Presentation delivered by Matt Wingfield, TAG Developments (on behalf of Paul Langdon), at the 2011 eAssessment Scotland conference.

1. A presentation by P Langdon Head of ICT The Hulme Grammar Schools

2. Three reasons why I switched to digital, online marking:

3. 1)To Save Money!

4. My centre was spending approximately £5,000 per suite, per year on consumables. ....and it was rising

5. 2) To access my marking from home My marking has gone from this.... to this.................

6. Actual screen shot of current GCSE controlled assessments (WJEC Board)

7. 3) Another reason I switched... Who was actually doing the coursework?

8. Or...

9. Running Red Pen Tool through I can do the following...

11. Is it quite a radical switch? Yes Will you face resistance? Yes Is there initially more work? Yes Is it worth it? YES!

12. As a teacher of technology how can I preach the advantages of going on line if I’m still using ink and paper? Now I don’t just teach ICT

13. I practice it. ...... and so do my students.

14. Have I been paid by TAG to create this presentation or am I financially associated with them? No. I simply believe that this approach to working will improve my staff’s working life and my student’s involvement with their studies. That and on the three occasions that I needed the software altering they did so with impressive speed. [email_address]