Technology - Week 3

This next piece of technology that I could use in my future classrooms is called ScootPad. ScootPad is a leading academic practice platform. Kids will be motivated to practice and reading with ScootPad, and gain confidence and desire to learn rapidly. ScootPad is easy, fun and FREE! The goal of ScootPad is to help millions of kids around the world master math and reading skills. ScootPad aims to empower parents with insights and tools to track their kids' academic success. ScootPad aims to fundamentally change how kids learn and practice. ScootPad believes that each and every kid needs a customized practice and learning experience that is tailored to each student's needs. Today's "one size fits all" approach is getting in the way of our kids' academic success.

How ScootPad works.

First, the students will have to take a placement test to identify which unit your students fall in within their Learning Paths. This is a great way to gauge where students stand before you begin your instruction.

Second, if you as the teacher has specific assignments you want to push or a due date you would like to set, you can set up these assignments on here for students to work on. Assignments give you as the teacher the full flexibility of what and when students will be practicing.

Third, while students are working on tasks, ScootPad provides Scootorials; which are step-by-step videos to help students understand concepts. This is also where you can, as the teacher, provide additional instruction.

Fourth, adaptive practices are automated, meaning you do not have to select which concepts students work on. Using adaptive algorithms, ScootPad determines each student's proficiency in each concept continuously and generates questions accordingly. Practices are unlimited, so students work at their own pace with little of your management.

Fifth, while students work on practices and assignments, data is being generated. What data you may ask? Data including what areas the students are struggling in, what concepts were covered, how many questions they have answered, and much more. All of this data is analyzed for you and provided to you in a concise and colorful report that you can use to make quick yet informed instructional decisions. These reports are updated in real-time, so as students are finishing tasks, you will see it reflect in the reports immediately after.

Sixth, you realize that some of your students are not where you would like them to be after checking out the reports. You can check out the intervention Dashboard to see where exactly the students are struggling and decide how you want to approach intervention. ScootPad makes the process of intervention simple. Aside from providing you with actionable reports, ScootPad provides extended practice to the student.ScootPad already knows what concepts the student is struggling in and will build a concept improvement assignment that you can assign with a simple click.

Next, there are endless assignments. They can be used to assess your teaching, what standards students are having most difficulty in, or be used to prepare your students for high-stakes testing. With our open content platform, you have the ability to create your own questions in over 50 TEI question formats. Whatever the case, you have the ability to assign an assessment and measure the proficiency level in any concept you want.

Lastly, congratulations, the students achieved mastery in one or more concepts!

https://www.scootpad.com/