dIGITAL lEARNING Resource #5– gotfeedback by gotlearning

This week I want to share with you the teaching aide, gotFeedback by gotLearning. gotFeedback helps teachers provide more individualized feedback to their students in a timely way. It’s integrated into the gotLearning platform. It’s modeled on the research that feedback needs to be goal-referenced, tangible and transparent, actionable, user-friendly, timely, ongoing, and consistent.

How it works: Choose what you want gotFeedback to provide feedback on. Upload a Word document, video, PDF file, scan work using the mobile app — or paste in text. It provides an evaluation that you can use as a teacher — or copy/paste to give to a student.

Pricing and terms: gotFeedback has a Lite and Pro Teacher version that are both free.

Check it out: How Does gotFeedback Work? 

Instructional Strategy #5- Minute Papers

Pose a question about the day’s teaching, and give students a moment to reflect before writing down their answer on their own or in pairs. The responses can provide valuable insight into student comprehension of the material.

Minute papers can be presented in a number of ways, but the easiest is a “ticket out,” whereby educators wrap up class a few minutes early. They then ask students to answer what the most important thing they learned today was and what questions they still have. The first question requires students to think quickly, recall class material, decide on the main points, and put it into their own words. For the second, they must think further about what they’ve understood thus far.

Teachers can use the responses to determine how well students understand the material. Minute papers can also help students understand where their own learning gaps are. Once this is realized, both students and teachers can identify and address weaknesses.

Michael Dow

Teaching and Learning Coach