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This post contains an example of combining embedded video from youtube with an embedded textivate exercise.

The video is a song about "Mes vacances" by Tom Poisson, which I've already blogged about on the TaskMagic blog: http://taskmagic.posterous.com/french-song-resources-mes-vacances

The activity shown below is the "Next Word" activity, which can be accessed via this button on the textivate menu screen:

Here is the video / audio:

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The exercise embedded below is based on a short text about the development of the embryo / foetus during pregnancy and what happens during birth. It demonstrates the "Paragraphs" activity, which is accessed via this button on the textivate menu screen:

The Paragraphs activity only appears if there are more than 3 line breaks in your text. Although it is called Paragraphs, you can in fact create the activity by placing line breaks (ie. click in text and press return) at key points in your text, or at the end of clauses or sentences.

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Below is another example of an embedded textivate activity (textivity?). This example is based on a short French text about weather and seasons, and it demonstrates the "No vowels" activity, which is accessed via the following button on the textivate menu page:

The student is required to click and type in the missing vowels.

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The exercise embedded below is the "Space" exercise, the one accessed via this button on the textivate menu page:

It requires you to click to separate the words, and indeed anywhere where there should be

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Here's another example of embedding a textivity on a blog. This gap-fill exercise is based on Shakespeare's sonnet XVIII.

The gap-fill exercise is accessed via this button on the textivate menu screen:

Note that if you click on the "textivate.com" image at the top left of the exercise, you'll be directed to the textivate front page. From there, you can access lots more exercises based on this and other texts.

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You can embed any public or shareable textivity on your own website, blog etc, just as I have done below.

If you open a text via the text browser, or via a direct hyperlink, or if you upload your own text, you will see a "share" button at the top right of all pages featuring that text. If you click this "share" button, you can copy the embed code into the html of your webpage or blog.

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This blog has been set up to provide ideas, information, news, suggestions, examples, demonstrations etc. related to the textivate website at www.textivate.com

Textivate is an online facility for creating and sharing interactive browser-based activities based on any text.

Turn any text into a range of textivities with textivate!