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>Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 09:44:31 -0500
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>From: Dennie Hoopingarner <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Update to the "Game-O-Matic"

The "Concentration" module of the Game-O-Matic
(http://clear.msu.edu/dennie/matic) has been enhanced.

For those of you unfamiliar with the program, the Game-O-Matic creates
"games" which run in a web page.  Currently, the suite contains
Concentration, Timed Matching, and Drag-Drop Matching.  Created primarily
for internal use by the Center for Language Education And Research (CLEAR)
and Michigan State University, all are welcome to use the program to create
web pages.  You create games by typing your content into a web form, and
submitting it to the server.  The server creates a game embedded in a web
page, which you save to your own website.

The new enhancement to Concentration is the addition of a scrambling
function.  After you create a game and save it to your website, every time
a user loads the page, the items will be scrambled.  This was a feature
that was requested by some users; it adds to the useful life of a page by
essentially shuffling the deck every time a user reloads the page.

I've tested the program on IE and Netscape for Windows, and on Netscape for
Mac.  Please try the program, and let me know if it doesn't work on your
machine, so that I can fix any remaining bugs.  I'd be very interested in
knowing how useful you find the program, and your students' reactions to
the program.

Thanks, and enjoy!

Dennie

P.S.  You can still access the original version of the Concentration module
from this URL:  http://clear.msu.edu/dennie/matic/concentration/index.html



Dennie Hoopingarner
Assistant Director for Technology Implementation
Center for Language Education And Research
Michigan State University
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http://clear.msu.edu/dennie