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http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-080608tribune-cps-
story,0,2376789.story

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The CPS CPS online grade book is coming soon. I have spoken to teachers and students at CPS schools where the online grade book will be used soon.  Most teachers are glad to finally get a useful tool, but fear that training may be slow in coming and that the grade book may not work (like IMPACT!)  Students say they will not tell parents/guardians that the online grade book is available to view students’ attendance and grades.

Joshua Pollock, on May 22, 2008, put some interesting thoughts together on this topic.

Online grade book will allow parents to track CPS students’ grades, attendance; privacy concerns raise questions

What do YOU think. Click on comments and join the fun.

For some students, Wikipedia, is the ONLY source for research and information on the web. Here are some interesting viewpoints on the subject.

Please add a comment and tell how you feel.

• Wikipedia Founder Discourages Academic Use of His Creation
• Students ’should use Wikipedia’
• Wikipedia Receives a Citation
• Wikipedia in the Classroom and Beyond
• IT IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A BAD IDEA TO CITE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH PAPERS

How many other teachers would do this?

A Seattle middle school science teacher has been suspended for two weeks without pay for refusing to administer the Washington Assessment of Student Learning in his classroom.

Read it here

Web-Based Gradebook to be Implemented District-Wide at Chicago Public Schools.

Read all about it!! http://www.prweb.com/releases/software/gradebook/prweb879524.htm

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Notice, the press article says

“No school district as large as CPS has ever implemented an enterprise-wide electronic gradebook solution.”

Doesn’t that sound like what CPS said after IMPACT crashed on the first day of school?

The University of Chicago Law School has removed Internet access in most classrooms in order to ensure the value of the classroom experience.

http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=1329

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http://www.jonmiles.co.uk/fingerjig.php

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

http://www.powertyping.com/typing_test/typing_test.shtml

http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/

http://www.powertyping.com/

http://www.learn2type.com/

http://10-fast-fingers.com/

http://www.typing-lessons.org/

Do something nice for your school, your teacher, and You!

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http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/

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