Holy Toledo!
Ah, the stories I can tell. For right now, I'll write about one of the coolest pieces of technology I have ever seen. In school today, I helped my co-op cover a computer class during the day. In it, we had to administer a test and then have them log in to work on typing.
Well, administering a test really meant clicking a button and that's it. The computers all had the quiz pop up on their screens. All we did was sit as they took the quiz. The scores were immediately registered to us and we knew as soon as each student finished. If we were interested in where a student was on the test, all we had to do was click a button and we could see their screen. All from our own computer. We didn't have to get up at all.
Though we did not try all of the tools this program had to offer, we could even have taken over control of one of the student's computers to help them. This was all pretty amazing, at least to me. Definitely the tech highlight of my day.
*Note about the title - That was the phrase made popular by Oakland A's broadcaster Bill King, who died earlier this week. While I am not an A's fan, I am a baseball fan and found it interesting. Check out a write-up here
Well, administering a test really meant clicking a button and that's it. The computers all had the quiz pop up on their screens. All we did was sit as they took the quiz. The scores were immediately registered to us and we knew as soon as each student finished. If we were interested in where a student was on the test, all we had to do was click a button and we could see their screen. All from our own computer. We didn't have to get up at all.
Though we did not try all of the tools this program had to offer, we could even have taken over control of one of the student's computers to help them. This was all pretty amazing, at least to me. Definitely the tech highlight of my day.
*Note about the title - That was the phrase made popular by Oakland A's broadcaster Bill King, who died earlier this week. While I am not an A's fan, I am a baseball fan and found it interesting. Check out a write-up here

1 Comments:
Hi Nelson:
Great tech observations so far. I should look into the quiz program..is it something that was purchased or is it a free web tool?
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