What does this all mean?
By using this app, it makes teachers, students and parents more accountable. But most importantly, the learner will feel more powerful in achieving their goals. There’s more emphasis on learning and the goals aren’t just words on a document.
The app that will also provide video strategies such as – deep breathing, options to keep body safe, how to practice being calm. Additionally, there can be a option to use strategies to work on a specific are that most of my student struggle with Personal Awareness & Responsibility.
It will be timed and recorded, so that there is trail of how much the app is being used by a certain individual. The purpose of the app is to help students practice and eventually move away from using this app less frequently. The tracking purpose becomes beneficial for parents and teachers to look for patterns or find ways to improve the student’s self-regulation skills.
Target audiences would be broken down to these groups:
- K-2: preferably used by a classroom iPad
- 4-7: can be used by a classroom ipad or personal device
- 8-12: used by personal phones with consultation with counselors or teacher
The Core Competency Tracker will keep students more accountable and be actively involved in their learning. Teachers won’t have to feel overwhelmed with paper work, as information and data are stored digitally and accessed wherever the teacher is working. As a 3 way collaboration from teachers, students and parents will allow more success in learning.