hi folks, here's what's on the agenda for today: it should be fun! we'll follow up on the discussion about Blackboard quizzes from last week (here are the notes I had put up about that: http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/about/tools/blackboardquizh andout.htm), and then move on to some other kinds of quiz and game possibilities: QUIA: overview of all the QUIA activities and quiz options, linking to QUIA activities, copying and modifying existing QUIA materials http://quia.com Hot Potatoes: free software from the folks at Univ. of Victoria for creating online jumbles, crossword puzzles, Cloze (gap-fill), multiple-choice, and short-answer activities online. http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/ Quandary: from the same folks who built Hot Potatoes comes Quandary, which can be used to create "branching" game scenarios Ceck out the Evil Landlady to see how this software works: http://www.english-zone.com/convo/llady/llady01.htm Java scripts: these are free scripts available online that you can easily add to webpages giving all kinds of dynamic options. the "Let the Fates decide!" option in my reading pages is a Java script. for a sample, look here: http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/weeks/week09/index.htm I've got notes about most of these materials up at the Teacher Guide for MythFolklore already (http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/about/index.htm#index), but I'll do up a handout also which I'll circulate later. thanks everybody, Laura