I wish I could have had the resources for this type of activity! With respect to student embarrasment, one of the most important things students can learn is that their texts - written or spoken - should be formed so as to be presented in a public forum. In terms of their actual "on-camera" performance, learning how to act is certainly a legitimate classroom goal. Go for it! Geoff Layton >Has anyone ever tape-recorded student presentations or dialogues and then >used them so that the students could assess themselves? I am hesitant in >doing >this out of concern over the student feeling that the sole purpose would >be >to mock him. Any suggestions or comments on this sort of assessment and >my >and hesitations To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/