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TwitterWritten exams are to be replaced by continual online testing to help pupils with ‘exam phobia’, a senior education figure has revealed.Traditional GCSE and A-level exams could disappear within 10 to 15 years, according to Simon Lebus, chief executive of Cambridge Assessment. And instead of three-hour written exams, pupils would undergo computer assessment.Of the past: Students may be tested online rather than via traditional written exams in the futureLebus said the new age of testing was not ’science fiction’ as exam boards were investing millions of pounds into developing the new technology. ’The likelihood is that in the next 10 to 15 years it will change almost out of recognition in that by the end of that period of time you’ll be able to do exams more or less on demand, on screen,’ he told The Guardian.’You can make the learning more valid and the technology can enhance the way people engage in the subject.
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Written exams to be replaced by online tests in effort to help ‘exam-phobic’ pupils
July 13th, 2009 
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June 11th, 2009 admin This is something for AdSense publishers in India whose accounts have just been approved by Google. The AdSense team at Google will hold an online webinar on May 22, at 5:00 p.m. IST to help newly approved publishers on getting started with their AdSense account.
Posted in News Tags: Account Features, Email Address, Google, India, Insight, Maximum, Opportunity, Orientation, People, Publisher, Publishers, Webinar, Webinars Comments OffFacebook in six Indian languages now
May 12th, 2009 admin Facebook, leading social networking site, launches its service in 6 Indian languages for making more impact in India. Now, you can scrap your buddies in Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, or Malayalam through facebook. Facebook launches service in different Indian languages to compete with Orkut in India.From the 4th may of the current year, the service is available for all its users as user’s home page display a message “Do you speak Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil or Malayalam?
Posted in Tech News Tags: Bengali, Book Mark, Buddies, Face, Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg, India, Indian Flavour, Indian Languages, Malayalam, Orkut, People, Punjabi, Social Networking Site, Tamil Telugu Comments OffScientists See Merit In Sharks’ Many Teeth
March 2nd, 2009 admin Scientists have looked into the fearsome jaws of sharks and seen a possible benefit to humans: many rows of teeth. Kat Wade/the ChronicleFrom San Francisco Chronicle:Ever wonder why sharks get several rows of teeth and people only get one? Some geneticists did, and their discovery could spur work to help adults one day grow new teeth when their own wear out.A single gene appears to be in charge, preventing additional tooth formation in species destined for a limited set.When the scientists bred mice that lacked that gene, the rodents developed extra teeth next to their first molars – backups like sharks and other non-mammals grow, University of Rochester scientists reported Thursday.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Adults, Benefit, Discovery, First Molars, Geneticists, Jaws, Kat, Mammals, Mice, People, Rodents, San Francisco Chronicle, Scientists, Sharks Teeth, Tooth Formation, University Of Rochester Comments OffStem Cells In Hair Follicles Point To General Model Of Organ Regeneration
February 17th, 2009 admin Deep roots. For a hair follicle to begin a new phase of growth, an elusive group of cells called the hair germ (bright red) must be activated. This progression of images shows that the hair germ begins proliferating (green) before other cells do, suggesting a two-step mechanism.
Posted in Science News Tags: Best Kept Secrets, Body Organs, Body Tissues, Credit Image, Deep Roots, General Model, Germ, Hair Follicles, Images, Insights, Nature, Organ Regeneration, People, Repositories, Rockefeller University, Science Daily, Sciencedaily, Stem Cells, Step Mechanism, Strand Comments OffWorld’s Greatest Hacker Says Obama’s BlackBerry Can Be Breached
February 16th, 2009 admin Jan. 29: President Obama checks his BlackBerry as he walks along the West Wing Colonnade towards the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. Photo APFrom FOX News:There’s a new “holy grail” for hackers — President Obama’s super-secure BlackBerry.Despite warnings from his advisers, the president insisted on keeping his beloved PDA, which now has specially designed superencrypting security software.But that just makes cracking into it more challenging — and, yes, it can be done, says the world’s most famous hacker.”It’s a long shot, but it’s possible,” Kevin Mitnick told FOXNews.com. “You’d probably need to be pretty sophisticated, but there’s people out there who are.”Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Blackberry, Checks, Colonnade, Famous Hacker, Fox New, Fox News, Hackers, Holy Grail, Jan 29, Kevin Mitnick, Obama, Oval Office, Pda, People, Security Software, Washington Photo, White House, World S Greatest Comments OffStudy Takes Step Toward Erasing Bad Memories
February 15th, 2009 admin Image from The Daily Galaxy:From Zimbio:LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – A widely available blood pressure pill could one day help people erase bad memories, perhaps treating some anxiety disorders and phobias, according to a Dutch study published on Sunday.The generic beta-blocker propranolol significantly weakened people’s fearful memories of spiders among a group of healthy volunteers who took it, said Merel Kindt, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam, who led the study.”We could show that the fear response went away, which suggests the memory was weakened,” Kindt said in a telephone interview.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety Disorders And Phobias, Beta Blocker, Blood Pressure, Dutch Study, Erasing Bad Memories, Fear Response, Galaxy, Image, London Feb, Memory, People, Propranolol, Psychologist, Reuters, Spiders, Telephone Interview, University Of Amsterdam, Volunteers, Zimbio Comments OffNearly A Billion People Go Hungry Every Day – Can GM Crops Help Feed Them?
February 7th, 2009 admin A protester vandalises a GM crop trial. Qualms about GM food may be a luxury Africa can ill afford. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PAFrom The Guardian:Leading scientists met last night to debate whether genetically modified crops can feed the world’s hungry. The issue, it seems, is as divisive as everThe Science Museum in London is running an exhibition until the end of May called Future Foods.
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