PRODUCING ELECTRONIC

MATERIALS

JUAN CARLOS SALAZAR

ISABEL CRISTINA PINTO G
L. ALEXANDRA PINTO G
UNIVERSITY OF CALDAS
MASTER IN ENGLISH DIDACTICS
2015

What are electronic materials?

Informational resources, exercises and activities created
by yourself.
Use on a computer as web page, CD-ROM content, or in
printed form.
May include working with external web pages, using web
page design skills, the use of small programs installed on
your own computer or more complex CD-ROM
production software.

Creating your own electronic materials in class

To provide extra practice for weaker learners, consolidation and
review exercises for groups.
To generate a large bank of materials.
To provide a change of pace and can be highly motivating.
To check which language areas learners have had problems with and
provide further practice materials if necessary.
To be uploaded to a platform.

-http://a4esl.org/

Creating electronic materials online

The Discovery School Puzzlemaker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

Online tools
Smile: http://smile.clear.msu.edu
-You can create a free account and manage your own online bank of
exercises with student tracking and a good variety of exercise types.
-You can choose from multiple choice, true/false, drag and drop,
sentence mix, paragraph mix, cloze and multiple select.

Powtoon http://www.powtoon.com/

Calameo http://es.calameo.com/#

Edmodo https
://www.edmodo.com/?simplified_landing_page=1&
go2url=%
2Fhome%23%2Fgroup%3Fid%3D14167339

Goconqr https://www.goconqr.com/es

Google drive (Gmail)

https://www.google.com/intl/es-419/drive/

What is an authoring tool?

It is an installable program that allows you to create materials in
electronic format which can be distributed on a CD-ROM, DVD, USB
pen drive, floppy disc or via a web page to your learners.
They are used to make CD-ROM-based reference tools (Microsoft
Encarta) but also more simple resources (information leaflets, brochures,
handouts and interactive exercises)

To explore
Mediator (http://www.matchware.com/en/products/mediator/edu/why.htm)

Macromedia Director http://www.adobe.com/products/director/

Neobook http://www.neosoftware.com/nbw.html

Using authoring tools to produce materials

Hot Potatoes can be freely downloaded for educational
purposes http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ to create web-based
exercise:
-multiple choice

-short answer

-jumbled sentence

-crossword

-matching/ordering
-gap-fill
Hot Potatoes website http://hotpot.uvic.caltutorials6.htm :
tutorial

lnteractive stories
Learners read scenarios and then make choices to decide what they
will do at certain key points.
-Reading comprehension practice.
-Small-group discussions (encourage collaborative and critical thinking
skills).
-To encourage learners to develop a wide range of skills from listening
to debating, agreeing and disagreeing and making points and
supporting them.

 Interactive stories http://

www.halfbakedsoftware.com/quandary/version_2/examples/

Clarity Software: (audio, graphics and video content, and allow for
the creation of listening comprehension exercises interactive
dictations and presentation http://www.clarityenglish.com/
QUIA: http://www.quia.com/subscription/

Symbaloo https://
www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eP70VCLi

Activity

In groups of three or four design an

electronic material for your class.
Explain it.

CONCLUSIONS
Consider students needs
Take time to know and understand the online application or software.
Take advantage of pages that allow creating materials and connecting
with students and teachers as well.
Choose the tool that allows creativity and saves time.
Take into account your own resources since some applications require
internet access.

References
Dudeney, G & Hockly, N. (2007). Producing electronic materials. How to
teach English with technology. Pearson Longman