O interessante do hotpotatoes além da possibilidade do professor criar uma atividade dentro dele, tornando-a mais interativa, também há possibilidade de que o aluno faça questões que possam ser trocadas com outros colegas em sala de aula.

No ambiente Moodle há possibilidade de utilizar questões desenvolvidas no hotpotatoes. Quando questões sã criadas neste software, há como gerar uma página html, e esta página pode ser usada no Moodle.

JCloze – Possibilita gerar exercícios para preencher lacunas em um texto. Permite criar botão ajuda para a palavra a ser preenchida, oferecendo assim, uma dica ao aluno.

JCross – cria exercícios em formato de palavras cruzadas. O professor pode criar linhas e colunas com as palavras a serem descobertas pelos alunos. Para cada pergunta a sua resposta encontra-se na palavra cruzada. Criando uma palavra cruzada. Também há possibilidade de criar um botão de ajuda para uma letra, oferecendo uma dica ao aluno.

JMix – cria um exercício para construir frases a partir de palavras desordenadas., ao fazer a ordenação das palavras a frase é gerada corretamente. Também há possibilidade de se criar uma ajuda.

JQuiz – possibilita a criação de questionário com 4 modelos pré-definidos (múltipla escolha, perguntas e respostas, etc). As perguntas podem ser abertas e oferecer ajuda e pista para respostas.

JMatch – cria exercícios de ordenação.

Um procedimento padrão para criar um exercício no hotpotatoes:

1-       Abrir programa

2-       Inserir dados para os exercícios

3-       Configurar o exercício (cores, tipos de letras, mensagens aos alunos, etc)

4-       Guardar o ficheiro (para posteriormente modificar o exercício)

5-       Editar e salvar página web

6-       Testar o exercício e melhorá-lo, caso necessário.

Na biblioteca desse tópico encontra-se um tutorial para auxílio no desenvolvimento de questões no hotpotatoes.

O hotpotatoes pode ser utilizado como um “jogo” em sala de aula. Para Tarouco et al (2005), o jogo deve ser inserido na prática de sala de aula de forma contextualizada, proporcionando a aprendizagem de forma lúdica, com a intervenção do professor e promovendo a interação entre alunos. O aluno passa a ser um sujeito ativo no processo ensino-aprendizagem, pois há possibilidade de criar, construir e discutir através de questões simples desenvolvidas através do hotpotatoes.

http://www.miniweb.com.br/top/Jornal/artigos/Artigos/Fich_1.pdf

Tutorial:

http://www.cinted.ufrgs.br/files/tutoriais/hotpotatoesv5/

Download:

http://superdownloads.uol.com.br/download/164/hot-potatoes/

Manual:

http://www.aulaintercultural.org/article.php3?id_article=1678

Re-playing this history might seem a low blow, a cruel rubbing of salt in old wounds. But play it, we must, because should John McCain become president, our nation would inherit this history -- past, present and future. It's only fair that we know exactly what we're getting. Below are his 5 most infamous hot potatoes, tossed from the life story of a man whose integrity could only be descibed as small potatoes. 

HOT POTATO #5: McCain Suspends His Campaign, Throws a Wrench into the Economic Bailout Plan

 With his campaign going down in flames in the wake of his feeble, erratic, impulsive, irresponsible responses to the Wall Street crisis last week, followed by this week's series of smear ads against Obama (which have been called some of the most vitriolic, slanderous political attacks in U.S. campaign history) McCain decided to suspend his campaign and postpone both this Friday's debate with Obama, and the October 2nd debate between Biden and Palin. In his announcement, McCain said:

It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem.... All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside...Americans across our country lament the fact that partisan divisions in Washington have prevented us from addressing our national challenges. -- John McCain

These proclamations must have seemed odd to the many Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill, who have spent the past week doing just that: toiling together (with neither input, nor inquiry coming from McCain) as they worked to hammer this 3-page legislative proposal into a solution to this extremely complex economic crisis. It seems odder, still, when you consider McCain's words from just one day earlier, regarding this 3-page document: "I have not had a chance to see it in writing. I have to examine it."

Continuing his announcement yesterday, McCain invoked every patriotic hot-button sentiment he could bluster (people not being able to buy homes, life savings at stake, businesses not being able to meet payroll, devastating consequences for the economy, every corner of our country impacted and, of course, the spectre of September 11th), in an attempt to scare the hell out of Americans and rally support for his selfless gesture. He then challenged Obama to respond in kind, thereby tossing him a hot potato. All that remained was the wait, with baited breath, to see what political damage might befall the Obama campaign. McCain didn't have to wait long. Here's what America had to say:

It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who will be the next president. It is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once. It's more important than ever to present ourselves to the American people. -- Barack Obama

We haven't heard hide nor hair of Sen. McCain in these negotiations. He has not been involved except for an occasional, unhelpful statement, sort of thrown from far away, and the last thing we need in these delicate negotiations is an injection of presidential politics. -- Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee

All of sudden, now that we are on the verge of making a deal, John McCain here drops himself in to help us make a deal.... We're trying to rescue the economy, not the McCain campaign. -- Barney Frank, chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, expressing fear that McCain could end up slowing down work on the bill.

I'm delighted that John is expressing himself on this issue. I have heard from Obama numerous occasions these last couple days. I have never heard from John McCain on the issue... I'm just worried a little bit that sort of politicizing this problem, sort of flying in here, I'm beginning to think this is more of a rescue plan for John McCain and not a rescue plan for the economy. -- Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee

(On McCain's attempt to postpone the debate) The plans for this forum have been underway for more than a year and a half. The [commission's] mission is to provide a forum in which the American public has an opportunity to hear the leading candidates for the president of the United States debate the critical issues facing the nation. We believe the public will be well served by having all of the debates go forward as scheduled. -- The Commission on Presidential Debates, the sponsors for Friday's scheduled debate in Mississippi

Empirically, so far, the advantage is decidedly with Obama and the Dems generally. The news coverage to date suggests Obama is the 'cooler' under the recent pressures and seems to be more capable of handling risks without undue panic. -- Ohio Wesleyan government professor and Hoover Institution fellow Carl Pinkele

Today, we see McCain grandstanding in Washington with his buddy, George Bush (who, at the behest of McCain, summoned Barack Obama off the campaign trail, to join their dog and pony show at the White House) as McCain assists Bush in his fearmongering campaign to cram this bailout plan through Congress, post haste. What a farce!

And what is McCain's contribution to this economic crisis? Nothing more than furthering the agenda of his supposedly "suspended" campaign -- all to the expense of the entire country - by schmoozing his fellow Republicans into making "Yeah Johnny!" statements to the press, in which his buddies praise McCain (while slamming Obama) for his magnanimous contributions toward solving this crisis. Is it any wonder that all of Washington, except for the staunchest of McCain sycophants, is outraged? This is the quintessential McCain, folks. This is the guy who's been jackassing around Washington for decades now -- his self-serving agenda pawned off as maverick politics. His actions today are downright treasonous.

HOT POTATO #4: McCain Throws America an Inferior Product

In the wake of a soaring, inspiring and substantive Democratic Convention -- defined by great, issue-driven speeches by ordinary citizens and politicians of great stature, alike -- McCain's uninspired presidential campaign was floundering and in the dullest of doldrums. McCain decided to steal the fire from the Democrats.

She's a partner and a soul-mate. -- John McCain, Aug. 31, 2008, on his vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, whom he had met only once before offering her the job.

 His ploy worked like a charm. Problem was, the desired publicity-fest proved to be a double-edge sword, as the media scrutiny quickly revealed the Achilles' tendon in his new running mate: namely, that she is profoundly unqualified to even speak to the press, much less serve as vice-president or (gulp) president of the United States. John McCain's choice to throw Sarah Palin into his floundering campaign continues to be viewed as a scorching indictment on his capacity for sound judgment. While the jury is still out on his choice of a running mate, it is widely agreed that tossing Sarah Palin onto the plates of Americans was, at best, a gamble that might pay off for his campaign and, at worst, the foisting onto Americans of the most dangerous candidate in the history of presidential politics.

HOT POTATO #3: McCain Throws His Keating Five Cohorts Under the Bus to Save His Own Ass

The Keating Five Scandal, in a nutshell

It was bad enough that McCain was involved in the the Keating Five scandal, but then he tried to pressure Congressional investigators into easing off the investigation. But, no, even that wasn't enough. Feeling the heat from the investigation, McCain decided to save his own ass by ratting out his co-conspirators. He polished this off with a generous round of media appearances, in which he proclaimed his innocence. It worked. McCain got off with a mere slap on the wrist for his role in what's been called, "the worst ethics scandal in the history of the Senate." One journalist described it like this:

They say that if you put five lobsters into a pot and give them a chance to escape, none will be able to do so before you light the fire. Each time a lobster tries to climb over the top, his fellow lobsters will pull him back down. It is the way of lobsters and threatened United States senators.... Those who survive will be the sociopaths who can tell a lie with the most sincere, straight face. You [John McCain] are especially adept at this.

It would be difficult to say which is the worst indictment of John McCain's character: that he was involved in the Keating Five, in the first place, or his reprehensible ass-saving behaviors in the wake of the scandal. It is generally agreed that the McCain campaign has gotten a free pass on Keating Five scandal, not to mention his other economic/banking faux pas . The level of disgust over this varies. As one blogger put it:

I really am amazed how one of the unspoken rules of this election has been NOT to mention John McCain's involvement in the Keating Five scandal.

Let's remember that this isn't a scandal involving his home or his church. It's a scandal involving John McCain abusing his federal office. It's a scandal that cost the American taxpayer billions. It's also a scandal that deals with failed banks - kind of relevant to today. How is it that John McCain's entire record is relevant, going back to the 1960s no less, but somehow we're supposed to skip the 1980s scandal years because that would be "rude"?

Seriously, I don't get it. Only the Republicans could make something John McCain did in office, and was chastised for officially on the Senate floor, and turn it into something "personal' and off-limits, like it's his daughter or his mistress. No, it's his job. And he screwed up, wilfully. And it's relevant to the very economic crisis we're discussing today. It's also relevant to any discussion of his honor.

HOT POTATO #2: John McCain throws his own wife under the bus after she suffers a disfiguring accident

To his credit, John McCain has at least acknowledged sole blame for abandoning his first wife in the wake of her tragic auto accident that left the former swimsuit model disfigured and crippled. It goes without saying that this is a highly personal matter, the details of which are no one's business but theirs. However, one can not divorce from John McCain's candidacy the character of a man who showed such flimsy loyalty for the woman who stood by his side throughout his imprisonment in Hanoi -- a man who would abandon the mother of his three children in the wake of her horrible accident, only so he could flit about with the beautiful people and cheat on his wife for several years before, ultimately, replacing her with a beautiful, young undamaged model. 

HOT POTATO #1: John McCain throws his fellow POWs as well as his country under the bus as he sings like a canary (and then some) for the enemy

Out of respect for others who have, unlike myself, experienced the unimaginable tortures suffered by prisoners of war, I won't belabor this point. I will only offer a few examples of the documents, words, articles and videos of others, who feel that John McCain behaved dishonorably both during and after the war. During his captivity, McCain provided military information far beyond the Code of Conduct - and far beyond that which other POWs divulged, while undergoing extreme torture themselves. After the war, McCain has fought to keep this information from becoming public, by stonewalling efforts by families of MIAs to declassify documents. While these documents could help these families discover the whereabout of their loved ones, these documents also contain damning evidence about John McCain's behavior during captivity.

As with McCain's behavior with his wife (detailed in #2 above) it tells something of a man's character that, having been through this experience, he would not only emerge less-than-truthful about the particulars of his history, but would use this falsified history to pander political points in his campaign. The real crime, however, is his disregard for the families of MIAs, as he fought their efforts to possibly discover the whereabouts of their loved ones (dead or alive?) who, unlike McCain, never returned home from war.

McCain's disregard for veterans has been ongoing and continues today, in his lack of support on Capitol Hill for the for veterans' issues and benefits, as seen in the clip from last spring's film, "Why Won't McCain Sign the GI Bill?"

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by Mantis Katz for the canarypapers

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postscript:

Various theories have been proposed on the origin of the game "hot potato." One generally accepted theory is that the first "hot potato" was, in fact, the warm contents of a freshly soiled diaper. The concept of a game arose from the good-humored arguments over who happened to be holding the baby upon the arrival of said-poop. This person became, by default, the designated diaper changer: the "loser." Enough said. 

On one hand I’m all for acceptance of sinners and showing grace to those who have fallen. But I don’t think that extends to people who have declared an intention to practice homosexuality. Homosexuality is a sexual sin. If someone told you that they had decided to practice fornication or pedophilia or bestiality would you just have to lump it and accept them as they are? No, you would tell them to get a life, or you’d report them to the police, or you’d hide your children. That’s the nature of sexual sin. It’s one thing to deal with temptation to sin sexually, but it’s another to say that you were made that way and just live it up.

If someone could explain to me why we’re supposed to accept homosexuals but condemn pedophiles maybe I’d understand the logic here.

Read: Ray Boltz’s ‘yoke’ at ThinkChristian

Realiza este ejercicio para ver tus conocimientos en VECTORES

REALIZA OTROS EJERCICIOS EN:

EJERCICIOS.2

EJERCICIOS.3

Ejercicio 1

Ejercicio 2

Ejercicio 3

Ejercicio 4

Langkah untuk mengoperasikan perangkat lunak hot potatoes ini cukup mudah yaitu:

1. Install hot potatoes (sesuai dengan OS) dengan mendownload versi terbaru di website resmi hot potatoes,
   
   
2. Register produk tersebut dengan cara online melalui http://hotpot.uvic.ca/reg/register.htm atau menggunakan User name: Temporary registration key: ISRB-TRXM-TRKE
3. Klik salah satu menu seperti gambar di atas:
4. 1. JQuiz (alat pembuat kuis) dengan langkah-langkah:
      
      1. Isilah title untuk memberikan judul soal tersebut
      2. Isilah Q sebagai pertanyaan soal tersebut
      3. Gambar anak panah disamping Q berguna untuk menentukan keberadaan nomor soal
      4. Pilih antara :
         • Multiple-choice (pilihan ganda)
           
         • Short-answer (jawaban singkat)
           
         • Hybride (gabungan)
           
         • Multi-select (lebih dari satu jawaban)
           
      5. Isilah A, B, C dan D sebagai alternatif jawaban
      6. Isilah feedback sebagai jawaban kembali setelah siswa memilih
      7. Isilah salah satu button dengan tanda centang di correct untuk jawaban yang benar
      8. Simpanlah file tersebut dengan menekan tanda disket di kiri atas anda
      9. Buatlah file htm dengan cara:
         
         1. Klik file
         2. Klik create webpage
         3. Klik standard format
         4. Ketik nama file dengan tidak menggunakan spasi
         5. Klik view the exercise in my browser, kemudian akan muncul seperti gambar berikut ini

         

   2. JCross (alat pembuat teka teki silang) dengan langkah-langkah:
      
      1. Isilah title untuk memberikan judul dari soal
      2. Isilah jawaban teka-teki silang terlebih dahulu
      3. isilah soal teka-teki silang tersebut dengan meng-klik add clues, sehingga tampil sebagai berikut:
         
         
      4. Isilah pertanyaan dengan meng-klik jawaban kemudian klik OK
      5. Klik OK untuk selesai
      6. Buatlah file htm dengan cara:
         1. Klik file
         2. Klik create webpage
         3. Klik standard format
         4. Ketik nama file dengan tidak menggunakan spasi
         5. Klik view the exercise in my browser, kemudian akan muncul seperti gambar berikut ini
            
   3. JMix (menyusun kalimat, menu ini khusus untuk pelajaran bahasa) dengan langkah-langkah:
      
      1. Isilah title dengan judul
      2. Isilah main sentence dengan kata-kata dengan menggunakan enter
      3. Isilah alternate sentences dengan kalimat yang benar
      4. Simpan dengan meng-klik gambar disket
      5. Buatlah file htm dengan cara:
         1. Klik file
         2. Klik create webpage
         3. Klik standard format
         4. Ketik nama file dengan tidak menggunakan spasi
         5. Klik view the exercise in my browser, kemudian akan muncul seperti gambar berikut ini
            
         6. Klik kata yang akan disusun
         7. Klik check untuk memeriksa jawaban
   4. JClose artinya isian tertutup, caranya:
      
      1. Isilah title dengan judul soal
      2. ketiklah sebuah kalimat dengan beberapa kata yang dapat menjadi sebuah pertanyaan dengan cara:
         1. Blok kata tersebut baik dengan mouse atau manual
         2. Klik grap, maka akan muncul tampilan berikut:
            
         3. Ketiklah clue sebagai petunjuk jawaban
         4. Ketiklah alternatif jawaban apabila siswa menjawab dengan salah mengetik misalnya hirosima dengan hiroshima
         5. Klik OK untuk menyelesaikan seting tersebut
5. JMatch (menu pembuat soal menjodohkan) dengan langkah-langkah:
   
   1. Isilah title sebagai judul
   2. Isikan left (ordered) items sebagai pasangan sebelah kiri dan
   3. Isikan right (jumbled) items sebagai pasangan sebelah kanan
   4. Isikan default untuk pilihan tetap
   5. Simpan file tersebut dengan meng-klik gambar disket
   6. Buatlah file htm dengan cara:
      1. Klik file
      2. Klik create webpage pilihlah salah satu format:
         1. Klik standard format
            Ketik nama file dengan tidak menggunakan spasi
            Klik view the exercise in my browser, kemudian akan muncul seperti gambar berikut ini:
            
         2. Klik drag/drop format
            Ketik nama file dengan tidak menggunakan spasi
            Klik view the exercise in my browser, kemudian akan muncul seperti gambar berikut ini:
            
         3. Klik flash card format
            Ketik nama file dengan tidak menggunakan spasi
            Klik view the exercise in my browser, kemudian akan muncul seperti gambar berikut ini
            
6. The Masher adalah sebuah tool untuk menggabungkan berbagai jenis soal yang telah kita buat dalam sebuah file index.html.
7. Apabila ada pertanyaan bisa didiskusikan di forum ini
8. Mangga cobian... :)

References:

1. http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
2. http://hotpot.uvic.ca/tutorials6.htm
3. http://www.xtec.cat/~ncasas12/hpotcourse/Hot%20Potatoes%206%20Tutorial.htm

Acceder

En esta página podéis encontrar un ejemplo completo sobre la integración de la Web 2.0 en la práctica educativa. Se muestran los trabajos realizados con los alumnos utilizando blogs, Webquest, Google docs, Picasa, Slideshare, Podcast y Hot Potatoes. Su autor es Benedicto Marcos Benito.
"El presente trabajo se ha desarrollado con un grupo de 12 alumnos entre 13 y 18 años muchos de ellos con deficiencias psíquicas ligeras y en algunos casos asociadas a problemas motóricos. En su mayoría, tienen Adaptaciones Curriculares en todas las asignaturas, adaptadas a su competencia curricular y ésta corresponde al Tercer Ciclo de Educación Primaria.

El trabajo se ha llevado a cabo desde el mes de octubre del año 2007 hasta el mes de marzo de 2008 y para ello se han destinado 2 sesiones semanales de 60 minutos cada una de ellas. Además de estas sesiones los alumnos han trabajado en sus casas."

I am also playing the waiting game for the workshop and exercise modules to get enabled by our administrator (who has been super helpful!). I'm excited about the opportunities that are held in the workshop module, with students able to work for and with one another... instead of just me. I think it reiterates the idea that teh teacher should not be the "be all and end all" because, in real life, teachers will not be there as the "be all and end all"... peers, on the other hand, will be. My wondering is how I am going to ensure that kids take their job of assessing others seriously.  I know that it will help them become better German students (and students in general), and I know that their peers are going to be amazing assessors (if they hold themselves to actually assessing), and I know  that assessment for  learning is the best... so what talk do we need to have for a good buy-in from all parties?

Last question: how have you used workshops, exercises, and (something I didn't mention here today) Hot Potatoes in your Moodle?

Entonces fue que instalamos Moodle en la prepa, y resultó que puede importar el formato JQuiz de las Papas Calientes. Entoces me decidí a probarlo con Wine y resultó que, como era de esperarse, corre como si estuviera en su casa:

Also this week I will start recording some podcasts for one of our private students using Audacity. He gave me a few texts to read and record for him so he can then read the texts and follow along at home. I am curious to see how he likes this and will see what he tells Roberta after he's tried it out. Audacity is an excellent free program and well worth getting if you're a language teacher for sound or voice recordings and editing.