Multiple Choice Cloze 2.0

I have rewritten the code for the multiple choice cloze so that it avoids the use of pop-up windows. I have also made the code a little simpler. The tool is now more or less complete and I am planning to try writing an authoring program using Java. This may take me a little while as I have not used Java a great deal and my only real experience is with VB. Java, however, does have the advantage of being able to run on any platform.

Dialog Builder

I have finally got round to finishing the Dialog Builder. I wanted a tool that would allow students to do some work on situational dialogues before attending a class, to act as a sort of warmer. The student hears one part of a dialogue and then chooses from a list of possible responses. If they choose correctly they will hear the next part of the dialogue, until they complete the task.

The activity makes use of JavaScript to control audio being streamed with Real Player.

Time Conversion 1.0

I have improved the script that I wrote which can be used to display a GMT time in the local time of a visitor to the page, and the script can be downloaded.

Of course this script only works if the user has their computer clock set to their time zone, but the script now includes a button so that a visitor can check this.

There may still be bugs, and I would appreciate feedback so that I can improve this bit of code.

A new start

Following a change of hosting service I have had to completely reorganise this site. I am now using Word Press rather than Movable Type, and it seems a lot easier/better to use. I am still working on the design and layout of the site, so for the time being many things may not work as expected.

While many of the CALL activities do work, the navigation links have not been updated, so the done / home buttons will generate errors.

One thing i have not been able to do yet is archive the main page - at the moment every single entry is displayed. There must be a way of doing this.

Also, I have not found out how to set up multiple blogs - having just one page is a bit limiting. One work around would be to use a single weblog but set it up so that different categories are displayed on different pages.

Time Conversion

I am trying to test a snippet of javascript that I want to use to make it easier to arrange on-line meetings with people living in different time zones.

The page should display the time of a meeting in GMT and should then also show it in the local time of the person visiting the page. I am testing this page to see if it works correctly. There will be problems when people have their computer set to a time zone that is different from the place where they actually are - though I am not sure why someone would wannt to do this. But there may also be problems because different versions of windows and different browsers may handle the code slightly different. I would very much like to know whether or not this page works correctly.

Does it show the correct time?

The page can be found at http://mackichan.e-lang.co.uk/javascript/timer.html