You can pull up a student's work for parent-teacher conferences, administrative meetings, formative assessment, or use as exemplars. How it works: With your smartphone, you can take a photo and tag it before you upload it. Take a picture while in class or grading.
A coworker of mine summed up perfectly the issue of classroom management in middle school: "If you treat them like babies, they will act like babies." I believe the logic then dictates that if you treat them like adults, then they will become one of your greatest professional assets.