Hello everybody,
This week we discovered new sites which will help us a lot in designing activities for our classes. I really enjoyed learning about all these webpages and creating all kinds of exercises for the learners. The one I enjoyed the most was learning how to use hot potato, which gives the chance to create interactive exercises which the students can access any time and enjoy while learning. With this software you can create multiple choice quizzes, short answer quizzes, jumbled sentences, crosswords,matching exerces, and gap-filling exercises. It also allows the teacher to include feedback to guide the learner, and you do not have to be very skillful with computers.
One aspect that I find very important when using hot potato exercises is that it encourages the students to take control of their learning proess and that can lead to students to feel more motivated to learn. The exercises can be done over and over until the students get the answers correct, and that helps the students take control of their learning.
Now, I am looking forwar to putting all the actvities and techniques into practice with the different classes, and sharing all the information with my fellow teachers, so we can give the students more tools to be used in their learning process.
Cristian
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Dear Cristian,
ReplyDeleteYou are right that exercises given in the hot potatoes encourage learners to take control their learning process.
I think this is the week we aspired for many days.
thank you,
Mahamud
Querido Cristian
ReplyDeleteI share the same joy as you because I have known about useful web pages from which I can create exercises to fit my students' needs. I agree with you that our students will enjoy doing the exercise because they are interactive and give them the possibility to do the exercises anytime, anywhere,and as many times as they can. This is an example of a pragmatic way to promote learner autonomy. The teacher can monitor and guide students'work out of the classroom.
I rest assured that your fellow teachers and your students will take advantage of you collaboration and teaching.
Buena suerte!
Hasta luego.
Bruno desde Burkina Faso