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Free 'Quiz School' Resource Adds Analytics, Integrates with Flickr and Google Maps : August 2008 : THE Journal

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:11:52 -0000

ProProfs has upgraded Quiz School, a free online resource that allows educators generate custom assessments. The new version, launched this week, adds integration with popular social media services and includes new analytics and reporting features.

Quiz School is designed to let educators create online quizzes and practice tests for their students. In addition to custom quizzes, the service provides a library of pre-designed quizzes, which range from K-12 education to technology certification, SAT and GRE prep, and general trivia.

Students can take tests without logging onto the system and receive instant scores and personalized feedback, including tips for improving performance, according to the company. Users can also assign keywords to specific quizzes for easy retrieval.

Tags: assessments create custom educators feedback free keywords online proprofs quiz_school quizschool quizzes resource

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TeachersFirst Brings Web 2.0 Tools to Educators : May 2008 : THE Journal

Sun, 18 May 2008 13:42:22 -0000

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Non-profit TeachersFirst has partnered with Web technology provider TRintuition to launch the Building Learners Project, a service that allows educators to develop online collaborative learning projects using Web 2.0 technologies.

Tags: educators teachersfirst tools web2.0

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Online University Reviews: Top 10 Open Source Tools for Educators

Sun, 04 May 2008 10:43:07 -0000

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Technology is now being implemented in classrooms around the globe. Both traditional and online schools have discovered how effective it is to blend technology with instruction. However, this effort can prove to be very expensive. Thanks to open source software, which is freely available to anyone, teachers can use many educational tools without worrying about insurmountable costs.

Tags: 21stcenturylearning educators open source tools

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