Good teachers know what valuable feedback looks like. It’s personalized, descriptive, and encouraging. It gives direction. It’s ongoing, composed of a series of communications with students rather than comprising singular results from unit exams or annual tests. Valuable feedback is given in a timely fashion, whether this means delaying responses to give students enough space…
In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week 2017, we wanted to share an article written by José Picardo, a Showbie-using Teacher and Assistant Principal at Surbiton High School in the UK. In his article, José shares how learning English as a young student in Spain helped shape his teaching methods, and he provides a summary of…
When Idaho teacher Christine Poulsen’s Teton City, Idaho school began introducing devices, the hunt was on for an app that would allow her to create assignments without downloading and uploading. After trying many options, Showbie was the ideal solution. Showbie recently talked with Christine about her journey to the ideal app. Here’s what she had to…
The Showbie team is pleased to announce the launch of Showbie 3.3, which includes enhancements to comments and voice notes, improved ePub previewing, and more! Read on for details. Editing Comments Ever posted a comment to Showbie and then immediately spotted an annoying typo? Previously, you’d have to delete the original comment and re-post a…
Editor’s note: To celebrate upcoming Earth Day, we are re-posting an article about the environmental impact of going paperless in your classroom. Happy reading, and happy Earth Day! Going to paperless classrooms is more than just saving trips to the printer and doing away with lost assignments, it’s about changing how we use paper as a…
On March 6th, a team of student journalists at a High School in Kansas began what they thought would be a routine biographical feature on their newly hired principal. Two weeks later, these young adults had discovered and published evidence that led to the forced resignation of an adult who would now be leading their…
