Exercise+generators



=Interactive Exercise Generators=

What can an interactive exercise generator give me?
Interactive exercise generators allow for the creation of a number of different exercise types:
 * Drag and drop
 * Multiple choice
 * Multiple correct
 * Matching
 * True/False
 * Cloze
 * Fill-in-the-blanks
 * Word games
 * Cross words
 * Jumbled sentences
 * Jumbled words
 * Hangman

and there's more. You can add images, audio and video as well.

What are the advantages?
Here are just a few of the advantages of using interactive exercise generators.


 * **A variety of different types of activities: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">breaks monotony
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">allows students to work on selected areas that they've chosen
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">allows the creation of exercises with different levels of difficulty
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">engages students by allowing them to learn through games


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Audio, images and video: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">allows learners to receive Input from different channels for processing
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">encourages the use of different learning styles
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">exposes learners to a greater number of possible stimulus


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reduces anxiety and builds self-confidence **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">answers can be programmed to let students know the area in which the error was made
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">questions can be asked to help students find correct answer
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">students can have several opportunities to re-do the same exercise
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">learning can be seen as a game
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">activities with different levels of difficulty can be used

==<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Some Interactive Exercise Generators ==

<span style="background-color: #e7ff00; color: #0d00ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Script O Here's software that can allow you to create online tests and a number of different activities from True and False to Fill-ins. It's easy to create and manage the activities. Try it at __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Script O __

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hotpotatoes Download the software to your PC and work on flashcards, drag and drop exercises, gapfills and crosswords from among a number of different exercises this generator will allow you to create. Check out __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Hotpotatoes __.

<span style="background-color: #bb00ff; color: #ffffff; font-family: serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Word Learner A great site for individualising vocabulary learning. Not only can you create your own vocabulary lists, but you can use these words in a number of online and offline exercises. Make flash and Bingo cards and a variety of word games like crosswords, wordsearch, word jumble and match maker. Learners can even download to their mobiles and learn on the go. __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Word learner __.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">crossword __ for an example.

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SMILE and <span style="background-color: #97f08e; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CLEAR (Michigan State University) Smile adds scrambled sentences and paragraphs to the list of interactive exercises. With Clear you have a number of other software that include multimedia and so catering to a number of different learning styles. Check out their sites and see how this software can foster learning. __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Smile __ a while and __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">Clear __ away those frowns.

**EDUCAPLAY** This multimedia learning resource has all the traditional interactive exercises like fill-in-the-blanks, jumbled words, jumbled sentences, matching and crossword puzzles, but also adds other new exercises such as maps, dialogue, dictation and riddle. Exercises created on Eduplay can also be downloaded and copied to an external storage device such as a CD or DVD. Experiment with Eduplay.