Online Exercises

Self-Check online drills and quizzes allow students to practice difficult skills as needed.

Quizzes

A Spelling Test - A Javascript quiz on the 50 most misspelled words in English.

Spanish Grammar Exercises - Javascript grammar exercises for Spanish.

Civilisation française - Advanced French learners listen to audio clips and answer online questions then check answers. Uses simple Javascript.

Flash Vocabulary Quizzes - English and Spanish vocabulary quizzes in a variety of game styles including word search, Concentration matching and a version of Hangman in which a mouse must nibble all the cheese before the cat fully awakens.

PBS Colonial House "Readiness Quiz" - A quiz which asks questions to determine if you would be compatible with a Colonial American lifestyle.

Simulations

National Geography Underground Railroad Simulation - A simulation in which the player is an escap;ing African American slave and must decide on what to do at key points on the Underground Railroad.

Create a Sculpture - A Flash application in which students move structural elements to create a "sculpture". Link is to left.

Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art - Arrange wildlife images like a musuem curator or as a narrative. Very interesting tool allowing users to reflect on their visual experiences.

Simulating the Spread of HIV - Go through the science of trying to determine patient zero in a set of HIV positive subjects. Pretty eye-opening.

Virtual Piano - From the PBS Jazz documentary. This Shockwave module shows how a melody can be varied by jazz musicians.

Penn State Quiz Options

ANGEL - The Penn State Course Management tool which includes a quizzing tool. Click on Help for more details.

Quiz Wizard - An online quizzing tool available through T.L.T.

TestPilot - An online testing tool available through the former University Testing Services (now a part of the Schryer Institute for Teaching Excellence.

Javascript Tutorials

Bob Godwin Jones JavaScript Tutorial - Includes code for popular topics such as an interactive exercise.

ZDNet JavaScript Archive - An in-depth archive of popular JavaScript codes for free. Another good archive is javascript.internet.com.

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Last Update: Tuesday, 12-Jun-2007 15:21:08 EDT