MyStudiyo - Quiz Creator

At MyStudio.com you can create two kinds of quiz, "Promote it Quiz" with your questions, "User Can Add Quiz" your questons and users' questions, you moderate. Or embed an existing quiz in your blog or web page, as I did just below.

Publishing Google Forms to Blogger Blogs

1) In your blog settings click on the "Email" tab.
2) Fill in the empty field in "mail-to-blogger address" - use something you can remember
3) Check the "Publish emails immediately" radio button - then save settings
4) Go to http://spreadsheets.google.com/newform, sign in
5) Create your form
6) Click on "Save" and "Next, choose recipients"
7) Write the email address for your blog in the "Invite" field
8) Choose any other options that suit you and edit the "Custom Confirmation" text.
9) Click on "Invite People"
The form is automatically published in your blog, and replies collected in a google spreadsheet.










See the form in previous post!

EduTwits

 Just a small demo form         

If you cannot view this form properly, you can fill it out here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p7zH8U11Pv3_LPqs-Gw7_bg&email=true

Your Name

Where in the world are you?

Your Blog or Website

check for updates

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Google Form in Your Blog

 Apparently, if your blogger account is set up to accept your posts by mail, you can post a google form directly to your blog.  This is my first attempt - Please answer the questions - not only, in order that I can check if it actually works, but to help my students find out a little about school in other countries.  Thanks in advance.           

If you cannot view this form properly, you can fill it out here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p7zH8U11Pv38jj7yaY_0HTA&email=true

Where do you live?
Country only

How many days form a school week in your country?

What time does the school day commence?

What time does the school day finish?

How many lesson periods constitute a school day?

Please choose the correct answer

I'm a teacher I'm a student neither are correct for me

The school described above is

• an elementary school
• a middle/junior high school
• a high school

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Create a Newpaper from Your Students' Blogs

FeedJournal.com lets any blogger create one free PDF newspaper from their blog RSS. All you need to do is sign up with an email address, click on the "publisher" link, add the RSS feed for your blog and click on the "Generate Your Free Newspaper Now" button. The link to the pdf and a widget to embed in your blog will be sent to your email.
During the promotion period the free newspaper can include up to 20 pages.

Unfortunately the widget didn't work for my blog - however I uploaded the pdf to issuu.com and scribd.com in order to show 2 alternatives for embedding the newspaper.

In order to view the fullsize simply click on the widget below.

Read this doc on Scribd: efl20 blog as a newspaper

SortFix - A New Way To Search

http://www.sortfix.com/ "start dragging - stop typing". How many times are EFL students frustrated because they simply don't have the vocabulary to refine their websearches.

Sortfix may just be the search engine to solve the problem.

A basic search on SortFix returns a results page which includes 4 boxes or "baskets". The first basket contains "power words" and "power phrases" (relevant keywords and phrases) the second basket contains the original keyword. In order to refine the search all we need to do is drag relevant words or phrases from the first basket into the second basket. There is a 3rd basket entitled "Remove" any results containing words dragged into this basket will be excluded from the search results. The 4th basket the "dictionary" may be useful for more advanced EFL students, however the definitions are too difficult for elementary. Clicking on the "more options" link will allow you to add further functions to the search.

The SortFix help page includes explanations and videos which demonstrate the different functions.

Twitter - @teachable moments

from Langwitches blog…
Teachable Moment Twitter Account
Posted: January 19th, 2008, by Langwitches Following an idea that sprung out at me while I was writing my previous post, I have decided to create a Teachable Moment Shoutout account on Twitter.
The idea is as follows:
We are all looking to inspire and create teachable moments for our students. Many times these are impromptus, non-planned discussions and activities. Sometimes they pass as fast as they came, but will leave a long lasting impression on you and your students.
Our Twitter is relatively new for all of us and we are experimenting and experiencing what it dies for our own and for our students’ learning. Several ones of us have had a great experience with a twitter shoutout, followed by a Skype conversation, blog post and comments as well as direct “conversation” with 140 characters or less.
Tom Barrett’s GeoTweets: Inviting your network into the classroom
Chris Craft & Silvia Tolisano Arabic Mystery Writing
Please subscribe to Teachable Moment on Twitter if you are willing to commit yourself to be available, when your schedule permits, to help another teacher with a shoutout. Remember, that you might be someone’s partner from the other side of the world, which means it might not fall between your school hours, where you are with classes, paperwork or blocked access to twitter/skype. So don’t be shy and add yourself as a follower.
You can create an RSS to be alerted if anyone is writing a shoutout to “teachablemoment” by going to Tweetscan, searching for “teachablemoment” and then subscribing to the RSS feed.