Enlightening Articles on Assessment

The second issue of the Tunisian English Language Teaching Forum (January 2010) provides some very interesting articles on the topic of 'Assessment'.

A subject, which by and large, affects all of us in education!

Tarak Brahmi has once again produced a highly professional layout, which enhances the reading experience. The Tunisian English Language Teaching Forum would be a great addition in any 'eLibrary'!

I, also, love the 'lighter side' puzzles page. The one below should get you thinking:

Problem
A little boy lives on the 15th floor. Every day, he tells his mom goodbye, takes the lift down, and goes to school. In the afternoon, he comes back home, takes the lift up, and stops at the 7th floor, then continues home on foot. Why?

The answer can be found in the magazine :-)

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Yacapaca 2008 Author of the Year Awards

Chalkface have just announced the winner of the 'Yacapaca 2008 Author of the Year Award'.

Yacapaca, reviewed in an earlier post, is an excellent online assessment resource where you can create and access quizzes, surveys, tests and eportfolios. Yacapaca provides an easy way to discover, modify and share assessments.

This year, for the first time, Chalkface have honoured the best authors through the Author Awards. Seven nominees were selected from the most popular subjects in Yacapaca. Each being very different, but they have all shown excellence in creating assessment resources.

And the winner is .......... Ralph Holmes of Langley School, Norfolk with runner up Hannah Mohon of Huntcliff School in Saltburn-by-Sea. Congratulations to the winners and all the nominees.

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Yacapaca for your Online Assessment

If you haven't tried it already then you should sign up for Yacapaca immediately!

Yacapaca is an excellent online assessment resource. In Yacapaca you can create and access quizzes, surveys, tests and eportfolios.

Yacapaca allows you to make student sets, containing your list of students, or simply allocate access keys. Once you have created your assignment it becomes available at a given address on the Internet.

For corrected assignments, not only is a markbook provided, which can be downloaded in csv format, but also detailed analysis of how the assignment was completed.

Authoring groups are available and once you have joined a group you can:

• use assessments that are only available to group members
• compile your own quizzes and surveys from the group question bank
• create short-text tests, eportfolios and more
• clip them together into complete courses

There is an astonishing 554 courses available to use, across a big range of subjects, including mainstream and niche areas.

This is a truly amazing collaborative resource and all free!!!

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