Teachers about e-Class register
No. 15, Year 15, May 2018 Page 15
Teachers about e-Class register
Good sides of the application:
Easy and fast way of grading students
Transparency
There is enough space to write notes
Parents are regularly informed about their child ' s grades and behaviour
Less paperwork( BBR)
35( 97,22 %) teachers use e-Class Register every day and 1 uses it 3-4 times a week
24( 66,66 %) teachers use e-Classs register more at school and 17 use it more at home.
Bad sides of the application:
Dependent on internet connection and power
Lack of transparency( you can only see your subject)
Greater pressure on students( from parents)- Mrs S. Strnad Jerbić
You cannot correct all the mistakes without the administrator
14 teachers say that parents check e-Class Register every day, 11 think they do it once a week, 4 once a month, 2 rarely, 4 never and 10 do not know.
Teachers also say that 50 % of students inform their parents about the grades before the parents check themselves.
“ There are no heavy registers. You just need a PC or a mobile phone, your token and an internet connection.“
( Ms Blanka Bezuk)
21( 60 %) teachers say that parents still regularly come to school to talk to them, 10( 27,77 %) of them say they do not and 5 say they do not know.
29 teachers think that students are digitally competent to use the e-Class register
“ If I could, I ' d allow more time for entering and correcting notes and grades using“ group grades“ option.“( Mrs Gabriela Pavičić)
“ Maybe they should simplify the use of the application on mobile phones.“( Miss Lorina Aido)
“ Some students think that e- Class register should be abolished.“
( Mr Pavo Kovačević)
“ Weekly plan / review of the work should be better visible.“
( Mrs Mirjana Valter)
“ All teachers should be provided with the laptops to do their job.“
( An elementary teacher)
“ All information about the student should be visible.“
( Mrs Vesna Crnčec)
32 teachers say that e-Class register is an improvement over the paper version. Only 4 of them say they are not. 35 are digitally competent to use these fully computorized precesses and only 1 isn ' t.
“ Average grades / ratings should be discarded and left visible only to the teachers.“( Mrs Sanja Martinko and Miss Dunja Jagetić)
“ Special status of students( sports clubs, music schools) should be entered because now there is no such possibility.“( Mrs Alemka Potkonjak)
“ Educational administration should be better – it should follow the needs and legacy.“
36 teachers answered 10 questions about e-Class Register we asked them in October and November 2017. Here are the results. It is interesting that they named more good sides of the application than bad sides. 9 teachers do not find any bad sides of the application. Another interesting thing is that transparency was found both as good and as bad side. Many teachers suggested some ideas how to improve the application. We are grateful to all of them for taking part in our questionnaire.