Podcast 86: "No! I will not read the intro:" Set the Standard, Pass the Test, Crush the Opposition! - We're a Toddler Now!

From the Twitterverse:

* sharon_elin Creating graffiti type w/ http://www.graffiticreator.... -- takes a little playing around to figure out how to manipulate colors/patterns

* gardenglen Today's Zits illustrates the multitasking of today's teens: http://url.ie/2aty

* zmanrdz linux-for-education.org = a huge resource | Education IT | ZDNet.com http://tinyurl.com/mp32z5 via www.diigo.com/~zmanrdz

* zmanrdz Are digital textbooks the money-saving wave of the future? http://tinyurl.com/lqk5pa via www.diigo.com/~zmanrdz

* teachercookie72 Great geography gamemaker: http://www.umapper.com/blog...

* teromakotero Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation | Video on TED.com http://bit.ly/1558Hq #twine

Webspotlight:

Have text read out loud:

http://www.readthewords.com/

Fair Use Copyright Chart:

http://www.irvingisd.net/one2one/Cloning/fair_use_copyright_chart.pdf

Idea Finder:

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/index.html

News:

Should students be paid to perform on tests:

http://education.nationaljournal.com/2009/08/should-students-be-paid-to-lea.php

Ohio high school tightens computer security after cheating scandal

Posted by Andrew Welsh-Huggins/Associated Press August 05, 2009 22:48PM

More than half of the seniors at a top Ohio high school who took world studies tests last spring were involved in a cheating scheme that prompted school officials to cancel graduation ceremonies. School officials traced the cheating to a tech-savvy student who figured out a school computer password, and the district has tightened its computer security in the wake of the scandal.

The school also will emphasize ethics to all students in the school year beginning Aug. 26. That includes updating the student handbook.

But Holden acknowledged that the ethics message might not be enough to stop some students from cheating and others from turning a blind eye.

All of society is becoming more accepting "of a degree of dishonesty," she said.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/08/ohio_high_school_tightens_comp.html

Cheating Survey: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/national_world&id=6532050

Wisconsin does away with standardized test

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/27/wisconsin-dumps-standardized-test/

City schools increase training for substitutes:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09239/993542-53.stm

Crowd Source Grading:

http://macmomma.blogspot.com/2009/08/is-it-crowdsourcing-or-shirking.html

http://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/how-crowdsource-grading

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