E-CREATION TOOLS AND SELF-MADE

COMPUTER-BASED RESOURCES

BY ISIS BATRES AND JULIO DEL ÁGUILA

GET ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS TO PLAY AND BE CREATIVE WITH LANGUAGE

E-CREATION TOOLS

• Software or applications of software that provide a free forum for students to publish their original work.

“construct activities that maximize opportunities for ELLS to interact with other in English”

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Web publishing

sites

Presentation software

Exercise creation

tools

Movie maker Podcasting

WEB PUBLISHING SITES

Content provided through the use of a website for

access by the public in general. All about creating a

web page.

Example:

Geocities

PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

• Software design for creating presentations.

Example:

Power point

EXERCISE CREATION TOOLS

This is a software that creates different exercises

that can be used as assessment tools.

Example:

hot potatoes

MOVIE MAKER

• It can be used to create movies from still

photos or video clips.

Example:

Windows movie maker

PODCASTING

It enables the distribution of audio files over syndicated

feed that can be replayed on media players or

computers.

Example:

Audacity

LET´S PRACTICE

We are going to create a Jeopardy game in

power point.

• Step one:

Open a Power point and choose insert

table from the toolbar.

• Step two:

Create categories by writing the titles in

the first row. Then assign the values for

each question to the cell.

• Step three:

Create categories by writing the titles in

the first row. Then assign the values for

each question to the cell.

• Step four:

Insert one slide for each value you

placed.

• Step five:

On each slide insert two text boxes one for

the question and another for the answer.

• Step six:

Select the box with the answer and insert

animation, so it will appear with a click.

• Step seven:

Once you finish with the answers and

questions, insert an icon or image to make it

a button to get back to the main page on

each slide

• Step eight:

Get back to the main page and insert

hyperlinks, from each value to the slide it

represents.