Project Overview: Using Firebase to Power Data-Informed Classrooms
Our project explores how Firebase can be used as both a teacher resource and a student learning platform to transform how classrooms gather, understand, and act on learning data. The goal is simple: help teachers keep the “pulse” of the classroom through real-time feedback while giving students hands-on experience with the same technology professionals use to build apps and manage data.
On our website, you’ll find examples of how educators can use Firebase to:
- Create apps or websites that collect student quiz data, reflections, or surveys.
- Visualize learning progress to adjust instruction in real time.
- Explore how big data in education can support personalized learning and evidence-based teaching.
You’ll also see how students can engage with Firebase as creators, building projects that collect and analyze their own classroom data. This connects digital literacy, coding, and data analysis in authentic, meaningful ways. We’ve included examples and lesson ideas for elementary, middle, and high school levels, showing how Firebase can support everything from reading-tracking apps to full student-led app development projects. Finally, our project highlights important discussions around data ethics, bias, and privacy, reminding educators that while data can empower learning, it must always be used responsibly and equitably.
Try the Prototype: Mobile Learning Pulse
This application was developed for ETEC 523 to bring key themes—ethical analytics, mobile-first design, and AI in education—to life. It’s more than a website; it’s a hands-on demonstration of how technology can help us understand and visualize learning as it happens.
What you’ll experience
- Micro-Lesson: “AI & Bias.” A short, mobile-friendly lesson with a few questions and prompts.
- Live “Cohort Pulse” Dashboard. Anonymous, aggregated data updates in real time to show completion rates, tougher questions, and an AI-powered snapshot of open-ended feedback.
How to explore (quick start)
- Try the Lesson – tap “Try It: AI & Bias 101.”
- View the Cohort Pulse – see how your anonymous contribution rolls up to the group view (please note this uses mock data for the project, but with further tinkering it could be setup for actual user data to enter into the Pulse Dashboard).
- Read the Feast Page – get background on the design, pedagogy, and tech stack (Firebase + AI).
As you explore, consider: How can we gather learning data while respecting privacy? How does the mobile experience change engagement? In what ways can AI assist both the creation of learning tools (Firebase Studio) and the analysis of learner feedback?
We invite you to visit the project site to explore interactive demos, classroom examples, and practical steps for bringing Firebase and data-driven learning into your teaching practice.
Explore the prototype: Click here
— Shawn Davis & Terry Neufeld
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