How to choose digital

tools for learning and

assessment?
8 February 2023

Joanna Szoke
Teacher trainer, E-learning specialist
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Introducing today’s speaker

Jo Szoke
Teacher trainer, E-learning specialist

Jo has been teaching English for more than 15

years. Having finished her DELTA in 2013, she
became actively involved in teacher training. She
trains teachers both in Hungary and all over the
world. Her main interests include all forms of
digital teaching, and assessment & feedback.

She loves mountain biking in her free time.

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Source: https://www.toptools4learning.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/TT4L2022.pdf
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“The more, the

merrier.”
Do you agree?
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Less can be more!

• Students can get confused if they need to

keep track of too many sites and tools
• Notifications can get lost more easily
• Time-consuming to explore all of them, both
for the teacher and the students
• Limited storage on device (can’t download any
more apps)
• Most of the tools will be used on a superficial
level
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Let’s see what you use most!

(menti)
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So, how to sort?

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So, how to sort?

• Is it paid/free? What does the paid version

offer that might interest me?
• How often do I use it?
• Is it multi-purpose?
• Or does it do one thing perfectly well that
no others can do?
• How easy is it to use? How much learner-
training is required?
• Does it look good? Do good looks even
matter to me?
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Example set no. 1 -

general tools for
EAP use
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Example set no. 2 -

more specific tools
for EAP use
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The presence of AI
in EAP
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What does AI have to

do here?
• Simplifies a lot of tasks

• For the teacher: grading, generating

questions, writing lesson plans,
invigilating exams, checking for
plagiarism…

• For the student: writing essays, creating

presentations, doing the bibliography…

• How should we react to this?

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Thank you
Any questions?
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Let’s stay in touch!

Jo Szoke
Freelance teacher trainer, e-learning specialist

joanna.szoke@icloud.com
www.shortandsimpleenglish.com/blog
www.twitter.com/jo_shortnsimple
www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-szoke
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