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"The most dreaded word in school reading for students: book reports. Teachers assign them, viewing them as a necessary component of assessing reading comprehension. Book reports can be a contributing factor to 'readicide'. "Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools." http://stenhouse.com/html/readicide.htm. So, how can we as teachers continue to monitor our students understanding of reading material without killing the love of reading? Enter technology. Technology can help bring some excitement and creativity to the traditional book report while still displaying students understanding of reading."

"QuizStar is a Web-based quiz maker that enables you to create, administer and automatically grade your quizzes online! With QuizStar you can - Manage classes and quizzes - Attach multimedia files to questions - Make quizzes in multiple languages - Access from any Internet-connected computer - Allow students to complete and review "

resource for pre-made rubrics, generate rubrics

Great PSSA prep online and can create worksheets

How to create a self-grading quiz / exit ticket using Google Forms. The complete screencast can be found: Part 1 - http://www.screencast.com/users/jspevack/folders/Jing/med... Part 2 - http://www.screencast.com/users/jspevack/folders/Jing/med...