Online-Available Exercise Development Tools

 

Explore some of these sites to answer the questions below

 

Name

URL

Comments

TexToys

 

http://www.cict.co.uk/software/textoys/
index.htm 

Have to download but can do examples of activities.

Puzzlemaker

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ 

Don’t need to register or download.

Quandary

http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/
quandary.php 

Downloadable, but can see an example – try Evil Landlady.

Teacher’s Pet

http://www.teachers-pet.org/ 

Downloadable macros – used with Word

Quia

http://www.quia.com/web 

Can look at eg activities in Explore.  Can get 30 day free download.

Hot Potatoes

http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
wintutor6/tutorial.htm 

Free for non-profit oraganisations. Try a tutorial or two.

 A.  Which tool(s) would you use 

  1. to practise collocations
  2. to practise text construction
  3. to revise vocabulary
  4. to encourage negotiation through problem solving
  5. to practise spelling
  6. to make a quiz
  7. ………………………………..
  8. ………………………………..

 b.  If you could choose just one of these tools – which one would it be?  Why’s that?