Blooket for creating gamified quizzes

 Finally found a bit of time to check out Blooket, an app for creating gamified quizzes. I had no difficulty coming to grips with the Classic game mode, which is like Kahoot and Quizziz. But the gamified modes were so difficult for me to understand, because I had zero background knowledge with computer games. It took me such a long time just to figure out one game mode, and even so, I was not sure whether I had got it right. I think what I should do is to get hold of a P4 or P5 kid, show each game mode's starting page to them, and I'm sure they'll be able to explain how to play the game to me in no time.

Baaboozle: my quick review

 Baamboozle, the free plan is good for creating teacher-led quiz competitions. The teacher shows a question on the screen, invites one team to answer it, discloses the answer, and awards marks to the team if answered correctly.

Quizzes can be livened up with the easy to find built-in pictures. 

A quiz can also be shared via a link, for students to STUDY it themselves first. 

The Questions under the free plan must have one single definite answer. (e.g., What is the capital of France? Answer: Paris.)

Many of the other functions require paid subscriptions. 

https://www.baamboozle.com/

Hong Kong Book Fair - July 2022

 在偌大的書展中分別在3個出版社攤位看見自己的名字，不禁有些欣慰。

Language polls on www.usingenglish.com

 Just came across an interesting website where people can cast their votes on disputable English language usage issues. For example: 

A. 'I wouldn't have done it if I were you.'

B. 'I wouldn't have done it if I had been you.'

C. Both are acceptable. 

Here's another one: 

A. 'He's better than I.'

B. 'He's better than I am.'

C. 'He's better than me.'

D. Any of these can be used. 

After you have cast your vote, the overall result will show up immediately. In many cases, you will be surprised at how divided people are with their views. 

The website contains hundreds of such language polls. I'm going to include this website as a learning resource in my Language Awareness course next year. 

https://www.usingenglish.com/poll/

How to analyse 'a lot of'

 Why do we say 'A lot of people drink beer', and not 'A lot of people drinks beer'? Below is an explanation by a native AmE speaker, who is a senior member of WordReference.com, one of the major online discussion forums on language matters: 

'In the sentence "A lot of people drink beer," the subject "lot" is singular, so the rule tells us that the verb should be "drinks." But there is no native English speaker who would use the singular in this construction. The verb in this case matches the object of the prepositional phrase (something that is never supposed to happen) because the speaker intends the phrase "a lot of people" to mean "many people." '

An eye-opening analysis. 

https://forum.wordreference.com/.../tons-of-rubbish-is.../

2022-07-10 Adjudicator, The 33rd Annual Book Report Competition for Secondary School Students

 Adjudicator for English, Senior, Section. 

Obtained the Thinglink Certified Creator badge

Thinglink is an eTool for creating interactive multimodal artifacts based on images and video. It's excellent for multimodal literacy teaching.

https://www.thinglink.com/

some ways I use Padlet for

 I've just created a Wakelet collection showing some ways I use Padlet for: 

https://wakelet.com/wake/SR9pX0TgDSMrvW3TeLd4V