feedback apps for teachers

 feedback apps for teachers

Menu Tag Archives: education How many hours will you need to do before you feel like an “expert?” What about if you only have one day to work with your students? For those of you who are considering the creation of a professional development app for your school, there are a number of considerations you need to think about in order to ensure your product is useful for all of your staff. Here are a few areas that we can cover: Teacher/Administrator Students Teachers and Students The app could focus on different aspects of professional development for different target groups, with content being provided through the app for each group. If you are considering creating an app for each target group you could: Create a target group specific app that covers what we do every day as educators. The target group could have access to a library of resources to supplement the content provided through the app. A “learning pathway” of activities (for example: How do I get the best out of my students? What’s my role in my classroom? What activities do we do every day? ) that would guide the user through the app and offer additional support, for example: The path could act as a “virtual lesson” that has all the necessary resources for the user to succeed at the next step Teacher/Administrator Students Teachers and Students For both target groups you could provide a user level of support that the user can choose to access at any time in the app, with a more “in depth” version of the app for teachers and administrators providing additional support at the level you feel your teaching staff requires. We could also look at offering a “learning platform” that would allow the user to track their progress as they engage with the content provided and follow the suggested learning pathways, and be alerted when they are not meeting key learning objectives. At this point, you’re probably thinking “what’s the point of an app for teachers/students? It’s probably just for admin or for me to keep me up to date on what we’re doing in school.” We’re not arguing that you should use an app to replace your current system. However, we believe the following considerations could prove helpful when creating a quality app that has value to everyone: Create content that is applicable to your target audience. If you find that content provided through a professional development app doesn’t translate into something that your teachers and students find useful, why would they use it? Create content that is unique to your district and/or school. The school and district could be the “brand” through which content is communicated, ensuring consistency between all users. Create a “living” product. As you’re collecting user feedback and insights from your target audience, you can use that feedback to make improvements to your content and your app. Make it useful for everyone – it doesn’t need to be “just for teachers and students.” So how would you go about creating an app for professional development that meets the needs of all target groups? In your school or district, do any teachers feel like they are doing a good job supporting their students? This question can get tricky to answer. If you’re having difficulty defining “a good teacher”, here are a few factors that you may find helpful in determining whether or not you’re doing a good job: The quality of your work. Did your students learn what they should have learned? The quality of your support staff. Did you provide consistent, timely feedback? The amount of feedback

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