ClassMetric

Productivity

classroom feedback tool

SHOW HN2011

133points
32comments
#71of 1,097 in 2011
Top 7%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

7 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.

Idea: 6 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful real-time feedback for instructors

    From 3 comments
    • Certainly, although you have to differentiate between confusion, which can be beneficial as you say, and being completely lost, which hampers learning. The subject matter being…
      ColinDabritz on HN
    • As someone who've taught before (I was a TA at Berkeley during grad school). It's awesome to monitor the classroom and see if what you are saying even makes sense to the class or…
      prayag on HN
    • That's actually my lecture that ClassMetric broke down in the blog post. From a (first time) instructor's perspective, I don't see the tool as a distraction to students. I'm not…
      ckwang on HN
  • Interesting for curriculum design

    From 1 comment
    • This looks pretty interesting. I actually would be more interested in using it for curriculum design, not really for real-time classes. I think I'd get a group of students and a…
      zedshaw on HN

Objections

  • Extra work or distraction for students

    From 2 comments
    • As a fairly recent graduate (just over a year now) I'd like to say, please stop giving us things to distract us in lectures.
      jamesRaybould on HN
    • Anything that requires extra work from students is no-go.
      pixcavator on HN
  • Hard to find project details on the site

    From 1 comment
    • As a university instructor, I want to find out more about it, but your page makes it harder than it should be. The "home" icon links to the blog, the one on the right does too.…
      alttag on HN

Requests

  • Clearer links to project status and cost

    From 1 comment
    • As a university instructor, I want to find out more about it, but your page makes it harder than it should be. The "home" icon links to the blog, the one on the right does too.…
      alttag on HN

Questions

  • How does it compare to Learning Catalytics

    From 1 comment
    • I think this is ok, but not nearly as good as: < https://learningcatalytics.com/ >.
      p4wnc6 on HN

Alternatives named

  • Learning Catalytics

    From 2 comments
    • I think this is ok, but not nearly as good as: < https://learningcatalytics.com/ >.
      p4wnc6 on HN
    • Learning Catalytics is cool but different - it's the work of Eric Mazur, a famous Harvard physics professor who created the practice of "peer instruction." It seems to be a very…
      pkrein on HN

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