[etni] Re: to those who did the computerized bagrut for LD kids
- From: sara g <saragabai@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ETNI list <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:24:59 +0300
does anyone other than adele have experience with this? how did you test
your LD kids during the year?
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:08 PM, sara g <saragabai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> this is lovely if the kids have laptops. most of ours don't. and
> especially when i am talking about ometz kids...
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> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Adele Raemer <araemer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> In answer to Sara's question: "how are they tested in all the school
>> tests throughout the year?"
>>
>> For any kids who have laptops, I encourage them to take their tests on
>> the laptops. They are in the class with me. I tell them that I trust them
>> not to be using any programs that are not allowed (Internet, etc.) and sit
>> them close to me with their backs to me, (facing the wall) so I can see
>> their screens at all times. They know that if they do anything "ïllegal"
>> they will lost the privilege of testing this way and go back to using the
>> discmen. Their problem how they get it.
>>
>> If the test I give them is NOT digital (which it always IS because I type
>> them up - aside from Matkonot, which are pdf files) they type their answers
>> on a separate wordfile. I show them how to split screen so they can see the
>> pdf on half of the screen, and their word file on the other half (I
>> encourage them to split screen anyway, even if the file is on word, so they
>> can be on the page with the text at the same time that they are on the page
>> with the answers.
>>
>> If they are doing it on a laptop, they can download "Read Please Free" or
>> another text-to speech program, and then the text is highlighted as it
>> would be on the actual computerized bagrut. The answers, here too, are
>> typed into a separate word file.
>>
>> The word files are mailed to me at the end of the test. I make them
>> delete them permanently from their computer and their out and then trash
>> boxes.
>>
>> Doing it this way, in addition to the one or two practices we had with
>> matach, brought them to the test feeling comfortable and secure with the
>> procedures. They ALL agree that this is a real GIFT! That it really enables
>> them to demonstrate their true abilities.
>>
>> Hope that helps!
>>
>> Adele
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>> *This week's words of wisdom:*
>> *"**Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.**"*
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