FreshGrade provides opportunities for student learning, parent engagement and formative assessment. A few examples given by FreshGrade that we thought were useful are the following:
1. Empowering Students:
FreshGrade portfolio allows students to take ownership of their work, as they are able to choose the information to post and reflect on their learning.
2. Provide Feedback:
After learning is captured, teachers can provide personalized feedback.
3. Track Student Progress:
FreshGrade allows teachers to look at student and class progress. This can be done through the class dashboard and also has a feature to alert parents if help is needed at home.
4. Assessment:
Teachers can use FreshGrade with regards to reporting and grading their students and potentially save time and reduce their workload. Teachers can select their desired assessment tool (mastery, score, custom, etc.) and assess each activity for each student and share with them. FreshGrade also provides an opportunity for students and parents to receive assessment consistently (not just three specific times a year), which should ultimately help students’ growth.
5. Learning Slideshow:
A learning slideshow is a way to show students’ learning and growth throughout the year.
6. Personal Portfolio:
As education seems to be shifting towards using portfolios in the future, FreshGrade provides an opportunity for students to start building their own portfolio and allow the teacher and student to reflect on their personal growth and progress.
7. Record Field Trips:
Teachers can use recorded field-trips to provide an opportunity to continue learning after the field-trip is over.
8. Reduce Waste in the Classroom:
The environment is an important topic that students should be encouraged to think about. The amount of paper waste will be significantly less by using FreshGrade.
