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"You're a Whiz-ard!"

When you impress the EduTech manager with your programming and Excel skills, you know you've done a good job!


My latest accomplishment: I single-handedly built a summative assessment tool based on a 5-point rubric for English language and 21st Century skills that is also of my own design. The tool assigns quantitative values to each of the rubric's criteria descriptors, and then automatically calculates a total score based on what's chosen in the tool's main interface. All of the information is integrated with a report generator that automatically fills in both the student's information and their associated score information into a letter template that can be sent to parents via email. 

It's true what they say, computer knowledge does feel very powerful. And so does getting a round of applause from all your colleagues and bosses for a job well done.

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