We all know how critical feedback is to helping students develop. Thoughtful feedback from teachers helps students gain self-confidence, realize where they need improvement, and gain a better overall understanding of their performance. In the remote learning era, however, providing students with actionable feedback has become tougher. That's how mote can help. A simple Chrome extension, mote empowers teachers to provide students with personalized feedback and save themselves tons of time. Why is mote so efficient and great for 21st century education? We'll tell you all about it in this week's Rising Resources post.
To get started with mote, all educators need to do is head to their website and click the 'Add to Chrome' button. With a couple of simple clicks, the mote icon should appear in your browser. Once ready to go, educators can utilize mote to provide students with verbal feedback. It's great for both projects and assignments even if they're not in the same physical place as students. Receiving verbal feedback, especially in the era of remote learning, is invaluable. Not only does it provide students with much more context, hearing the tone of their teacher's voice can also boost their self-confidence and overall social-emotional health. There is also a free trial available for any educator who would like to try mote.
For simple integration, mote is compatible with Google Classroom, Google Docs, and other digital teaching tools. It serves as a simplistic way for educators to add comments to student work. Instead of taking the time to write out suggestions, however, educators can use mote to record quick messages that tell students all they need to know. Messages created with mote can be added to documents, assignments, and even emails. Incorporating the email feature also allows older students to get comfortable using email communication as they prepare for more real-world experiences in the near future.
In an era in which nobody likes wasting time, mote helps both teachers and students maximize every second. It takes just a few moments for teachers to create verbal feedback messages using mote. In fact, their data indicates creating voice comments is up to three times faster than typing out feedback for students. Finding enough time is already one of the biggest challenges of pandemic-era teaching. With mote, however, educators can save valuable time by tripling their efficiency and connecting with students more successfully in the process.
As we touched on, another awesome feature of mote is how it allows teachers to convey tone to their students. This also means that students can pick up on their teacher's tone, which is important. Students thrive on positive feedback and hearing their teacher express genuine excitement with their work can truly go a long way. In this era of isolation, it can also help lift their morale and improve their social-emotional balance. By the same token, mote can also help educators convey more serious messages. This could help students understand how serious they need to take their school work (if they're not already). Since many teachers still can't be with their students, mote can help them express exactly what they need to share.
There are multiple versions of mote available to teachers, but the basic one is free. With the upgraded versions, however, educators can enjoy some of mote's advanced features. With the free version, teachers can create an unlimited amount of voice notes. They will each be limited to 30 seconds in length, however. Also, there is no transcription feature available with the free version. With the unlimited version, educators can record unlimited voice notes, transcribe voice recordings, and also provide reactions. Finally, with the essential version, the limit is upped to 90 seconds to give educators more freedom in conveying feedback to students.
Since feedback is important in any subject and for students of all ages, mote is a valuable tool for any educator. It helps ease educator workload and allows them to connect with students in a new way. This connection and clarity also helps students better stay on track in a time in which they really need to do so. The verbal feedback teachers provide often serves as a check-in, which helps keep parents in the loop when it comes to student progress. Also, mote comments are private for each individual student. With these voice messages, educators can get everyone in their classes the important information they need to help them succeed.
It's truly easy to integrate mote in the feedback process. If you think it would be a good tool to add to your teaching tool belt, check out the mote website to learn more and get started. After you've poked around and given it a try, explore our store for more innovative teaching technologies. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for all the latest news from the EdTech world!