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Every Year 8 student at Warwick Senior High School has been given an iPod to use during class and school hours to research, access school-created information and download relevant applications. Assignments and homework can also be completed online. A huge array of applications has been made available to download, enabling students to create practice tests, learn about percentages and translate voice recordings.

"In Denmark, the government has taken the bold step of allowing pupils full access to the internet during their final school year exams. A total of 14 colleges in Denmark are piloting the new system of exams and all schools in the country have been invited to join the scheme by 2011."

Tom March makes reference to this article in his keynote "It's Broke - So Let's Fix it!"  http://ozline.com/entry/2011/09/recorded-keynote/

Learn new info on a schedule set out by this web site. Helps with memory retention. I think I first read abut the science in Technology Review, Wired, or Fast Company. I forget!!

Learn new info on a schedule set out by this web site. Helps with memory retention. I think I first read abut the science in Technology Review, Wired, or Fast Company. I forget!!

"One of the essentials in Reading this year is one-on-one conferencing with students. When I saw that The CAFE suggested using three-ring binders with tons of copies for each student, I went mentally-fetal. It wouldn't just be one three-ring binder I'd need to organize. I have three classes! Knowing that much paperwork would overwhelm me, I set about devising a system. I settled on Evernote with an iPad I've borrowed from my district's IT department. I want to lay out a few screenshots of how it works and why I like it."

# Grade online assignments in a single step! # Get reporting and analysis on student performance! # Works with Google docs # Email students their scores. # Designed by a teacher, for other teachers!

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"According to a new infographic by Masters in Education, social media may actually help students get better grades. One of the most jaw-dropping figures featured in the image below is that 'heavy' social media users actually got better grades than 'light' social media users. While there is obviously more to this story than this boiled-down infographic, it is both entertaining and informative (just like all infogrpahics, no?)"

"Expect the IT landscape to change ... Here's a look at five predictions on hot skills, evolving roles, and how social media will change recruiting"

Blubbr is a free, website that lets you create and play quiz games from YouTube videos. The site calls these "Trivs". You can play trivs in different categories, from celebs and music to sport and education. These trivs can then be shared with anyone across the internet. You sign in with Twitter or Facebook.

This could be used for neighbors to comment on homes with good or poor landscaping. Or who should win holiday lights contest.

Proctortrack spearheads the online proctoring industry in affordable, accessible online remote proctoring and automated identity verification. It is a robust software that detects up to 26 unique test violations. Proctortrack also offers stand-alone solutions like Veripass, mobile lockdown, and proctor checkpoint to meet a client's specific needs. Proctortrack can be easily integrated with popular LMSs like Moodle, EdX, Blackboard, Brightspace, Canvas, and Sakai, making onboarding simpler for institutions.

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