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 .