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View allEngageTrack: Student Effort & Accountability Platform
Teachers need to identify which students are disengaged or not attempting work, and hold them accountable before providing help. Existing tools don't track engagement with learning materials or prompt students to show their attempts.
“Educator struggles to get students to track assignments and deadlines digitally as effectively as with a paper agenda.”
“Teachers are overwhelmed by student learned helplessness and lack of personal accountability, forced to repeatedly provide individualized support and clarify instructions to students who have not attended class or attempted assignments.”
EngageBoost
Teachers need scalable strategies to address chronic disengagement and absenteeism. An app that provides personalized, actionable nudges can re-engage students by targeting root causes.
“Teachers lack practical strategies to address students' chronic inattention and socializing during direct instruction, despite it being a school-wide issue unrelated to classroom management skills.”
“A first-year 11th grade ELA teacher is struggling to get students to engage in class discussions, group work, and activities, with most students not participating or turning in assignments.”
Individual Problems
TaskTrack for Classrooms
Teacher struggles to get some gifted 4th and 5th graders to complete and turn in work on time, leading to zeros and parent complaints, without a sustainable way to track and intervene.
QuickChart RQ
Teacher's students are taking too long to fill out Reading Question charts even with a 1-3 word response limit.
SkillGap Math
High school math teacher struggles because students lack prerequisite skills, are unmotivated, and do not complete homework.
Classroom Accountability Assistant
Teachers are overwhelmed by student learned helplessness and lack of personal accountability, forced to repeatedly provide individualized support and clarify instructions to students who have not attended class or attempted assignments.
EssayStep Tracker
An 8th grade history teacher struggles to get students to complete and submit essay assignments, with over half of students not turning in the essay despite extensive scaffolding, and faces pressure from administration to lower grading standards.
SafeGuard Student Alerts
Teacher needs a way to triage and respond to student statements of self-harm made outside school hours.
AssignmentClarifier
A teacher faces a student who claims she cannot complete a simple video assignment because she doesn't know how to record a video, despite no strict requirements and clear instructions.
ZoomBoost Engagement Suite
A teacher needs to make Zoom classes more interesting and engaging but has only one week to prepare and lacks ideas for interactive tools or gamification.
GentleQuiz
A special education teacher needs a gamified review tool that does not frustrate autistic students with instant negative feedback.
RecallRamp
5th grade students are unable to retain and recall previously taught math concepts, causing significant frustration and hindering progress.
CalmClass Focus Tasks
Teachers need a way to provide students with quiet, repetitive, focused tasks that reduce cognitive overload and promote calm concentration.
WakeUpLearn
Teacher struggles with chronic student sleeping during class and assessments, and existing interventions (parent contact, failing grades) have no effect.
MathBridge Adaptive Suite
A 4th grade teacher is struggling to teach grade-level math to a class where most students are significantly behind in math skills, with no students on grade level and many at a 2nd grade level or below, while also managing behavior and low motivation.
HistoryQuest: Interactive History Adventures
A fifth grade social studies teacher struggles to engage students in learning early American history because they dislike reading, lectures, videos, and note-taking, and the teacher lacks strategies for making historical content engaging for upper elementary students.
ZoomSpark
A guest educator teaching climate science to high schoolers via Zoom struggles to engage students who are disinterested, on their phones, and lack foundational knowledge, despite simplifying lessons to mostly pictures.
EquiTrack Classroom
Teachers cannot easily track and ensure equitable attention distribution among students, especially quiet or less confident ones.
StudyBuddy
Students don't use posted digital resources like Google Classroom and don't study at home, leading to poor performance.
Playful Minds: Early Learning Games
A daycare student teacher is struggling to help a 4-year-old with a very short attention span learn letters and numbers through engaging activities.
TurnIn Triumph
Middle school algebra teacher struggles with low assignment completion rates despite multiple incentives, leading to many failing students and potential administrative scrutiny.
AgendaGo
Educator struggles to get students to track assignments and deadlines digitally as effectively as with a paper agenda.
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