--- Forwarded Message from "Nancy Overman" <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:48:36 -0500
>From: "Nancy Overman" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5289 Interactive Exercise Makers

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This looks reallly interesting!  I've bookmarked it so I can play with it later...

>>> LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> 10/29 3:12 PM >>>
--- Forwarded Message from Dan Beeby <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:35:53 -0400
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Dan Beeby <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Interactive Exercise Makers
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>

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All,

I would like to invite you to explore, experiment with and offer feedback
on the Interactive Exercise Makers from the Mellon Language Project at
Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges.

Currently there are nine makers (with another in development and a much
improved gloss version on its way [from Yale]).  The current versions allow
you to create annotated texts, form-based interactive exercises, and -- the
newest ones -- drag-and-drop exercises for matching, sentence order, and
vocab. introduction.

For those who are doing work developing interactive materials, I'm looking
for input and suggestions for further makers (interesting Javascripts) and
would enjoy working with others to write the Perl scripts for new  makers.

Please keep in mind that exercises that are created through the makers are
saved on the Mellon grant's server in Swarthmore -- Read:  use it
responsibly (for my sanity and our server's health).  If you intend to use
exercises made with these tools, please be sure to save the files on you
local web server to ensure their long-term safety.  We also encourage
institutions who might use the makers on a broader scale to implement the
scripts on local servers.  The scripts are free and located on the makers
site.

Take a look and let me know what you think:
http://lang.swarthmore.edu/makers/ 

Sincerely,

Dan Beeby



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Daniel Beeby
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