1. AUTHORING TOOLS A teachers DIY kit Marcin Kudła

2. Authoring tools – the basics AT enable you to create your own teaching materials for FREE AT can have various forms: downloadable software online tools AT are for teachers who want to: facilitate work make the lesson more attractive take the learning experience beyond the classroom

3. Authoring tools - examples

4. Teachers Pet

5. TP is a downloadable tool for creating printable exercises doc files TP is a word processor add-on (it displays as a toolbar) TP uses macros (i.e. facilities recording a set of actions) TP is free… …except for 4 macros M a c r o s c a n c o n t a i n v i r u s e s, s o b e c a r e f u l w i t h t h e m

6. Teachers Pet - exercises Pair-matching Pair-matching Puzzle Gap-filling Move selected words to end Remove letters Cloze-tests Replace words with gaps/choice Arranging in the right order Jumble a words Jumble a sentence Jumble a list Pronunciation Underline letters

7. Teachers Pet - exercises wordstextssentences pair-matching gap-filling cloze-tests arranging in the right order underlining letters

8. Teachers Pet - procedure Prepare a vertical list of words/ sentences Select the list Choose a macro Select a word Choose a macro

9. Teachers Pet www.teachers-pet.org

10. Teachers Pet Africa Asia Australia Europe North America South America

11. Teachers Pet On-line dictionaries: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ http://www.ldoceonline.com/ http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ http://www.merriam-webster.com/

12. WordLearner & Puzzlemaker

13. WL & PM are online tools for creating printable exercises pdf files png files html They are free… …unless you want to use their full versions

14. WordLearner & Puzzlemaker - exercises Word search Crossword Flashcards Bingo cards Word Jumble Matchmaker Word search Criss-cross Double puzzles Fallen phrases Letter tiles Hidden message WordLearner Puzzlemaker

15. WordLearner www.wordlearner.com/print.php

16. Puzzlemaker http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

17. Hot Potatoes

18. HP are downloadable tools for creating interactive exercises html HP consist of six applications: JCloze JQuiz JCross HP are free, but you have to register to have access to the full version Hot Potatoes: JMatch JMix The Masher

19. JCloze – cloze-tests JQuiz – multiple-choice, multiple-select, short answer questions JCross – crosswords JMatch – matching words, sentences, etc. JMix – jumbled sentences The Masher – a tool for organising your exercises Hot Potatoes - exercises

20. Hot Potatoes http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

21. Authoring tools Thank you