"Hot Potatoes is a suite of programs published by Victoria University and Half-Baked Software. Teachers use the Hot Potatoes programs to create educational materials, especially exercises and tests. All these materials can be produced in the form of web pages, and the web pages can be uploaded to hotpotatoes.net very simply, from within the Hot Potatoes programs." (Creative Technology)
This is an extremely useful tool for teachers to use when creating worksheets, units of study and a practical means of assessment. The most interesting aspect of Hot Potatoes is the each student has a profile and you can see how long it tool them to answer a question and how many times they attempted it before they got it right!
It provides a solid means of assessment however the students are enjoying completing crosswords, fill in the gaps etc... on a computer!
This is an extremely clever innovation I would use in my classroom!
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