Hot Potatoes, Version 5
2001; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Volume: 5; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1094-3501
Autores Tópico(s)Educational Technology and Assessment
ResumoTitle Hot Potatoes, Version 5 Authors Stewart Arneil, Martin Holmes, and Hilary Street Platforms Windows and Macintosh Minimum Software Netscape Navigator or MS Internet Explorer versions Requirements 4 or above, with JavaScript enabled. Some modules, JMix and JMatch, use DHTML and require version 5+ browsers. Publishers Half-Baked Software, Inc. http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot Support Offered E-mail support direct from author, Martin Holmes, at mholmes@uvic.ca. The Hot Potatoes Web site posts frequently asked questions and has a bulletin board where questions can be posted to be answered by users. Target Language Any Roman character set language (program supports the use of accented characters) Target Audience Language teachers Price Free for non-profit individuals or educational institutions, with the condition that materials produced are freely available to anyone via the Web. Otherwise, license starts with 1 user for $100 US. Large publication license: US $350. Overview The program Hot Potatoes, currently produced by Half-Baked Software, Inc., was designed to allow teachers to make interactive, Web-based exercises that can be accessed by students at any Internet-capable computer terminal with a standard Web browser. Hot Potatoes uses both HTML and JavaScript; however, one does not need to know these languages to make the Web-based exercises. Instead, teachers use the program's exercise templates to create exercises on Web pages which then can be uploaded to a server where students access them. Hot Potatoes can create six different types of Web-based exercises which can stand alone or be linked to other exercises to form a sequence of tasks. Students can correct their own work based on the clues and feedback set up in advance by the teacher. Hot Potatoes also allows the teacher to specify an email address to which scores are sent. Although no knowledge of Web design is necessary to create the Web page exercises, teachers with such knowledge can customize the materials to a greater degree by manipulating the program code. Description Hot Potatoes is actually a software suite comprised of six different programs, referred to as modules in this review. Each module can be used to create a different type of interactive, Web-based exercise. The six different modules are referred to as potatoes, and consist of JBC, JQuiz, JMix, JCross, JCloze, and JMatch, with each name referring to the type of exercise the module creates. A summary of the types of exercises that can be created with each module, as well as links to online interactive examples created by the authors of this review, 1 are presented in Table 1. Table 1. The Six Modules to Make Exercises in Hot Potatoes Module Exercise type What students do 1. JBC multiple-choice choose the correct answer quiz for each question 2. JQuiz text-entry quiz type in words, phrases or even sentences (open- ended) 3. JMix jumbled-word arrange jumbled words into exercise phrases or sentences 4. JCross crossword fill in the blanks to complete the crossword puzzle 5. JCloze fill-in-the-blank enter the words that are exercise missing 6. JMatch matching match items in the 1st exercise column with those in the 2nd Module Interactive example 1. …
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