很久沒有用Gemini Canvas製作interactive game，為了「温習」用法，隨便請Gemini Canvas 製作一個關於endangered animals的flashcard deck，每張card正面是動物英文名稱，和一個一按會聽到發音的按鈕，咭的背面是動物的圖片；Gemini Canvas的結果頗令人失望，有按鈕卻沒有聲音，一半的動物圖片還是錯的。經過幾次iteration ，結果仍是很差勁。
我立刻轉到Padlet Arcade ，不到一分鐘便生成完美和切合我需要的flashcard deck 。Padlet Arcade是到目前為止我最滿意用以製作interactive game的AI app。而且就算是free plan user，也可以無限量製作interactive game。Wordwall 今夭也有AI functionality，但free plan user只能製作3個game。
Padlet是我欣賞的eLearning app, 不斷完善其functionality,每次重訪，都看見new features。
A Workflowy list will usually have bullet point at varying levels (level 1; level 2 ....). Very often, when copied and pasted into another app, the bullets and the indentation will disappear, so that there will be no difference between the levels. As a result, the levels will not work.
To work around this problem:
1. Do not copy from Workflowy, Instead, click on the 3 dots next to the parent bullet, and choose Export.
2. Choose MARKDOWN.
3. The whole list will now show ordinary word processing format, with all bullets (Level 1; Level 2 ...) beginning with a hypen, and each level 2 INDENTED.
4. Then, copy this formatted list, and paste it into the target app (e.g., Padlet; Gemini)
Created a Padlet board for realtime presentation by pasting in a bulleted list created in Workflowy.
The Steps:
https://workflowy.com/s/how-to-turn-a-workfl/W9UnQGs6E8KsAcK4
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PLUSES OF PADLET PRESENTATIONS:
1. Easy to create a bulleted list in Workflowy.
2. The above procedure is quite simple.
3. Padlet is good at embedding Youtube videos, and websites.
4. Hence, while presenting, all you need to do is to start with just the padlet. Each time you get to an external website, just click on that board.
A former Master's degree student emailled me with a question that is posed to me from time to time by former education students and teachers. In brief, the question is:
In a Reading Comprehension test, if students' written answers to short/long questions contain language errors, should students be penalised even if the errors do not interfere with the meaning?
MY RESPONSE:
You've brought up a tricky question which lends itself to two contrasting perspectives: (a) 'focus on meaning' vs (b) 'focus on meaning AND language form.' Adherents to (b) usually contend that this will ensure that students build up the habit of attending to correct language forms all the time.
Adherents to (a) emphasize the purpose of the language/communication event. For example, in a Reading Comprehension test, the purpose is to assess students' understanding of the reading text in question. Hence, as long as their answers to short/long questions clearly show their understanding, other language form errors that do not affect the meaning of their answers should not matter.
Both perspectives are valid, especially in the context of school education. I would like to cite, in conclusion, my experience in public exam assessments (e.g., TSA; LPAT). In the Reading Comprehension section, a student's answer to a short/long question is mainly assessed on its correctness in MEANING. Errors that do not interfere with the correct meaning will not be taken into account.
My personal opinion: for a school's internal test/exam, if teachers also want to look for 100% correct language form in the written answer, they might consider specifying that in the Reading Comprehension instruction (e.g., 'Marks will be deducted for ...'). Otherwise, just focus on the meaning.
Just my two cents.
Regards
Paul Sze
After the import, the interface on WG's 'create presentation' will look like Google Slides, but in fact is still in WG. You can edit the imported Google Slides. (If it is a PPT that is imported, then each imported PPT slide is a non-editable slide in WG.) You can of course add new WG slides. For the imported Google slides, if you want to edit them, you have the option of editing them within Google slides. If that button is clicked, you will be taken back to the original/imported Google slidedeck. Then if you go back to the WG presentation being edited, if you click on 'update' in the top right corner, then the changes you made in Google Slides a moment ago, will be shown here in WG. (Of course, this action is optional.)
TAKEAWAY: It may be better to import a Google slidedeck rather than a PPT since (a) each imported slide is still editable, and (b) you can also do the editing in the original Google slidedeck and update in WG.
My Workflow: 1. I prepared a point-form summary of What is Metacognition in WORD. 2. I opened PPT, and chose 'Create with Copilot....
