Private school in Louisiana leverages EANS funds to purchase Classkick and boost student engagement
One of the greatest pleasures at Classkick is seeing users experience the magic of our tool and the creative ways they share how it makes a difference for their teachers and students.
After Morgan Vondenstein, Director of Education Technology, received funding from the EANS grant, she created this magnificent video showcasing how upper school mathematics teacher Heidi Nowicki uses Classkick to boost student engagement at Ascension Episcopal School in Louisiana.
See the video below:
Read on to see how Ms. Heidi Nowicki uses Classkick to boost student engagement at Ascension Episcopal.
Take the classroom paperless, give feedback in real-time
Ms. Nowicki needed an easy way to assign homework. Instead of printing off worksheets, she used Classkick to upload PDFs and clipped images to present math homework. Using the manipulative and fill-in-the-blank functions, Ms. Nowicki created an interactive format to unveil math concepts in a bite-sized way.
Then, while students work on the assignment, she uses stickers or comments to provide feedback. Some problems are even auto-graded!
“The kids love this because they’re not waiting until tomorrow to get feedback. They’re getting it in real-time,” said Ms. Nowicki.
Communicate and provide help, even when the students are at home
Ms. Nowicki loves the raise hand feature and the ability to write directly on a student’s work.
“Even when students are at home, they can work on Classkick and if they have a question they can email me or use the raise hand feature, and I can easily provide feedback directly on their screen. Or I can write on the main screen, and it’s pushed out to everybody.”
Using the feature, students are able to receive real-time direct instruction for flipped, blended, or remote classrooms.
Eyes on students comprehension and ability to adjust lesson plans to increase learning
Ms. Nowicki’s favorite feature is being able to monitor the students’ work and gauge their comprehension of the lesson.
Seeing the entire class work simultaneously allows Ms. Nowicki to “see all of their screens at once and go one-by-one to see if everyone’s on task.”
Whether it’s raising their virtual hand or raising their hand in class, Ms. Nowicki’s enjoys the various ways students can communicate their need for further help that allow her to detect patterns at scale and adjust lessons as needed.
Additionally, she uses Classkick to gauge emotional and social learning benchmarks asking questions like “How are you feeling about today’s assignment? How prepared do you feel for the upcoming test?”
Using EANS funds for educational technology
Her school used EANS funds to purchase a 12-month pro subscription and integrate adoption across staff. The EANS funds allowed Ascension Episcopal the opportunity to add educational technology at no cost to the school.
We are very blessed to have received funding through the EANS grant. [Our school district] made it SO easy to acquire funding for digital technology that we otherwise may not have been able to purchase. From start to finish, the process was simple. So far, our teachers are loving Classkick. Boosting student engagement is part of our campus-wide goal. Providing direct instruction and instant feedback in real-time allows the teacher to engage students in lesson content. The Classkick team has also been very supportive throughout the onboarding and implementation process. Overall, I encourage all non-public schools to look into the EANS funding for Classkick as it has been a game-changer for our school.
Classkick is excited to see non-public schools utilize EANS funds to acquire essential educational technology for their students. We look forward to seeing more schools take advantage of this funding and enabling more students and teachers to enjoy Classkick!
Get in touch
To learn more about how you can use EANS funds to get Classkick for your non-public school, get in touch with us via partnerships@classkick.com
