Having a Class Server

These days, one of the main components in being a successful educator is to individualize your student’s needs and assessment. I teach six fifty minute classes totaling 150 students, making “individualizing” very difficult. After watching this video, I can see a few advantages of having a Class Server.

If every school district provided teachers with class servers, they could spend less time on making tests, making copies, and grading papers. Thus, they could spend more time creating individualized plans for each student. Once these plans are established, the students can work assignments at their own pace and receive instant feedback. With this tool, all the teacher has to do is select the standards that the students need to understand. The classroom management program provides resources, activities, builds assessments, and provides student progress reports. Educators can then spend time analyzing student’s growth and making revisions where necessary. For the students, a Class Server changes the delivery method of a lesson. It provides more creative, interactive lessons that are interesting to them. With the immediate feedback, parents are pleased to steadily have access to their child’s work as well as grades.

I think having access to this type of tool would enhance our student’s abilities and allow teachers to be more productive with the “important” things like understanding student’s needs. However, I do think that the cost of a Class Server may be an obstacle that some school districts have to over come.