Moodle: grammar drill

Moodle from a teacher's point of view:  using tests for drilling grammatical items.

1. How to create a gapfill exercise?

•     technology
•     content

2. What is the role of feedback?

• summative
• formative

TASK 

1. Go to the the main screen (https://moodle.pf.ujep.cz/course/view.php?id=1177&notifyeditingon=1). Your registration is still valid.
2. Click on Zapnout rezim uprav - upper right
3. Go to your personal Topic and rename it using your name: Surname_Firstname
   
4. Choose a grammatical topic (e.g. using articles; irregular past; perfect tenses; etc.) and create a gap fill exercise. Use a CONTEXT, not isolated sentences.  Minimum 20 gaps. Consider well how to place the gaps!
5. With greatest care write the feedback - you should add 3 different fdbs according to the reached score. Include learning tips and links to sites which offer theory + practice in the chosen field.
6. After finishing, publish your test.
7. Try out your colleagues' tests.

Random tips for sites:

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/artikel.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/articles/article-index.htm

https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/grammar-exercise-articles-2.php

https://myelearningworld.com/top-10-free-online-quiz-makers-for-teachers-and-educators/

https://www.flippity.net/

Interactive Board Advanced

  

Task
1. Answer the following questions.
How can we use IWB in teaching English?
What advantages does it offer as compared with a dataprojector?

Add your answers into the comment to this blog.

2. Learn how to create hidden and automatic feedback in Activ + Smart.
Follow the tips and links below.
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Interactive = offering immediate feedback

A  What should the teacher do? 

3 ways  of using IWB:
1. PRESENTATION - present text, images, sound, animations, video, links

2. PRACTICE + FEEDBACK  - indiviual work, PC lab - multiple choice, matching, gapfill... pre-progammed feedback!

3. CREATIVE TASKS
- give the class a chance to think

- offer free space in the file to make notes, summaries...

- saving the Ss' work and using it for further activities

ALWAYS 

- use the time wisely
- motivate the students

B What should we include?
- a functional combination of text, visual support and audio
- variability of all sorts
- empty space
- motivating activities (games)
- feedback

C Technical skills to be mastered:
- inserting text
- inserting images
- inserting audio
- inserting links

- locking
- grouping
- using layers - covering one object with another
- containing
- magical window


Youtube tutorials
How to use Containers
Multiple Containers
How to make a magic box
Creating Action Objects
Magic revealer window



TIPS AND TRICKS:

Hidden content
How it works: if you click on object1, object2 (dis)appears
Go to Actions - find command Hidden/Skryté
Identify the target
Save the changes

Detailed instructions here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGIVaZ4ScWs

USING CONTAINERS
1. Text to be moved:
Identification: Name = Panda
Contain: Return if not contained = True

2. Image or a space where to put the text/answer:
Can Contain = Specific object
Contain Object = (Select Object) Panda
Contain Rule = Completely contained

Česká verze:
1. Text (objekt), s nímž se bude pohybovat:
Identifikace: Název = Panda
Kontejner: Vrátit, pokud není obsaženo = Pravda

2. Objekt (obrázek), kam se text/odpověď přesouvá:
Může obsahovat = Konkrétní objekt
Obsažený objekt = (Vybrat objekt) Panda
Pravidlo pro obsah = Úplně obsaženo



Hiding objects in SMART: online help

To animate object in SMART:

• Select the object.
• If the Properties tab isn’t visible, press Properties .
• Press Object Animation.
• Select options in the Type, Direction, Speed, Occurs and Repeats drop-down lists.

Hiding objects using magic ink in Activ: youtube tutorial

Magic revealer window (Activ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNYwDJ0ghkc
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/Download.aspx?ContentId=76847

1.    Insert two images
2.    Put one of them to the Top layer
3.    Create a rectangle. Settings:
           a.    Margin (ohraničení) – cca 20
           b.    Výplň – Nic
4.    Activate the magic ink. Fill in the rectangle.
5.    Set the order of the resulting two objects (rectangle will be above the magic ink to make the margins smooth)
6.    Group them together.

7. Check the order of the layers: Object (the rectangle),  Pen (the magic ink) and the upper image are in the upper layer in the mentioned order, the remaining image is in the middle layer.

Interactive Board - basics

  

No matter what IWB software you use, some basics remain identical - both from the points of view of technology and methodology.

INDIVIDUALLY:

1. Install and explore Activ Inspire and Smart Notebook, try the basic functions, get the feeling of both softwares. For installation, see the first blog entry of this term.
2. Follow the list of compulstory items below and practice these basic skills both in Activ and Smart.
3. Explore the site http://www.veskole.cz/, try to identify high-quality materials, and recognise the faulty ones.

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What can we use the Interactive Board Material for?

1. To identify the purpose of the material:
Intro – topic, aim, target group
Source – textbook
Credits

2. To identify the resources:
References – texts, audio, images resources (last page)
create your own images!

3. To suggest how to use the material:
– create a Teacher’s book (could be in side notes, or in the last page, or hidden within each page)
– instructions to tasks (focus on organization, variability)

4. To enable easy navigation: Insert links
In Activ Inspire - use commands "Another page" and "Open a website"
In Smart - right click at the object, use "Odkaz"

5. To use visual and auditory input: insert images, audio and video
In Active Inspire: go to Resource Browser (the symbol of 2 music notes)
In Smart: go to Gallery (the symbol of a picture)
In both: download an image, and drag it to the chosen page

6. To integrate games and animations into a lesson:
Explore the resourcepacks
Modify Flash animations (Smart)


Interactive Board Project compulsory items:
- teacher book with target group, objectives and instructions on the use of your material
- enough functional and effective visual support (images, graphics, illustrations)
- a listening task (+ audio with tapescript)
- a speaking task
- feedback to all tasks
- links to T's Book from all pages (and links back!)
- active URLs (with tasks)
- a link to a youtube video - focused on the topic, with tasks!
- enough space for the students'work
- a page with all references


You can find examples and instructional files online (try youtube), and also at http://prekladani.capsa.cz

WebQuest

 

A WebQuest is an effective tool for USING English. In the following weeks, you will find out how it works, and we will discuss the design of your first WebQuest.


REMEMBER: A good WebQuest
- uses Internet resources (written in good authentic English)
- requires independent thinking, not mechanic copying from references
- is based on information processing: the students search for facts, evaluate, and come to their your own conclusions



Task 1:
Which of these topics can be developed into a good webquest? Why? What key features might be missing?

1. product: a tourist guide through Bohemian and Saxon Switzerland
2. product: an itinerary for a group travel to Prague
3. product: an essay on the political causes of the Great War
4. product: a list of reasons why UFO does not exist

Task 2:
Define the topic and product of your webquest. Register your topics in the comments below!
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WebQuest Home Page

TASK A
1. Identify an example of good practice - a WebQuest which you consider to be of a high quality - and enter its URL to tne comments of this blog.

Example: Greece or China?

A tool for making and publishing presentations online


WebQuest characteristic:
• information search
• information processing (THINKING, evaluating, comparing, choosing, combining, analysis, synthesis…)
• creativity
• autonomy
• fun

What is necessary:
• clear instructions
• clear description of the final product
• adequate choice of internet sources, with comments

WebQuest from the T’s point of view:
• choosing topic and task
• TIME – web search, detailing the process, clear and logical instructions
• focus on information processing – prevent plagiarism
• focus on authentic English resources

WebQuest from the Ss point of view:
• TASK
• instructions
• tips + web URLs
• final product
• autonomy + freedom of choice
• creativity

TASK B 
Work in the set groups. Start designing your project Webquest.
First, think about the outcomes of your WebQuest - describe the final product.
Paralelly search for suitable online resources, Remember to set a task wich does not enable copy-paste solution.

Look at the WebQuest template to learn more about its structure.

Inspiration:
WebQuest 1 - Building the Stonehenge
WebQuest 2 - A Trip to Egypt
WebQuest 3 - A Diary of the Survivor
WebQuest 4 - Pirates!

EXTRA MEMO

https://learningapps.org/

https://www.flippity.net/