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Test is 'Customer Service ETEC'
Instructor Alice Pedersen
http://quizstar.4teachers.org
Rubic
Five questions
One point each
Correct
5----A
4----B
3----C
2----D
1 or less F
I was on vacation this past week and really experiences issues with downloading some of the programs. I did not have great Internet and it caused quite a bit of problems for me. This was a lot of work. This also made me think off topic of how many students in this economic setting have Internet at home. I do have a high school student and it has been a huge problem with not always having Internet in my home. We have gone to Internet cafes but they have gone out of business in my area. Starbucks is expensive and you do have to have a laptop. My thought is when kids are in high school we might really be limiting them with on line test. Surprisingly not ever person has a computer or is hooked up to Internet. Just food for thought, although college student have labs and better access to computers than high school students.
I still could see the use for making test on-line even if you just compiled many questions and just picked them out randomly. If you students had access to a computer it would be good for them to be able to be exposed to the test taking that way.
On the other hand if you printed out your tests that you make up on one of these formats it would be helpful to randomly pick questions to post for hard copy test. I also think students should get use to bubble test because almost all the important test they take are being administered with bubble test. My daughter was not allowed to take any test on the computer for her SAT, ELM, EPT, ACT or the basic STAR test.
I did see some resemblance to test that I have taken on Blackboard. I do like them if it is possible to retake the test if you did not do well.
Hello Alice,
ReplyDeleteHow was your vacation? One of the reasons people take classes online is because of its convenience. If there is no internet access and students have to use school labs to take a test or review lecture material then how convenient is that?
You raise an interesting question; how many are or are not online at home?
ReplyDeleteThe Pew research is one of the most comprehensive bodies of data around this topic. Here is a recent graphic from them:
http://www.pewinternet.org/Static-Pages/Trend-Data/Home-Broadband-Adoption.aspx
Nearly 60% of homes reported having broadband Internet access. That means around 40% reported not having this access. Since dial up connections to the internet are still being used (but in rapidly declining numbers) it might suggest that more than 60% of homes in the US have Internet access.
On the same token, the researchers would need to include the current economic trend. People are cutting out what they can not afford and I know many other parents that are cutting of the broadband internet.
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