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__oops!__ Here is the real quiz!

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm 





 __Reflection of 2 usable sites to use in classroom__ links: www.toondo.com googledocs.com

I really was impressed with www.toondo.com. I thought this website would be quite powerful in creating an alternate assessment for evaluating students' understanding of a novel. The fifth grade teachers have recently written a new unit based on the novel //Sign of the Beaver//. I think it might be a great way to take the place of a quiz for students. It would be great to give them the opportunity to create a cartoon summarizing the main focus of the chapter. Teachers can put a minimum and maximum number of slides that can be used. This would help with my gifted students. Often times they feel that in order to get the highest grade possible, they need to give every detail from the chapter. I have had a difficult time getting them to scale back and put only the necessary information regarding their books when creating book reports. Many of the reports go on and on and on. While on the opposite end of the spectrum, my struggling students often struggle with getting enough information on a report. This would get them to really focus in and summarize what the most important elements of the chapter are. I am hopeful that I can use this site with the novel.

I am feeling like I am getting quite familiar with googledocs.com and really feel that this is the way that our teachers need to take students' writing. I know that with this program, it would alleviate the difficulties that students often have with software. Many times the work that is saved on student's flash drives is not compatible with the programs they have on their home computers. It is a challenge to get work turned in and view it. However, if I am able to allow my students to use this program, they will be able to work on it from any computer that is online. This will eliminate the problem of different software, font and loss of work. They will no longer need to carry a flash drive around. (The typical fifth grader looses one flash drive once every year. This problem would also be eliminated.) I also feel that this would be a great tool for students to use to do peer editing and peer sharing.

