BP6_2009118_Web 2.0 tools 1

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Yacapaca! (2009). Chalkface Project. Retrieved November 8, 2009, from http://www.yacapaca.com/

Yaca Paca! is a tool that I will actually start using with my classroom on Monday (November 9th). While searching through the Web 2.0 tools, I found this site and started playing with it. This "course management system" allows teachers to connect to other lessons created on the site and create their own. Through the use of flash based multiple "test" questions, students demonstrate their knowledge of lessons presented in the classroom. These "tests" give students immediate feedback based on their answer. Teachers can limit the number of times that a student takes the "test". The neat feature of these "tests" is that the question order changes each time it is accessed students truly need to understand what the answer to a question is, not

just memorize the question/answer order (question 1 might be question 5 the next time it is accessed). Yaca Paca! also tracks student grades and allows them to see how they are doing in the online portion of a the class.

Yaca Paca! can be found at: http://yacapaca.com/