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• The Future of iPads and Education
  Will OMR answer sheets and No. 2 sharpened pencils soon be obsolete? How about bulging backpacks overflowing with textbooks? There's a lot of buzz out there on how iPads will change the future of education, but how far off is this future, and will it be available to all school systems and students?
• Educate and Evaluate: Find Out About Assessments by Taking Our Quiz
  You probably know all about standardized assessments from your school days. But alternative assessments remain an extremely popular method for teachers to test a learner's interpretation of knowledge. Student evaluations only by IQ tests are a practice of the past.
• How Were You Taught? Test Your Knowledge of Instructional Strategies
  Do you know how to use classroom time effectively? What teaching method works best for basic skills? Test your knowledge of the most useful teaching strategies.
• Assessing with PowerPoint and Prezi Presentations
  Creating PowerPoint or Prezi presentations affords students with a medium in which they can creatively demonstrate their understanding of any given subject. Both these presentations allow teachers to assess the student through questions and answers as well as the slide show.
• Standardized Testing and Cultural Bias
  To some, a test is a test. The results should reflect what it was designed to do, which is to evaluate student knowledge of what was taught. However, not all tests accurately reflect this knowledge. In fact, without the conscious intentions of the writers, many tests do come out culturally biased.
• Common Mistakes When Using Assessment Tools for Early Childhood Programs
  Using early childhood assessment tools the right way helps preschool teachers and other professionals to adequately understand a child’s abilities and potential. Unfortunately, misunderstanding assessments can render them useless.
• Misophonia in the Classroom: Students With a Decreased Sound Tolerance Disorder
  Imagine if certain sounds invoked feelings in you of rage and extreme anxiety. They do for people who have a rare disorder called misophonia. Learn more about this disorder, some of the symptoms and treatments and how to recognize and deal with it in the classroom.
• Letter Grades vs. Rubrics: Which Provides the Most Accurate Assessment?
  My generation grew up receiving letter grades and we all turned okay. Today, my children receive their grades through a rubric until they are in the sixth grade. This article will look at the two types of grading systems and will discuss common arguments for and against each.
• Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing
  While standardized testing is stressful and time-consuming, it is can also be very beneficial. In the following article, some of the positive and negative factors are discussed.