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TextActivities

@textactivities.bsky.social

Comparing the NEW(-ish) TextActivities with the original Textivate
👇👇👇
textactivities.posthaven.com/comparing-te... #MFLBlueSky
TextActivities is a MUCH better option for setting assignments and competitions for class/homework

Comparing TextActivities and Textivate

TextActivities is a new website which includes a lot of the functionality of Textivate. It is essentially Textivate 2.0, but with so many changes from the original that we had no option but to...

textactivities.posthaven.com

December 2, 2024 at 7:10 PM

Martin Lapworth

@martinlapworth.bsky.social

Comparing the NEW(-ish) TextActivities with the original Textivate
👇👇👇
textactivities.posthaven.com/comparing-te... #MFLBlueSky
TextActivities is a MUCH better option for setting assignments and competitions class/homework

Comparing TextActivities and Textivate

TextActivities is a new website which includes a lot of the functionality of Textivate. It is essentially Textivate 2.0, but with so many changes from the original that we had no option but to...

textactivities.posthaven.com

December 2, 2024 at 2:39 PM

EmmanicolaMFL

@emmanicolamfl.bsky.social

Did a translation auction and used textivate activities to practise vocabulary on festivals and celebrations with Y8 yesterday. Great recall of vocab. Quote from one: "Are we just playing games all lesson?" I love that it didn't feel like work.

January 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM

Dr Michael A. Riccioli

@bluecurvedway.bsky.social

You can create interactive parallel text exercises with TEXTIVATE and upload the html files on your site if you have one

May 27, 2026 at 1:23 PM

Martin Lapworth

@martinlapworth.bsky.social

ASSIGNMENTS on TextActivities:
🌎🔗 textactivities.posthaven.com/assignments-...
#mfltwitterati #mflbluesky
Info on...
👩‍🎓 Via class
🧩 Via resource
💾 Saved / predefined
⚙️ Parameters
💯 Assessment mode
👁️ Previews
📆 Due / start date & time
🎭 Audience
📊 Data
🧒 Student perspective

🎬 Includes video intro :)

Assignments on TextActivities

This post examines "Assignments" on TextActivities. (For those familiar with Textivate, "assignments" are similar to Textivate's "sequences", but they work very differently. See section 1 (xiii) in...

textactivities.posthaven.com

September 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM

Will Marks

@languagelabpod.bsky.social

New episode of The Language Lab Podcast

This week I chat with Martin Lapworth – creator of TaskMagic, Textivate, TeachVid and SentenceBuilders.

We talk about building tools teachers actually need, why context beats word lists much more
#MFL #LanguageLearning #EdTech #Textivate

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October 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM