In development
Commenting
Feedback that doesn’t wait.
How do you teach?
Feedback only happens when everyone is in the lesson, so it arrives late or not at all. Commenting, in development, will let tutors and students comment on any board, page or piece of work, live or afterwards.
Feedback on homework waits until the next lesson. With Commenting, in development, you’ll mark up Tuesday’s homework and your student will see it Wednesday.
Feedback on thirty pieces of work can’t all happen live. Soon you’ll comment on any board or page, in threads, and students will reply between classes.
Feedback on exercises stalls between meetings. Commenting, in development, will let you comment on any board, mention people and resolve threads.
Feedback on work shown on the board disappears when the lesson ends. Soon you’ll leave comments on any board or piece of work for students to see later.
Commenting, in development, will let the group keep giving feedback on workshop boards after the room empties, in threads with mentions.
Your child will see their tutor’s comments on homework the next day, not a week later.
Free for 2 weeks on any paid plan. No credit card required.
What it solves
- Feedback that’s vague, late or ignored
- Feedback that’s only right or wrong
Helps you
Teach better · Save time
Part of
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The problem
Feedback that’s late or ignored
Feedback only happens when tutor and student are in the same lesson. Homework waits a week for comments, and feedback is often just right or wrong.
The usual way
Tutors email notes or save feedback for the next lesson.
How Pencil Spaces solves it
Commenting brings feedback that does not need everyone in the room at once. Tutors and students will be able to comment on a board, a page or a piece of work, during the lesson or afterwards, reply in threads, mention each other, and resolve a thread once it is dealt with. A tutor can mark up Tuesday’s homework and the student sees it on Wednesday, without waiting for the next live lesson.
What changes
Learning that keeps moving between lessons.
What we’re building
- Comment on any board, page or object
- Reply in threads, live or later
- Mention a student or a co-tutor
- Resolve a thread once it’s done
What it looks like
In practice
A tutor marks up Tuesday’s homework with comments on two steps. The student sees them Wednesday, replies in the thread with a question, and the tutor resolves it once it’s sorted.
In a 1:1 lesson
You comment on the second step of your student’s proof, and she fixes it before Friday.
In a group class
You mention a student on the class board, and she replies with her revised answer that night.
In a virtual training
You comment on each group’s plan after the training, and they resolve the threads before the next meeting.
In your classroom
You comment on a student’s essay draft, and she sees it at home that evening.
In the training room
After the workshop, people reply to your comments on their boards from their desks.
At home
Your daughter reads her tutor’s comment on last night’s homework and tries the problem again.
