Verso uses Machine Learning (ML) to code student-voice from the classroom to help teachers understand their impact and support student engagement. Verso Learning has used the data from over 4.3 million student responses to inform the development of a supervised machine learning algorithm. This unique application has been designed to automatically code and display student…
“Student voice’ is the intentional collection of students’ thinking and feedback on their learning, and the use of these voices to inform and improve teaching, learning, and school-wide decision making.” Prof Helen Timperley The “My Impact” Dashboard provides access to classroom data capable of informing professional inquiry. The profile dashboard allows teachers to evaluate…
“We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.” John Dewey When we ask students to respond to a Verso instant Check-in, we are asking them to reflect on what and how they are learning. They are then required to consider the extent to which they felt challenged by the learning experience before…
“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…
A fantastic conversation with Year 4 teacher, Emma Wasson, where she talks about the power of using Verso Check-in with her students. “I feel like a more capable contributor, not only to my classroom and to my students but also to my team” It is so powerful to hear Emma sharing the importance of…
How we are learning is at least as important as what we are learning. When asking students to complete the sentence “we are learning to..”, many students struggle to select an appropriate verb to articulate their learning goals. The verb in the learning objective, describes the action associated with the desired learning outcome. The supporting verbs…
“We are learning to …” “Ambiguity in expectations of what success looks like in any process, task or product diminishes learning” (Fisher and Frey 2021) When learners have clarity, they understand where they are going in their learning and are in a position to select the tools and strategies that will be most useful on…
Verso is very excited to announce the launch of its new Instant Check-in Tool for 2021, which has been co-designed with students to support and empower Student Voice in classrooms. The new Verso Instant Check-in makes it even faster and easier to create, launch in class and listen to Student voices. Based on feedback from students and teachers,…
A key component of Verso Learning has been our commitment to student voice and agency. A belief in the importance of activating student voice as the driver for deeper learning and whole school change has been at the heart of our work, and this has never been more evident than now as we release Verso,…
Co-Design Workshop 2: Identifying the professional practices that underpin high agency learning and a positive sense of self. In this second workshop, students were asked to think again about lessons where they had experienced those positive emotions This time they were asked to consider the strategies that led to that high academic engagement…