Greetings ScootPad users and fellow blog readers, We couldn't hold in the BIG news any longer! Although we are launching the brand new Global Learnathon, My School Community, and Ambassador Program on the week of March 2nd, we wanted to give you all a preview of the exciting new features!! Global Learnathon Climb Up The Ranks! Districts, schools, and... Continue Reading →
ScootPad makes it easier than ever to review student progress and share student achievements! Real-time reports are available from all accounts (teacher, parent & student)! Teacher View Select a subject (from the left) for the report you would like to see Click reports Click on advanced reports and browse through the various reports, you can print and share... Continue Reading →
I think sometimes we are overly cautious when it comes to learning. There is good reason for this cautiousness, as some students do best when walked carefully along the path of incremental success, but become bored at this slower pace. Thus, sometimes I wonder if we don’t give children enough opportunity to face new learning, especially with... Continue Reading →
Passing out homework, grading assignments, and preparing assessments, that sounds like a lot of paper being used and time spent! Over 150,000 teachers have saved over 5,000 trees (that's at least one forest!) by leveraging ScootPad in their classrooms. Being good to the environment isn't all we have to offer. We know it takes time to reteach concepts... Continue Reading →
This year, I’m excited to have the mastery progress report to share with parents. ScootPad puts together all the real-time data, while all I do is click print! I like having transparent data to share with the teachers for the parents. I work with over 90 students, and thus it is not possible for me to... Continue Reading →
One of my main goals as a GT teacher is to engage my advanced students in thinking and learning. I’m not above any method that will hook them. In my class, we use a gamification platform to support the notion that we start knowing nothing and we move up the levels to greater and greater... Continue Reading →
Our weekly snapshots will keep you (teachers, administrators, and parents) up to date with your students' learning activity from the past week while providing you with your students' future tasks to be completed. You can also decide which day to have your snapshots sent out, click here to learn how: http://help.scootpad.com/knowledgebase/articles/499972-how-do-i-change-the-day-my-weekly-activity-progr We hope this helps you stay on... Continue Reading →
Those of you with more than one child know it all too well. That competitive streak between siblings that will drive you nuts when it rears its ugly head. If your kids are anything like mine, they get along wonderfully, most of the time. But then, suddenly, as if from nowhere, they can’t even be... Continue Reading →
Hey ScootPad Users! To make life just a little easier for you, we've created video tours for each of our features. On the ScootPad home page, you'll see the "tour" button at the top right, once you click on it, you will have access to all our feature tours! These brief one to two... Continue Reading →
