Here is a screenshot of one of my classes on Teacher Dashboard:
We've been using Hapara Dashboard for a few years now and I have come to depend on it a lot as I share documents with students and give them feedback online with their assignments. For instance, this screenshot shows that I have shared various documents already with my classes:
-Goal Setting Document: We will use this throughout the year to stop and assess our reading and writing. We will make goals and re-visit those during the year.
-40 Book Challenge: Students are challenged to read 40 Books this year at their level. This document is their "tracker". I can check in on students and see what they are reading and remind them to add their books to the list.
-Digital Notebook: This is their online notebook where they apply reading strategies from our mini-lessons with the books they are reading. I can check with them and see what they have done, offer feedback, and evaluate their skills. My co-teacher also has access to all of these documents so she can check on the English Language Learners.
-Book Reviews Notebook: Similar to the above. Students use this notebook to craft their book reviews which they then add to our class book blog. Last year, I had students write directly onto the blog. However, that meant I had to check their work on the blog and sometimes we had book reviews with spelling and grammar mistakes or missing requirements. This year, using the notebook and dashboard means that my co-teacher and I can check students' work and give feedback before they post to the shared blog.
I also love that I can click on the Blogger Posts button in dashboard and see all their recent posts on their own blogs. When we do a reflection in class, I can quickly click this button and monitor that students are actually on task and writing their reflections. We can also help them with their editing and ensure that they have completed the blog post before moving onto a new task/activity.
Of course, the other benefits of dashboard are that you can share out a copy of whatever document you want students to have. This creates a copy that is theirs, that they own. I can also set up "groups" in dashboard so that we can share a scaffolded version of documents with our level 1s and 2s that they can use to complete tasks and assignments. They do not need to wade through multiple documents to find theirs. I have also done the same with short stories; sending different stories to our three-four groups based on reading level.
We've been using Hapara Dashboard for a few years now and I have come to depend on it a lot as I share documents with students and give them feedback online with their assignments. For instance, this screenshot shows that I have shared various documents already with my classes:
-Goal Setting Document: We will use this throughout the year to stop and assess our reading and writing. We will make goals and re-visit those during the year.
-40 Book Challenge: Students are challenged to read 40 Books this year at their level. This document is their "tracker". I can check in on students and see what they are reading and remind them to add their books to the list.
-Digital Notebook: This is their online notebook where they apply reading strategies from our mini-lessons with the books they are reading. I can check with them and see what they have done, offer feedback, and evaluate their skills. My co-teacher also has access to all of these documents so she can check on the English Language Learners.
-Book Reviews Notebook: Similar to the above. Students use this notebook to craft their book reviews which they then add to our class book blog. Last year, I had students write directly onto the blog. However, that meant I had to check their work on the blog and sometimes we had book reviews with spelling and grammar mistakes or missing requirements. This year, using the notebook and dashboard means that my co-teacher and I can check students' work and give feedback before they post to the shared blog.
I also love that I can click on the Blogger Posts button in dashboard and see all their recent posts on their own blogs. When we do a reflection in class, I can quickly click this button and monitor that students are actually on task and writing their reflections. We can also help them with their editing and ensure that they have completed the blog post before moving onto a new task/activity.
Of course, the other benefits of dashboard are that you can share out a copy of whatever document you want students to have. This creates a copy that is theirs, that they own. I can also set up "groups" in dashboard so that we can share a scaffolded version of documents with our level 1s and 2s that they can use to complete tasks and assignments. They do not need to wade through multiple documents to find theirs. I have also done the same with short stories; sending different stories to our three-four groups based on reading level.
