Hot Potatoes.

Creating our own exercise for the students.

Hot potatoes?

What do you think?

What is the right one?
Here?

Or Here?

Yes, people also know Hot Potatoes as a software that can be used for teaching. It has five application in it; JCloze, JCross, JMatch, JMix and JQuiz.

Another one is The Masher. It is used to compile all the Hot Potatoes exercises into one unit.

What software it is? Well, The application in Hot Potatoes are used to make the exercise or worksheet for the students.

For example, JMAtch for matching exercise, JCLose for filling the blank and JQuiz for making a quiz.

For a teacher, it is very useful for everyday teaching. You can use this application for making your own worksheet that appropriate for your material.

Okay, Let’s have a look deeply about this Hot Potatoes.

Hot Potatoes can be downloaded freely on this link.

HERE.

After you install the software, let’s make one trial worksheet.

Let’s take a look on JCLose everyone.

It is to make fill in the blank exercise. The length of the story is limited. It is about 150 words.

 1. Here is the look of Hot Potatoes, JClose.

 2. Copy or create your passage.

 

Don't forget to block the words to make it blank, and click Gap.

3. Create a web page.

 

Here is the example of JClose exercise. You can go to the setting to edit the color of the background, style and others.
Click this link, so you can do the exercise online.

Link

Okay, now you can make your own filling in the blank exercise for your students.

But, remember that.. this exercise is online. You can give the link for your students and ask them to do it.

 Further, Check this video to get more information about using Hot Potatoes.

How to use Hot Potatoes 

Well, everyone..

Don’t forget to always be creative on our teaching. Students who already study for whole their life are bored with the similar activity or exercise that teacher did. Even, they remember what the next activity after this activity.

So, teaching creatively and innovatively is needed.

Using the provided technology, you can make it true.

So, keep fighting teacher.

Be the great one who can help and inspire your students.

Keep reading Teacher’s Path. It may help you find new ideas for your teaching sessions. :D