SUBSCRIBE chat center Gazette|Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise SUBMIT POST ALL POSTS TOP POSTS Share | Print | Report Post NBPTS/National Boards Chatboard Teachers Search Jobs Upload Resume Employers Post A Job Search Resumes Career Forums Continuing Ed. Job Seekers Recruiters NBPTS/Natl Boards Tutors Classified Ads Tutors Wanted Tutors Available Continuing Ed. Distance Teaching Re: If you had practiced on the practice assessment online Posted by Tracy on 5/04/08 Thank you! I totally agree that candidates should not be learning the technology immediately before taking the assessments. The screens are not at all easy to understand or follow. Even with the little tutorial they give in the first 15 minutes, you don't really have an understanding of how it relates to the test questions. On 5/03/08, Janet wrote: > On 5/03/08, NBCT wrote: >> You would have been more familiar with the setup. >> >> Tell everyone to spend some time with the online tutorial on > the >> NBPTS Web site. >> >> I hope you did well on your portfolios. If you did well > enough, >> you will still pass overall. But it's your responsibility to > be >> familiar with the setup. > > The hands-on tutorial on the NBPTS website is no longer > available. There is a beautifully constructed PowerPoint > presentation but is hardly a substitute for hands-on practice > BEFORE you get to the AC. > > When the hands-on tutorial was removed, I approached NB about > the brilliance of the technology and the importance of having it > restored and available for practice BEFORE candidates go to the > testing center. I explained to them that the use of the > technology should be second-nature...that candidates should NOT > have to learn the technology (manipulation of the screens) at > the same time they are under the stress of having to formulate > answers to AC questions. > > I hope that in the future, they will realize what a mistake it > was to removed the practice tutorial and restore it. >> Posts on this thread, including this one Messed up AC today!, 5/02/08, by Tracy Lodge. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/03/08, by jan. Re: If you had practiced on the practice assessment online, 5/03/08, by NBCT. Re: If you had practiced on the practice assessment online, 5/03/08, by NBCT. Re: If you had practiced on the practice assessment online, 5/03/08, by Janet. Re: If you had practiced on the practice assessment online, 5/03/08, by jan. Re: If you had practiced on the practice assessment online, 5/04/08, by CTE candidate. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/04/08, by Beth. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/04/08, by Janet. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/04/08, by Janet. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/04/08, by EA/ELA06. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/04/08, by Janet. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/04/08, by Tracy. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/04/08, by Tracy. Re: If you had practiced on the practice assessment online, 5/04/08, by Tracy. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/05/08, by Dara, NBCT. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/05/08, by Tracy. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/08/08, by Amie. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/09/08, by me. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/12/08, by Luisa . Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/12/08, by to louisa. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/13/08, by Luisa. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/13/08, by simone. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/13/08, by to louisa. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/13/08, by js. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/13/08, by me. Re: Messed up AC -retake not an option, 5/13/08, by nbct-aya math. Re: Messed up AC -retake not an option, 5/14/08, by Sue. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/16/08, by science teacher. Re: Messed up AC -retake not an option, 5/16/08, by simone. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/16/08, by Luisa. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/16/08, by to Louisa. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/17/08, by ja. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/19/08, by Peggy. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/19/08, by Luisa. Re: Messed up AC today!, 5/24/08, by to ME.

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