1. While you are waiting….
How do you check students’ learning at the end of the lesson?
What techniques have you found to be useful?
Please add your ideas to the chat box on the left.

2. Digital Exit Strategies:
Using Technology to
Check Student Learning
By David Read
Technology Coordinator, English Language Teaching Centre,
The University of Sheffield

3. What do I mean by Exit
Strategy?
A short check at the end of the lesson identifying what the
students have learnt. Traditionally, done through…
Writing in their notebooks
Getting the students to explain
What they’ve learnt
posters
quizzes
Asking the students
Check questions

4. Why do we want to do this?
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5. Why do we want to do this?
 Student progress and achievement
 Matches student to teacher goals
 Needs analysis
 More writing/speaking practice
 Rounds off the lesson neatly
 Develops student autonomy

6. And why digitally?
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7. And why digitally?
 Novelty and motivation
 Possibility of anonymity
 Allows quieter students to shine
 Permanent record
 Encourages creativity from students

8. Images…(Thinglink)
Alternatives: Voicethread, Skitch

9. Avatars.. (Tellegami)
Alternatives: Voki, Blabberize

10. Backchannels (Today’s Meet)
Alternatives: Twitter, Edmodo, blogs

11. Posterboards (Padlet)
Alternatives: linoit, Glogster

12. Short Videos (YouTube)
Alternatives: Vine, Instagram, mobile phones

13. Response quizzes (Socrative)
Alternatives: Polleverywhere, Strawpoll, Edmodo

14. Surveys (Google Forms)
Alternatives: Survey Monkey

15. Considerations:
Methodological and Technical
Encourage pair and group work where possible/relevant
Keep it relatively short (5 minutes or so)
Avoid abstract questions (‘What have you learnt?’)
Use results to inform future classes
Use the devices the students already have with them
Avoid sites with lengthy sign-up procedures
Make sure the tools can be easily adapted for different levels

16. Thank you for your attention…
Any Questions?
Any ideas for how you check student learning?