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

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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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