Teacher - What is the module Activity in class used for?
EduPage offers teachers the option to quickly and conveniently record how a child reacted in a specific class.
The goal is not to burden teachers with evaluating every student in every class. Instead, if something about the child catches your attention, the aim is for you to record it as quickly and conveniently as possible. Unlike traditional notices or grades, activity assessments are less formal. You don’t need to write a text or provide explanations; you simply choose from pre-prepared options. This allows you to encourage and motivate students, as well as indicate if their approach to the lesson was not ideal on a particular day.
Traditional Notices vs. Classroom Activity
If a serious incident occurs during a class, do not record it as “activity” but use a traditional notices. Write a description and outline the next steps—this is something that needs to be addressed.
However, classroom activity records have the advantage over notices in that they can be quickly recorded without having to think about the text or reasons—just click and capture what you noticed.
It is important to inform parents that this is not a traditional notice that needs to be addressed immediately. If a child was once disrespectful to classmates, it can happen to anyone. However, if this occurs in every third class and affects multiple teachers, parents cannot claim that the teacher is fabricating it. On the contrary, it is likely something that needs to be addressed before it escalates into a more serious situation.
Traditional text notices make it harder to identify the exact problem. For example, if a student has 10 notices, there is a big difference between notices saying “hurts classmates” or “forgets a ruler.” By recording activities, you have more data in a structured form.
These data should not, of course, be used to rate students numerically. The goal of recording activity should be to gather information for a better understanding of the student and for potential discussions with parents.