Feedback is important for both teachers and students. Teaching in the classroom should be bilateral communication. When teachers teach, there is more than students’ score and performance to let teachers know students’ understanding. Technology can let teachers know better how to help students and improve the lesson. Exchanging feedback between students is also important. It’s a good opportunity for them to learn how to evaluate others’ works and encourage positive peer relationships. At first, students may struggle to express themselves in an effective manner. The tech tools we are going to introduce not only help teachers and students exchange feedback but also improve student feedback skills.
1.Miro – An online whiteboard for real-time collaboration and feedback
Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard. There are many powerful features in Miro. Teachers can put learning materials on the whiteboard and create a board to collect students’ feedback and ideas. If students don’t know what to say, they can still give some cute emojis to encourage classmates. Students are allowed to give real-time feedback too. From the interaction and engagement on the board, teachers are able to tell if the class needs to be improved. Though there’s no Voting and Timer features in the free version, Miro is always ready to support teachers to prepare interesting collaborative lessons.
2.ClassDojo – A free online tool that connects teachers, students and parents
ClassDojo is a free online tool that helps teachers and students exchange feedback. In ClassDojo, every student has a cartoonish avatar. When a student’s performance is good, the teacher can give good feedback to the student. On the other hand, if a student doesn’t behave well, the teacher can deduct the student’s points. When students have enough points, they can change their avatars. Parents are also involved in the ClassDojo. They can see their children’s performance and communicate with teachers. Because of the interface and mechanism, students become very active in the classroom.
3.Google Forms – Create surveys or quizzes for your class
Google Forms is a free service that allows users to create forms, surveys, and quizzes. It also provides a place to collect data from multiple sources. This makes it easy to gather information from different people at once. When a teacher designs a new class, he can create a survey and send it to students after the class is dismissed. The feedback can help teachers make adjustments. Google Forms doesn’t provide real-time collaboration features. If teachers want to encourage students to leave comments, you can add incentives and announce them in the survey note.
4.Kahoot! – Online game based learning platform
Kahoot! delivers questions to students like a game and they can play either individually or in groups. Students need to use their own devices like laptop, smartphone or tablet to join the game. The fun in Kahoots! lives up the atmosphere of the classroom.You can see there are several pricing plans from $0 to almost $1,000/year. However, Kahoot!’s current service allows free access for all educators. Kahoot! gives hints or background sound effects during the game to make learning fun. After the game ends, teachers can check the result and know if everyone makes progress. If your students use Kahoot! For the first time, it’s better to make your first question a warm-up question.
5.ASTROS – A robust wireless presentation solutions for all devices
Using smartphones and tablets for learning is a trend nowadays. However, if students want to share their learning results on tablets or smartphones in class, they may encounter some technical problems. Because each device has different ways to do screen mirroring. But ASTROS wireless presentation solution can make it simple. Once you set up the network and ASTROS wireless presentation gateway, you can use laptop, MacBook, Android devices or iPhone to easily cast your screen. The Split Screen feature allows up to four students to cast the screen simultaneously on the display. If the teacher is worried that someone interrupts the presentation, he can use the Moderation Mode to control the displayed content with the intuitive UI. In a spacious room, students sitting far usually cannot see well the content on the main display. One benefit of the wireless presentation solution is that students can use the Remote View feature to capture the displayed content on their devices. In a nutshell, ASTROS is the tool you shouldn’t miss out in the classroom. If you want to know more about ASTROS, CLICK HERE to contact our experts.
6.Seesaw – An online platform that allows students to upload homeworks and give feedback to each other
Seesaw is a powerful classroom app which has various features. Seesaw enables teachers to assign a variety of activities to students. From drawing to video shooting, there’s no limit for children’s creativity. After students upload their homework, teachers can view them and give feedback in Seesaw. Students can check classmates’ homework and give each other feedback too. Parents are involved in students’ learning in Seesaw. Once parents are connected to the platform, they can see children’s progress and communicate with teachers. It’s a platform that engages teachers, students and parents and creates a friendly learning atmosphere.
Conclusion
Technology enables teachers to offer good learning experiences to students and encourage them to be productive and creative. We know sometimes teaching and learning is lonely. The tech tools we introduce give both teachers and students possibilities to give feedback and support each other.
