“Success in education is about identity, agency and purpose. It’s about building curiosity and compassion – about opening minds and hearts; and it’s about courage – about mobilising our cognitive, social and emotional resources to take action”.
Andreas Schleicher, Director, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills
Traditionally, schools have relied on infrequent large-scale surveys and teacher observations to gain insight into student attitudes to school and wellbeing. However, these don’t take account of the fact that wellbeing can evolve rapidly from day to day, lesson to lesson and across a range of every changing contexts. When students come to the classroom, there are areas where we have more control than others in terms of their cognitive and emotional wellbeing.
These typically center around our management of the learning environment, management of the curriculum and how we position the learning; the pedagogy and practices we employ to connect our students to the learning in order to develop the desired knowledge, skills and attitudes in all of our learners.
But how often do we check to see the impact our practice is having on the cognitive and emotional wellbeing of our students? How do we gain insight into the emotional state of our students in the context of what and how they are learning? How successful are we in developing the “skill, will, and all important thrill” in every lesson for every learner?
This short video looks at how Verso Check-in offers valuable contextual insight into the relationship between our practice and student well-being.
Try a Verso's Instant Check-in with your students today and get the conversation started.
This video describes how teachers can set up a Verso activity to enable students to use media to connect with and respond to their classmates whilst working remotely or in a blended learning environment.
One common issue raised with using Google Documents or Google Classrooms for remote or blended learning, is how to get students to engage with each other and share ideas. Google Classrooms is great for sharing files but doesn't allow students to work together in a truly collaborative way, share ideas or engage with the lesson materials. However by combining your Google account with your Verso account you can.
This example demonstrates how teachers can combine Verso with a collaborative Google Doc or Google Classrooms to allow a richer and more engaging Google experience. It shows how to link your Verso account to your Google account and then how to use Verso and Google together to allow students to respond to engage with each other's ideas and provide visibility of individual thinking to the teacher.
Student voice has never been more important. With the transition to remote learning we need to engage students in decision-making and actively seek their feedback on what works and what does not. This video explains how teachers are using Verso’s student feedback tool to check in on student progress and wellbeing. It shares how teachers are using the tool to collect feedback on practice in order to meet the changing needs of every student, maintain essential relationships and gain valuable insight into strategies and practice that work.
This short video shows an example of students in grades 1 and 2 engaging in a math’s activity where they are using a model provided by the teacher to design their own problems for their peers to solve. The use of standard and non-standard measures and the opportunities for repeated practice, collaboration and creativity delivers high outcome, high engagement learning opportunities for all.
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