1. ELECTRONIC GRADEBOOKS Amanda Cantafio

2. LEARNBOOST ONLINE GRADEBOOK ▪ https://www.learnboost.com/ https://www.learnboost.com/ ▪ With LearnBoost I found it is really easy to use. I enjoyed the feature that once you put the number grade in the percentage grade came up right away. I liked the organization of LearnBoost. The students names are clear and easy to find. I feel there would be a less likely chance for mistakes by using LearnBoost. I think electronic gradebooks are awesome and would defiantly use them in a classroom setting. I think electronic gradebooks would be the more efficient choice for teachers.

3. BENIFITS OF USING ELECTRONIC GRADEBOOKS ▪ Parents can see the grades online, which means (theoretically) that parents will not call teachers constantly wanting to know his/her student's average. ▪ Teachers can write comments for parents to view. ▪ Accessible from any computer...on campus or off campus, so many find such programs extremely convenient. ▪ Parents usually view their student's grades and discipline activity online. ▪ Grades are accurate as human error is no longer part of the equation, as long as teachers key in the correct grades.

4. DISADVANTAGES OF USING ELECTRONIC GRADEBOOKS ▪ Parents and students demand to know their grades shortly after an assessment is given. ▪ Administrators have access to electronic grade books and know what teachers have keyed in grades and what teachers have not keyed in grades. ▪ As with technology, reliability of the internet is a factor. If the Internet at one's school is not reliable, such programs may be difficult to use. ▪ Schools have to invest money in computer servers to back up and store such data. ▪ Security is an issue. Such programs need to be secure so that hackers cannot see the stored data. Students will attempt to steal teacher's passwords and hack into such programs.

5. MY EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTRONIC GRADEBOOKS ▪ I found using the electronic grade books to be very easy. I liked how most of the gradebooks were set up. I explored LearnBoost the most and found it was well organized. I liked that it was divided up into sections such as, attendance, gradebook, lesson plans, reporting and parent/student. I think by using an electronic gradebook parents and students can stay on top of the students progress. I think electronic gradebooks will eliminate excuses from parents or students keeping things from their parents, such as bad grades or important events coming up in the school year. I do think electronic gradebooks will improve parent and teacher relationships and communication.

6. SOURCES CITED: ▪ Review of Online Gradebooks: Ten Pros to Using This Technology." Bright Hub Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2015. ▪ "Grade Book: Online or Hardcopy?" The Educators Room. N.p., 30 Oct. 2012. Web. 07 Feb. 2015. ▪ LearnBoost. N.p., n.d. Web.