This document discusses producing electronic materials for language learning. It defines electronic materials as informational resources, exercises, and activities created by teachers to be used by students on computers or in printed form. It provides reasons for creating electronic materials, such as extra practice for weaker students. It also discusses using online generators and authoring tools to create different types of electronic materials, including exercises like multiple choice, drag and drop, and gap fill questions, as well as interactive stories. Authoring tools allow teachers to create and distribute materials on CDs, DVDs, or web pages.

1. PRODUCING ELECTRONIC
MATERIALS

2. I. What are electronic
materials?
 Informational resources, exercises &
activities that you created yourself.
 Students use on a computer as web
page or CD-ROM content or printed
form.
 http://a4esl.org

3. Reasons to create & use EM in
class
 To provide extra practice for weaker
learners.
 Consolidation and review exercises for
groups.
 To generate a large bank of materials
to be used in class or for self-study at
any point in the future.

4. II. Creating electronic materials
online
 Use some of the simple generators
which can be found online.
 Form: printable resources to be taken
into class
 Web pages & made available on the
internet
 Ex:
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.co
m
 http://smile.clear.msu.edu

5. What is an authoring tool?
 An installable program that allows you
to create materials in electronic format
 Can be distributed on a CD-ROM,
DVD, USB, via web page to your
learners.

6. Using authoring tools to produce
materials
 Hot Potato Ex: http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
 Allow you to create web-based
exercises
a. multiple choice
b. short answer
c. jumbled sentence
d. crossword
e. matching/ordering
f. gap-fill

7. Another area to explore
 Interactive stories (reading maze)
 Clarity software
 Creative technology
 QUIA