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This app is changing my teaching practice - highly recommend it.
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This app helps educators observe and record student learning data through photos, videos, and notes. It visualizes this 'small data' to build a comprehensive picture of student progress, informing teacher planning and supporting a learner-centered pedagogy.
✓Capture photos, video, and audio of learning moments
✓Link observations to specific students and learning areas
✓Visualize learning data with graphs
✓Track student strengths, gaps, and areas for growth
✓Inform teacher planning with visual data
✓Review past observations for deeper understanding
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What's New in Smata
3.8
August 16, 2023
- Added all the graph options into the plus button - Added Positive Disposition Learning Areas - Added Privacy Policy to the side menu - Added T&C’s to the side menu
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What is Smata?
Smata is an educational app designed for teachers to observe, record, and visualize student learning data. It helps build a fuller picture of student progress by capturing 'small data' like photos, videos, and notes.
How does Smata help teachers plan?
Smata graphs captured learning data to show strengths, gaps, and areas for improvement. This visual representation instantly highlights where learning is rich, emerging, or not yet noticed, directly informing teacher planning for responsive actions.
What learning areas can I track with Smata?
Teachers can decide which specific learning areas they want to track within Smata. The app then graphs the captured data to provide a visual representation of the learning teachers are noticing and its degree of richness.
Can I review past observations in Smata?
Yes, Smata allows teachers to review past observations, including any teacher notes, to deepen their understanding of individual student and class learning over time.
Does Smata support a learner-centered pedagogy?
Yes, Smata is designed to support a growth-focused, learner-centered pedagogy. It addresses the challenge of tracking student activities by providing a clear scale from emerging to rich learning, orientating planning around adding richness to student learning.
Is Smata easy to use?
Smata is designed for ease of use, described as simple, intuitive, and fast. Observation information can be captured in seconds during the moment of learning, minimizing the need for post-facto data entry.
Does Smata have ads?
Yes, Smata contains advertisements. As it is a free application, advertisements are included to support its availability.
What devices is Smata available on?
Smata is available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It is designed to be compatible with Apple's mobile operating systems.
