ELED4810 S6 Digital Reading Worksheets

S6: Creating digital worksheets for reading comprehension activities

ACT 0:
Your experience with Tools for creating digital worksheets

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Have you ever used Google Forms or Microsoft Forms to create a Quiz?

• yes

• no

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Have you ever converted a Google Doc. to a Google Form?

• yes

• no

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Have you ever converted a Google Sheet to a Cloze reading activity?

• yes

• no

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Have you ever used an AI app to generate a reading passage?

• yes

• no

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Have you ever used an AI app to generate a question set for a reading passage?

• yes

• no

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Have you ever used an app (eg, OneNote) to extract text from an image?

• yes

• no

Two Types of Tools for Creating Digital Worksheets

• Standalone Tools for Digital Reading Worksheets (eg, Liveworksheets; TeacherMade; QuestGen)

• Multipurpose Interactive Task Creation apps (e.g., Bookwidgets; Learningapps.org; Eduaide AI; Diffit)

I. Static digital worksheets

Go to https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets

• Browse some of the worksheets. How are the worksheets organised?

• Try one or two sample worksheets. You can also click the 'Finish' button when you are done.

LIVEWORKSHEETS

• Go to https://teachermade.com/. (Do not sign up.)

  • Look to the top and click on 'View Samples'

  • Skim through some of the samples.

• TEACHERMADE

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• LJ TASK 1: Features of Digital Worksheet Platforms

• Browse the above two platforms.

  • Summarise their common features in about 60 words. Use point-form if necessary.

  • Include a screenshot, if it helps with your explanation.

II. INTERACTIVE WORKSHEETS

Do you recognise this housing estate?

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P4: Reading lesson

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Put down the name of this housing estate? (Case-sensitive)

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​Duplicate this text as many times as you would like.

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• ACT 1: Try a P4 Formative worksheet created by Paul

• • Paul's example: "Choi Hung Estate: Past and Present":

    • Go to: https://app.formative.com/formatives/5d877afaad5092366e9519fc

    • Type in your name, and then proceed to read the passage and try answering the 9 questions.

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LJ TASK 2: A Formative Reading Worksheet

III. CAPITALIZING ON AI TECHNOLOGY FOR GENERATING PASSAGES AND QUESTION SETS

• ACT 2 : Try Questgen.ai:

• • Paste in a short text, or use:

    • Fat Bear Week: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enTlN8LRWUKrehDAM0O_H2evrzrXtjOr/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=111601773817425081367&rtpof=true&sd=true

  • Set the parameters: Difficulty, number of questions, etc.

  • Try the 'Bloom's Taxonomy' function

ACT 3: Browse Diffit to find out how it works. You may use your any text for this purpose.

Diffit

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Poll

Are you ready to create a Reading Comprehensioon pack with Diffit?

• yes

• no