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1. Slide 1: Spicing Up Your Lessons: A Dash of Multimedia Content with Your Hot Potatoes http://tinyurl.com/2hbuy9 Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 1
2. Slide 2: What is Hot Potatoes? • Suite of five applications to produce interactive exercises: • JQuiz = multiple choice, short answer quiz w/ feedback • JMix = jumbled sentences/words • JCross = crossword • JMatch = matching/ordering • JCloze = gap-fill • http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 2
3. Slide 3: Can I see a sample activity for each Hot Potato? http://hotpot.uvic.ca/wintutor6/tutorial.htm Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 3
4. Slide 4: Can I see a Hot Potatoes lesson for a lower level student? http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading.html Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 4
5. Slide 5: How do I get it? • Half-Baked Software (Martin Holmes) http://hotpot.uvic.ca/index.htm#downloads • Free if work for publicly-funded non-profit educational institutions. • Must agree to share exercises on the Web • Others must pay for a license • Per-User License - create unlimited exercises for use on the Web. Can produce 500 copies on CD or DVD. Cost = $120 U.S. Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 5
6. Slide 6: Where do my students access the exercises? • Offline or online-your choice! • Local computer hard drive OR • Local computer network OR • CD, DVD, Flash drive OR • On the Web Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 6
7. Slide 7: What content should I put in Hot Potatoes? • Content relevant to your students! • Written texts from textbook, Internet, students’ own writing--you decide! • Aural input from the Internet or recorded by teacher or students • Video input from the Internet or produced by teachers or students Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 7
8. Slide 8: Where on the Web can I find texts, audio and video? • U.S. Gov. Bdcst. Svc. Voice of America News • News • 100’s of features: American life, culture and language • Audio files to download • Language = typical American magazine or http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm journal Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 8
9. Slide 9: Where on the Web can I find texts, audio and video? VOA Special English - Part of VOA site • Designed for learners of English • Articles use limited vocabulary • Two audio options • 2/3 speed of natural speech • Natural, native speaker speech • Archive since 2001 (some with audio) • http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 9
10. Slide 10: Where on the Web can I find texts, audio and video? Interesting Things for ESL Students (Charles and Lawrence Kelly) • Additional archives of VOA Special English with all text and audio to download • Many creative activities: songs, games, idioms, slang. • Most online, some downloadable for offline use. • http://www.manythings.org/ Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 10
11. Slide 11: Where on the Web can I find texts, audio and video? English Language Listening Lab Online (Todd Beuckens) • Over 1,000 listening activities • Most have transcript • Most have downloadable audio file (MP3) • Interviews, listening games, news, songs, and mixxer (6 people interviewed on same question) • http://www.elllo.org/ Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 11
12. Slide 12: Where on the Web can I find texts, audio and video? English Teachers Everywhere (Kevin McCaughey) • Classroom-ready audio files • Plus materials for immediate classroom use • Open ended to accommodate multi-levels • Extremely creative • Lots and lots of original (funny!) songs • http://www.etseverywhere.com/ Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 12
13. Slide 13: Where on the Web can I find texts, audio and video? • Almost unlimited supply of video • Searchable by topic/ratings/most discussed • Download for offline use using VideoDownloader at http: //javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php • Convert to common file formats with ZamZar at http: //zamzar.com/ • http://www.youtube.comhttp://www.teachertube.com Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 13
14. Slide 14: Can I see a HP exercise spiced up with multimedia content? • Here is a sample with : • Image from Internet • Interview (transcript and audio) from VOA Special English • Video from YouTube • Cloze passage made with Hot Potatoes Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 14
15. Slide 15: Is there a Hot Potatoes tutorial? Yes! http://hotpot.uvic.ca/tutorials6.htm Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 15
16. Slide 16: Can we create HP activities now? • Sure, here are the steps: • Keep in mind the tutorial we just did. • Review steps on handout for each HP application (specific for Windows, but Mac is very similar) • Read transcript of VOA • Groups choose a HP tool you want to use • With pencil and paper, prepare a draft exercise • Come to the laptop and create your activity Fall 2007 Michael Krauss - Russian Far East 16