Save Time with Technology

There’s just not enough time in the day.

How do I fit something else into my already busy schedule?

Let’s add just one more thing to my full plate.

Sound familiar? If so, you are probably a teacher or know one. Effective teaching requires a considerable amount of organization, time management, planning, and flexibility. There’s no one best solution or magical cure for putting time back into a teacher’s busy schedule, but using effective technology can help.

Technology can make life a bit easier for teachers by saving time and helping with best instructional practices. Technology that tracks student progress, identifies students’ strengths and weaknesses, and groups students for face-to-face lessons can give teachers the time they need to successfully reach more students.

Several key components of Istation make its technology effective in these ways:

1. Formative assessments allow precise measurements and seamless placement for every student. Given automatically each month (or more often if desired), these assessments show true growth over time for each user.
2. With Istation’s adaptive curriculum, students are given purposeful instruction with interactive lessons that are explicit and direct.
3. In addition to computer-driven lessons, teachers have access to a digital library of lesson plans and interactive teaching tools.
4. Istation equips teachers with immediate online reports to help manage personalized data profiles and provides Lexile® and Quantile® measures for each student. The Priority Report alerts teachers of struggling students and recommends lessons for them.
5. Additional support comes through Istation’s school and home connection.

Tune in to the blog over the next few weeks to discover teacher time-savers that will help you make the most of your time when it comes to weekly planning.