In development
Bird’s-Eye View
The whole class, at a glance.
How do you teach?
In a group, the student who is stuck is usually the one who says nothing, and you can only look at one board at a time. Bird’s-Eye View, in development, shows every student’s board and every breakout room side by side.
In small-group tutoring, you can’t watch four boards at once, so someone falls behind quietly. You’ll see every student’s board side by side and jump in where help is needed.
With 20 students working on their own boards, the ones who are stuck are invisible. You’ll see every board and breakout room at a glance, and step in before anyone falls behind.
During hands-on exercises, you can’t see who’s lost until the debrief. You’ll see every participant’s board side by side and step in while the exercise is still running.
Walking the rows only shows you a few screens at a time. When students work on their own devices, you’ll see every board side by side on yours and know who to visit first.
In a busy room, you can’t look over every laptop. You’ll see every participant’s board side by side and know which table needs you next.
If you teach more than one child at home, you’ll see each child’s board side by side, so you know who needs you without hovering over both.
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What it solves
- Differentiating for a whole group at once
- Can’t see who’s stuck in a group
Helps you
Teach better · Earn more
Part of
Group teaching
The problem
You can’t help the student you can’t see
When students work independently, the teacher sees one board at a time. The students who are stuck rarely say so, and by the time anyone notices, they’ve fallen behind.
The usual way
Teachers cycle through boards or rooms one by one, or ask “everyone OK?” and wait for silence. The quiet strugglers stay hidden.
How Pencil Spaces solves it
Bird’s-eye view, built for group teaching: you see every student’s board and every breakout room live, side by side, and can jump into any of them to help. It’s in development.
What changes
No one left behind. Teachers spot who is stuck and step in before they fall behind.
What it looks like
In practice
Six students work on their own boards. The teacher glances at the overview, sees one board hasn’t changed in minutes, and jumps in to help.
In a 1:1 lesson
In a group of four, you see one student’s board is still blank after two minutes. You jump into her board and talk her through the first step.
In a group class
Your class splits into five breakout rooms. From the overview, you see one room is stuck on the setup, and you drop in there first.
In a virtual training
Twelve participants build a project plan on their own boards. You spot two who skipped the risk section and step in before the debrief.
In your classroom
Your class solves equations on Chromebooks. From your screen you see three boards with the same mistake, and you pause the class to clear it up.
In the training room
Teams work on their own boards at tables around the room. You see one team’s board hasn’t moved, and you head there first.
At home
Your two children work on different subjects. You see one has finished and the other is stuck, and you go to the one who needs you.
