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There are two other options for electronic grade books. First, many districts are now requiring teachers to use an electronic grade book that facilitates the generation of reports and report cards. Second, teachers can use an on-line grade book. These Internet based grade books provide parents access to their student's grades via a password. One site offering a free on-line grade book is http://www.mygradebook.com. You can create a template in a word processing document to easily format your lesson plans. You can print a blank template and complete it by hand or you can create text files and type the information. For example, we have created a template on the NTeQ website (http://www.nteq.com) for the NTeQ model. This template has sections for listing the computer functions, specifying the problem statement, describing the data manipulation, and other essential parts of the lesson. The advantage of typing the information is the capability of easy modification of the plan in the future. If your students have access to the Internet, you can offer them practice or graded quizzes online. Funbrain (http://www.mygradebook.com) provides a simple tool for creating on-line tests that are graded and the results are e-mailed to the teacher. Another option is to create puzzles (http://www.puzzlemaker.com/) for your students.
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