Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 15, 2011 - (computer-aided grading)

http://www.11trees.com/ - annotation tool bars for word and excel - also http://tatoolbar.com/ - and http://knology.net/~justible/buy.htm - Semi-automatic grader (horrible product name!)
http://cai.ucdavis.edu/gradingwithcomputers.html - Computer Aided Instruction workshop on computer-assisted grading
http://www.top20sites.com/Top-Grading-Software-Sites - top grading software sites - but who grades the graders...?
http://blog.nus.edu.sg/thetablet/2011/09/24/reading-pdfs-grading-papers-and-reading-articles/ - app for grading papers
Note: we need an audio feedback tool - highlight and speak - the mp3 gets embedded in the returned document... maybe my first app project!
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/paperless-grading-with-grademark/22898 - paperless grading and plagiarism sites like Turnitin - I wonder if you could make a site for images, PowerPoints, etc...?  Use image metadata to track plagiarism...
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/using-text-expansion-software-to-respond-to-student-writing/27119 - text expansion software to improve written feedback to students - interesting!
http://sloanconsortium.org/conferences/2011/aln/instructor-generated-microsoft-word-macros-comments-result-student-success - using Word macros in responses to students improves scores
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/index.html - biomes of the world - very visual introduction to world biomes (Stephen: are there 'chemomes"?)
http://chriswejr.com/2011/09/16/they-need-teaching-not-punishment/ - why do we treat behavior problems differently from learning problems...?  Interesting thought.

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