used to compose tests in another way, mainly copying texts and downloading grammar exercises from the Internet, but now it will be much easier. This is my first quiz about the story "A Summer's Reading" by Bernard Malamud. https://www.easytestmaker.com/Test/6B8FDEC7C5EF4B9A8B7CCB49C58FDEC7 I think I'll give it to my students a week after the end of the Hanukkah vacation. I often give them quizes for 10-15 minutes, so I'll compose them only on the Test Maker Site.
I have also started to develop the Literature Course in the ANVILL. I have a lot to do, of course, so currently you can see only these materials https://anvill.uoregon.edu/anvill2/node/49936
In my opinion, audio-visual tool will work well, but the problem is that we have only one computer room in our school and each teacher has to wait for his\her turn to use it. Therefore I will recommend my students to use it at home after I have completed it myself.
Happy Thanksgiving to all American friends!
Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate Jewish holidays!
Hello Julia,
ReplyDeleteNice to see you again on this online discussion. Thanks for reading my blog. You also did many things for your class this week. It is a very wonderful and challenging job you did. You explored some applications this week. You made a class blog for communication with your students, tried using Hot Potatoes and Easy Test Maker for creating test items for your students, and the great effort you did, you used ANVILL for developing your literature course. Good job, once again. I always like your motto "Don't Give Up!" for doing good deeds and creation. See you on the next online discussion. Thanks for your attention.
Best,
Rudi Hartono