Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Ohio Graduation Test - IQity’s online Ohio Graduation Test Practice Guide

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There have been many stories in the news about students not graduating and not receiving their diplomas because they were not able to pass all five sections of the Ohio Graduation Test.

IQity’s online Ohio Graduation Test Practice Guide however, continues to be available to school district students. It is part of IQity’s Learning Suite and is available without any cost or obligation for an entire year until June of 2008.

Iqity’s Learning Suite has been receiving rave reviews from those schools that have been using it. There are still many Ohio school districts in the Ohio K-12 schools that are not aware that IQity is not charging for the system and also questions can be printed out as handouts for the Ohio Graduation test.

The Ohio Graduation Test is not a stand alone product. It is only part of IQity’s Learning Suite and is designed for your entire school to use.

If you would like to use IQity and its OGT Practice Guide, they just do need a little bit of your curriculum director’s time to give him or her a live, web-based demonstration before your school can use IQity. They do not try to sell you anything during the demo and there are no "catches" to the offer. They will simply show you IQity’s features and how to add accounts to give your students access.


A day and time that is best for you for a demo can be chosen here:

http://ogt.iq-ity.com/ogt/landing-lms.html

A staff member at IQity can better explain all the features and benefits during the live web-based demonstration. Then, if you decide to teach a course using IQity Learning Suite, you only pay the curriculum providers. If you try IQity out but never use the Class.com curriculum, your district does not disburse any funds, but can still use the practice guide free. Teachers are also able to create their own class content at no cost from which students can work.

As you can see now is great time to try out IQity’s Learning Suite and online Ohio Graduation Test Practice Guide, to see the great benefits it offers your school district.

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

IQity A Leap in The Future of Education

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April 9th I sat in on an IQity Demo. IQity is a distance learning system that offers school districts and students a lot of extra help in educating students. With IQity school districts are able to blend the traditional classroom with the digital classroom, combining the best features of both giving students an even better education.

IQity helps teachers deal with scheduling and extended absences and also offers a virtual classroom to help prepare students for important state proficiency exams and the Ohio Graduation Test. IQity is a teaching software platform that enables public high school students to receive instruction and learn via computer in an online environment. It also allows the teachers and administrators to track the progress of students and communicate with them. The special email system only allows students to communicate with other students in their school; they are not able to email students at different schools.

IQity’s course tools include a wide range of teacher management features such as online grade books, student tracking, assessments, data migration, and content sharing. The flexible instructor tools allow teachers to select personal defaults and to navigate various features of the program. The navigation features are very easy to understand. IQity also offers communications options such as email, discussion forums, bulletin boards, calendars, file exchanges, online journals, real-time chats and even a “whiteboard” that supports interactive image uploading and annotation. The program also allows teachers to see how long a student was working in a specific subject. This can enable the teacher to see if the students spend enough time on the subject. There are also no server investments or database requirements for school districts that purchase the system. IQity is a leap in the future of education.

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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Ohio Graduation Test:Tools to Use to Practice for the OGT

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March 12th marks the beginning of Ohio sophomore students taking the Ohio Graduation Test and also having it mandatory that they pass all five sections by their senior year in order to receive their diploma. Students in Ohio that do not pass the Ohio Graduation Test will not graduate.

The United States has been behind the rest of the world in the way school districts were allowed to arrange the schools education, preferring to allow local school districts to choose their education and determine which critical areas must have the most focus. With the introduction of the No Child Left Behind and State and National Standards, the Ohio Graduation Test has become the decisive indication in shaping what has been taught and what student’s have learned in Ohio's high schools.


There are many ways for students to study and prepare for the Ohio Graduation Test. There are the traditional paper books, they however are not interactive, and students usually get bored easily with reading. There are also eBooks but again they consist of reading only. They do however offer the immediate gratification of receiving a product immediately through a download. Another drawback to eBooks is that they are often padded unnaturally by publishers to increase the page length of the ebook. This means a student must use extra ink and print out more paper than is actually needed.

Online practice tools however are very interactive, fun and available immediately to busy students. The most popular and best for Ohio students studying for the Ohio Graduation Test is IQ-ity’s online practice tool is the only one that has been actually reviewed by Ohio educators who consulted with the Ohio Department of Education on the creation of the actual Ohio Graduation Test.

The team at IQ-ity have created the only online practice test specifically designed for Ohio students by Ohio educators with years of experience in online education.

The IQ-ity Ohio Graduation Practice will help students in numerous ways to get prepared for the Ohio Graduation Test.

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