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  • Authoring language materials

    Until recently, language materials have been noticeable on Yacapaca only by their absense. I have had correspondence recently with a few teachers who are starting to write materials – particularly quizzes and short-text tests. I thought it would interesting to look at just how the subject is developing. Here are the authoring groups currently named…

  • The return of "I am Clever"

        Update 2013: the I Am Clever materials have now been permanently retired. Thanks for your interest.  Back in 1999 we thought it would be a pretty cool experiment to add an online component to Chalkface packs. Students could do homeworks or extension activities online, and have them emailed back to the teacher. So…

  • Subjective Assessment

    Last week’s list of question types went down so well that I got motivated to do you another list, this time of ‘task’ types. ‘Task’ is Yacapaca-speak for what is also known as Subjective Asessment, or free-text. I have covered the principles of these already; this is a handy list of the actual settings for…

  • Inspiring ICT course blogs at Shrewsbury High School

    If you would like to see a really thorough and comprehensive exposition of the course blog concept, loook no further than ICT@SHR from Tim Curtiss. I first spotted it because Tim is a Yacapaca member (and author), and refers his students to it in the blog (example). What is really inspiring, though, is the huge…

  • Yacapaca: the movie

    From the studio of Mike Highfield (who also produces our training CDs) comes a new two-minute demo of what Yacapaca is all about. Enjoy! View full size I want to get the word out as far and wide as I can, so please do embed this in your own blog or school website, where other…