Microsoft Teams was not an integral part of the education system before the COVID-19 pandemic. For most institutions, Teams was a luxury that they could do without. But the pandemic caused a paradigm shift in education delivery among institutions, and many educators had to switch to online teaching. Microsoft Teams has now cemented its role in delivering education worldwide.
Even though most districts have resumed in-person learning, Teams still plays an integral role in the new hybrid education model. As an educator, you must find creative ways to get the most out of Microsoft Teams education features and add-ons. For example, Beedle’s features can save time, improve efficiency, and increase productivity.
How you plan your teaching can either make or break your class. Good educators break up their lessons into smaller sections, each with a specific goal, and they have a clear picture of how these subsection plans fit into the grand scheme of things.
Beedle's planning tool is easy to use and intuitive. You can group and sequence lessons, and there is no need to duplicate the same plans if you teach more than one group the same subject. You can share the same plan with another class or save it for next year.
You have a higher chance of materializing your goals as you envision them if you share them with your students. Beedle's planning feature grants students access to your lesson plans, so they can familiarize themselves with all the learning programs and objectives. Students who know what and why they are learning about something tend to do better.
There is a nexus between performance and a student's class attendance record. In most cases, students who do not attend lessons will perform below their potential. Educators are responsible for ensuring that every learner harnesses their potential to the fullest. Keeping an eye on who's not attending virtual lessons is as important as tracking physical attendance.
Beedle's attendance feature gives educators the power to manage all aspects of attendance. You can use it at the start of an academic year to register every student who will be taking your lessons. The tool makes tracking each student's attendance history easier as the semester progresses.
Educators should find out why a student has a poor attendance record. Tracking attendance provides insight into a student's attendance behavior but does not give reasons for the behavior. Educators can comment on every student's attendance history with Beedle's tool. This way, they can find out the exact reason that a student is missing classes without having to switch to another mode of communication.
Students can miss classes for valid reasons. Beedle's attendance tool considers this by enabling students to schedule future absences. This is convenient for educators because it gives them the chance to assess and grant permission for valid cases.
Feedback is critical in the learning environment for learners and educators alike. It helps the former track their progress and raise issues affecting their learning. For the latter, feedback helps them gauge whether students are meeting the lesson’s objectives.
The journal feature can make entries for every member of the team. Educators can share these entries with the students or third parties, like the parents. This form of feedback can be an excellent motivator for students. Educators should use the journals to highlight both the positive traits and the weak points of their students.
An assessment is a form of feedback in a learning environment, but it stands out because it is the key measure of performance. Educators rely on different assessments to understand whether a student satisfies the objectives of a lesson. This way, they can pinpoint the exact area that may need reinforcement.
Beedle’s assessment feature is a digital gradebook. You can record different assessment types in it and each student's performance against them. The gradebook contains the average and total columns for the assessments. This provides you with a better view of every student's performance against every lesson's objectives.
Hybrid learning is here to stay. Educators need to adapt to the new reality by finding innovative ways of teaching. Beedle’s Microsoft Teams education features save time, improve efficiency, and increase productivity in the delivery of education.
Beedle is an all-in-one solution for teaching and learning in Microsoft Teams, giving schools the power to leverage Teams for improved resource and lesson planning, class management, insight organization, and more!
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