The Hot Potatoes freeware includes six applications. You can create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises. These can then be posted to the web.
I like that this is a different way for my students to practice their vocabulary, something that they struggle with in Geometry. This year we have added more matching vocabulary to each chapter test. I think that having the matching practice before hand will give students a much better grasp as to what they will need to know and help them prepare. So much of geometry is tied into understanding the terminology.
This software was difficult for me to work with at first. They have begun working on a new version so they made this older one free to all. Free is great but it doesn’t have much support for slow learners like myself. I am certain that when I bring this to school on Monday and ask my students for a bit of help they will be able to figure it out immediately. Giving my students the opportunity to create these activities will also be a great learning tool.
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