Stay calm and teach: Making exams skills invisible
Pearson Event for English Teachers - ZaragozaBrian Engquist
•The pros and cons of external exams.
•Exam specific materials.
•Exam skills as communication skills.
•What is the examiner thinking?
•Taking advantage of the fact that students are
prosumers in a digital world.
Why do exams get a bad rap?
But on the positive side…
Exam specific materials
Think of exam skills as communication skills.
Getting inside the examiner’s head.Why?
Your students’ output is your greatest resource
The SAMR model for evaluating technology use
Student uses word processer and e-mails you their writing
Student collaborates with classmates on group writing using tool.
Writing is published and shared with other classes around the world starting a debate.
Student uses spell check and embeds media.
Using video
Enjoying a sport in your free time.
Why might they have chosen this sport?
What might they be enjoying about it?
Compare
And
Contrast
Let’s collaborate!
The SAMR model for evaluating technology use
Student uses word processer and e-mails you their writing
Student collaborates with classmates on group writing using tool.
Writing is published and shared with other classes around the world starting a debate.
Student uses spell check and embeds media.
Thank you
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