producingelectronicmaterials-

PRODUCING ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

JUAN CARLOS SALAZAR

ISABEL CRISTINA PINTO G

L. ALEXANDRA PINTO G

UNIVERSITY OF CALDAS

MASTER IN ENGLISH DIDACTICS

2015

What are electronic materials? Informational resources, exercises and activities created

by yourself.

Use on a computer as web page, CD-ROM content, or in printed form.

May include working with external web pages, using web page design skills, the use of small programs installed on your own computer or more complex CD-ROM production software.

Creating your own electronic materials in class To provide extra practice for weaker learners, consolidation and

review exercises for groups.

To generate a large bank of materials.

To provide a change of pace and can be highly motivating.

To check which language areas learners have had problems with and provide further practice materials if necessary.

To be uploaded to a platform.

-http://a4esl.org/

Creating electronic materials online The Discovery School Puzzlemaker

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

Online tools Smile: http://smile.clear.msu.edu

-You can create a free account and manage your own online bank of exercises with student tracking and a good variety of exercise types.

-You can choose from multiple choice, true/false, drag and drop, sentence mix, paragraph mix, cloze and multiple select.

Powtoon http://www.powtoon.com/

Calameo http://es.calameo.com/#

Edmodo https://www.edmodo.com/?simplified_landing_page=1&go2url=%2Fhome%23%2Fgroup%3Fid%3D14167339

Goconqr https://www.goconqr.com/es

Google drive (Gmail) https://www.google.com/intl/es-419/drive/

What is an authoring tool? It is an installable program that allows you to create materials in

electronic format which can be distributed on a CD-ROM, DVD, USB pen drive, floppy disc or via a web page to your learners.

They are used to make CD-ROM-based reference tools (Microsoft Encarta) but also more simple resources (information leaflets, brochures, handouts and interactive exercises)

To explore Mediator (http://www.matchware.com/en/products/mediator/edu/why.htm)

Macromedia Director http://www.adobe.com/products/director/

Neobook http://www.neosoftware.com/nbw.html

Using authoring tools to produce materials

Hot Potatoes can be freely downloaded for educational purposes http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ to create web-based exercise:

-multiple choice -short answer

-jumbled sentence -crossword

-matching/ordering -gap-fill

Hot Potatoes website http://hotpot.uvic.caltutorials6.htm : tutorial

lnteractive stories Learners read scenarios and then make choices to decide what they

will do at certain key points.

-Reading comprehension practice.

-Small-group discussions (encourage collaborative and critical thinking skills).

-To encourage learners to develop a wide range of skills from listening to debating, agreeing and disagreeing and making points and supporting them.

Interactive stories http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/quandary/version_2/examples/

Clarity Software: (audio, graphics and video content, and allow for the creation of listening comprehension exercises interactive dictations and presentation http://www.clarityenglish.com/

QUIA: http://www.quia.com/subscription/

Symbaloo https://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eP70VCLi

Activity

In groups of three or four design an electronic material for your class. Explain it.

CONCLUSIONS

Consider students’ needs

Take time to know and understand the online application or software.

Take advantage of pages that allow creating materials and connecting with students and teachers as well.

Choose the tool that allows creativity and saves time.

Take into account your own resources since some applications require internet access.

References

Dudeney, G & Hockly, N. (2007). Producing electronic materials. How to

teach English with technology. Pearson Longman