FreshGrade: Capture & Communicate Learning via Digital Portfolios

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FreshGrade allows teachers and students to quickly and easily capture learning in a way that revolutionizes learning. Capture rich media artifacts...
Last updated on June 22, 2016
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By FreshGrade

FreshGrade allows teachers and students to quickly and easily capture learning in a way that revolutionizes learning. Capture rich media artifacts...

FreshGrade allows teachers and students to quickly and easily capture learning in a way that revolutionizes learning. Capture rich media artifacts of student learning as it happensthrough pictures, videos, audio recordings, links, documents and anecdotal notes. Share student portfolios, send class-wide announcements, and monitor portfolio activity."FreshGrade forms a continuous glimpse into each child's progress that parents and students can share." Sir Ken Robinson, Author, Creative Schools.The Wall Street Journal reports that FreshGrade, makes real-time learning assessment as easy as snapping selfies.FreshGrade creates meaningful communication and increases engagement between teachers, students and parents. Using the FreshGrade Parent App and FreshGrade Student App, students and parents have secure access to view, comment and upload additional artifacts to the students portfolio. The FreshGrade suite of applications features student portfolios, parent engagement, custom assessment tools, custom activities/assignments with curriculum alignment and classroom announcements.FEATURES-Free for Teachers, Parents, and Students-Capture student learning through photos, videos, audio recordings, and notes-Store and/or share evidence of learning in students digital portfolios- Communicate student-specific information and class-wide announcements to parents-No in-app purchases, third-party advertising or data sharingEnabling TeachersThrough devices and secure technology that people use everyday, we provide the tools to allow you to be an effective educator without adding more to your to-do list. Communicate using digital portfolios on the go, recording artifacts of learning, and uploading them directly to student portfolios. Instantly tag individual students or groups of students, automatically capture learning in individual student portfolios and send to parents or guardians.It has been a positive step forward in communicating student learning. Teachers appreciate the dialogue it has created in looking at the new curriculum, and their assessment practices. Principal, Hazelgrove ElementaryEmpowering StudentsCapturing activities inside and out of the classroom has never been easier, putting control of continuous learning in the hands of students and their stakeholders. Teachers have noticed that as a result of using FreshGrade, their students take a greater ownership of their learning.Kids thrive on ownership. They love to access their portfolios, read teacher and parent comments, and know that they can have a say in their learning. Principal, Cambridge ElementaryEngaging ParentsProvide parents with a window into their childs learning journey. FreshGrade enables stronger communication outside of the classroom, providing parents with greater awareness of their childs development. Engaged parents become partners in their childs education, supporting learning at home with specific feedback from teachers.Parents have been very excited about knowing and being more aware of the learning that occurs. They are better able to support learning at home with the specific feedback from teachers. Principal, Dogwood ElementaryAbout FreshGradeFreshGrade was founded in 2012 by a group of dedicated individuals who saw a better way to communicate a child's progress. FreshGrade is now used in over 70 countries worldwide and has users across all 50 states. In the largest school district using FreshGrade across their classrooms, 30% have replaced traditional report cards with FreshGrade.Contact UsWe would love to hear from you info@freshgrade.com or on Twitter @FreshGrade for general inquiries and support@freshgrade.com for support. We always appreciate your feedback!