As a teacher, I plan to use materials generators in my classroom. I like that I can use desktop publishing in my classroom to help my students practice grammar, spelling, and communication. It will also give them an opportunity to organize information in a creative way. According to Roblyer and Doering (2010), “Software tools help teachers with what many consider to be one of the most onerous and time-consuming instructional tasks: producing tests and other assessments,” (p. 145). Using test generators makes creating and revising tests easier. Test generators can create different versions of the test to hinder cheating. Also, test generating programs usually provide an answer key as soon as the test is generated. Rubric generators will be beneficial as well. Sometimes it is difficult to create rubrics on our own. Roblyer and Doering (2010) provide a list of websites on page 142 where “the teacher follows a set of prompts, and the system creates a rubric that can be printed out or referred to online” (Roblyer and Doering, 2010, p. 146).
Additionally, worksheet and puzzle generators will be a great tool to use. Generating worksheets and puzzles is a lot like generating tests. “Like test generator software, worksheet generator software prompts the teacher to enter questions of various kinds, but it usually offers no options for completing exercises on-screen or for grading them,” (Roblyer and Doering, 2010, p. 146). Puzzle generator software is similar. Both worksheet and puzzle generators help students practice skills as well as review words and definitions. They also help teachers check comprehension (Roblyer and Doering, 2010, p. 146). Overall, I believe that materials generators are useful in the classroom. They are easy to use and save time. Exactly what a teacher needs!
Material generators will be a great tool to help create tests/ quizzes, rubrics, worksheets, or puzzles. It is definitely a tool I plan on using as an early childhood educator. It will save me time from manually creating all of these activities. It will also add an element of professionalism—everything will be neatly organized and well put-together.
ReplyDeleteMaterial generators are both helpful and fun. I really enjoy using word search generators. They make vocabulary lessons into a fun activity and break up the monotony of the usual worksheets. I think that there are a lot of great activity generators that can be used to really enhance a lesson. Best of all, each of these softwares help teachers by saving a lot of time!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you on using material generators in the classroom. I think that they aid the teacher very well and help them create different ways to help their students learn. At my work I used puzzle and word search generators as a quick way for the kids to learn about things along with having fun doing it. They would always come up with puzzles and word searches that they wanted to do. So I would definitely use material generators in the classroom to aid me and the students.
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