zaqwerty
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For some reason I was thinking about the future of examinations and the types of things my kids are going to have to do (I guess after realising how much things have changed since my parents were in highschool). Anyway, I realised that, eventually, examinations will all be done on computers.
Personally, I think this is a good idea which will no doubt be adopted in the future (it may already be being used, I don't really know). Obviously with the right security restrictions and specified examination computers, it could allow students to write a lot more (this could be seen as both an advantage and a disadvantage I suppose, whatever floats your boat..).
Of course, specified typing lessons and examinations would have to take place so as not to give any student an unfair advantage (either way, some people hand write faster than other students anyway, so typing faster would have the same implications...).
Anyway! I think this would make the marking process a lot easier for markers (they wouldn't have to deal with terrible writing), and exams could be sent straight to the marking centre without having to manually send them. It would also combat the problem of sore hands in exams.
What does everyone think?
(Sorry about the length of this, I never intended it to be this long!)
Personally, I think this is a good idea which will no doubt be adopted in the future (it may already be being used, I don't really know). Obviously with the right security restrictions and specified examination computers, it could allow students to write a lot more (this could be seen as both an advantage and a disadvantage I suppose, whatever floats your boat..).
Of course, specified typing lessons and examinations would have to take place so as not to give any student an unfair advantage (either way, some people hand write faster than other students anyway, so typing faster would have the same implications...).
Anyway! I think this would make the marking process a lot easier for markers (they wouldn't have to deal with terrible writing), and exams could be sent straight to the marking centre without having to manually send them. It would also combat the problem of sore hands in exams.
What does everyone think?
(Sorry about the length of this, I never intended it to be this long!)
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