The concept of going ‘paperless’ in schools is becoming increasingly popular — but does it really save money? Showbie has created a paperless savings calculator to help you figure out how going paperless in your school could save your budget.
Any educator in the UK knows how important evaluations from Ofsted are, and how serious it is to be put on special measures. Showbie recently talked to deputy head teacher Nic Ford about his experience being at a school put on special measures, and how a lot of hard work, 1:1 training and a little help from Showbie helped get them out of special measures in 1 year – nearly half the time it typically takes other schools in the same position.
Reference posters are great tools for providing students with key information that helps them complete classwork and remember strategies. With so many classroom assignments going paperless in Showbie, why not make your reference posters paperless too?
As a workflow app with so many possibilities, we want to make sure all of our users are getting the most out of Showbie. To help, this is the first in a series of shortcuts that let you know some of the ways you can use Showbie to your advantage.
We’ve given Showbie’s Support page a complete makeover, creating a more user-friendly space where you can quickly find the answers to any Showbie related questions you might have on any mobile device. At the top of the page is our new search feature that auto-populates with articles once you’ve typed in a topic or concern.
Though Showbie often hears from teachers who are happy that we’ve streamlined their 1:1 classroom, it’s not every day that we get fan mail from students. And, as an app for paperless classrooms, it’s even more unusual to get hand-written letters from — well — anyone! So when a grade six student in Australia named Ned sent us a letter telling us…
