PRODUCING ELECTRONIC MATERIALS By Yenny Tanzino 16 October 2010

I. What are electronic materials? Informational resources, exercises & activities that you created yourself. Students use on a computer as web page or CD-ROM content or printed form.

Reasons to create & use EM in class To provide extra practice for weaker learners. Consolidation and review exercises for groups. To generate a large bank of materials to be used in class or for self-study at any point in the future.

II. Creating electronic materials online Use some of the simple generators which can be found online. Form: printable resources to be taken into class Web pages & made available on the internet Ex:

What is an authoring tool? An installable program that allows you to create materials in electronic format Can be distributed on a CD-ROM, DVD, USB, via web page to your learners.

Using authoring tools to produce materials Hot Potato  Ex: Allow you to create web-based exercises a. multiple choice b. short answer c. jumbled sentence d. crossword e. matching/ordering f. gap-fill

Another area to explore Interactive stories (reading maze) Clarity software Creative technology QUIA