4 reasons I love ShowbiePro!
Besides being paperless, incredibly teacher + parent friendly, and an amazing interactive teaching tool, ShowbiePro has so many benefits for classroom teachers AND special education teachers!
I’ve been exploring ShowbiePro for the last 30 days to see what a busy special education teacher like me could enhance with it! Safe to say, I’ve fallen in love with this product! I can’t tell you the amount of times I start to use an on-line program and it’s designed for either classroom teachers or special education teachers… I am so happy that ShowbiePro can be easily implemented for both!
Here are the 4 reasons I love ShowbiePro the most!
1. easy differentiation
Education buzzword alert: universal design for learning!
ShowbiePro makes it easy for teachers to differentiate the way they represent and present information to students. One of my favorite features is the variety of options I have for instructions after creating an assignment.
I can customize which information is displayed for each student and provide auditory reading of the directions/instructions. Additionally, I can update videos or presentations teaching the different concepts and standards for my students.
ShowbiePro also helps me provide options based on my students interests + helps me foster collaboration and communication with my upper elementary students. It’s been an amazing experience to help them learn digital citizenship while giving them authentic and meaningful opportunities to engage socially in an on-line community! I am loving growing my #edtech skills!
2. no learning is lost
I essentially run two programs: an inclusive emotional-behavioral program + a resource room. No matter the label, my students and I are a united team that embodies patience and flexibility. As much as I hate to admit it, there is learning lost every day– in some way or another.
ShowbiePro helps me to proactively plan assignments with audio/video instructions for my students in my academic groups. This has been game changing. No longer are we missing important instructional time. Instead of independent reading or drawing time, I can now send my kiddos to the computer, have them log on to their ShowbiePro accounts and have them pick up where they left off on our on-line learning assignment!
3. teacher data collaboration made easy
With the current trend in co-teaching, ShowbiePro allows for easy peasy collaboration between co-teachers, administration, parents, and colleagues at different schools.
I’ve been using ShowbiePro for data collection with my colleagues!
Finding an effective data system, especially for rubrics, has been challenging over the years. Being able to have a one-stop home for all my rubrics, with assignment reminders for teachers, has been effortless in creating my new data collection system.
All I do is create a folder, add an “assignment” for data collection, upload the rubric, set a due date, and post it. The teacher gets a notification and reminders for completing the rubric and I’m notified as soon as it’s been completed.
4. IEP + BIP collaboration + sharing
ShowbiePro allows me to easily share differentiated academic and behavior resources for students Individualized Education Plans and/or Behavior Intervention Plans! It’s been game changing!
Too often, things get lost in e-mails, copies vanish from our desk… you know, all the typical teacher problems. ShowbiePro allows me to keep everything in one place, nicely organized, with easy ways to collaborate and share resources.
For each of my students with BIPS, I have posted their BIP resources, data collection sheets, tips + tricks, and a discussion space for teacher questions or sharing of information.
I haven’t been able to fully use this resource yet, but I have all my students set up and will be going over a mini-tutorial with teachers when I get back!
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