Verso App Gives Teachers a Powerful Assessment Tool for Student Engagement

It’s the same in every classroom, in every school, in every subject area. Certain students are “getting it” and engaging with the content, while other students are trailing behind, getting more and more lost and less and less likely to admit it. But a new assessment tool that lets students structure their own questions, responses, and discussion points offers teachers the ability to understand what every student is thinking about the material without having to conduct individualized assessments at every step along the way. Even better, the students are equipped to provide their feedback without calling attention to themselves, making them more likely to engage and offer genuine insight into where they might be lagging. The Verso App lets students work through teacher-driven material and then respond, while also allowing them to see classmates’ interactions after they complete the material. This equips teachers to know before approaching each lesson where the students are still having trouble with comprehension, as well as know which areas the class has mastered in order to avoid wasting instructional time. "Using the Verso App, teachers enter the classroom fully aware of students' questions, ideas, misconceptions and what they are revealing as their individual learning needs," Collin Wood, CEO of Verso Learning, said in a press release. "Teachers now know what they have to do to support every student in moving forward." "Since these responses are anonymous, it gives students the confidence to take risks they may not otherwise take. As they collaborate and reward quality contributions with 'likes,' they are giving and receiving feedback and using that feedback to shape their thinking." Tools like this one have the power to take today’s digital natives and prepare them for the higher order thinking and technology incorporation that so many state and national curricula around the world are now focusing on. Information on the free app is available from Verso Learning at VersoApp.com. Verso App Gives Teachers a Powerful Assessment Tool for Student Engagement is a post from: Good e-Reader

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