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Chat
Talk to everyone, or just one.
Comment enseignez-vous ?
Some students will never interrupt to ask a question, and some nudges shouldn’t be said in front of everyone. Chat gives every Space a group chat, chat inside each breakout room and private one-to-one messages.
Some things are easier to type than say, like “I’m lost”. Your student can message you privately, and you can drop links and notes in the chat that are saved for later.
Shy students won’t unmute to ask a question in front of 25 classmates. They message you privately, and you can nudge one student without stopping the class.
Participants have questions they won’t ask out loud in front of colleagues. They message you privately, and the group chat collects links and resources as you go.
Some students will never raise a hand in front of the class. When they’re on their own devices in a Space, they can message you privately, and you answer without stopping the lesson.
Not every question gets asked out loud in a room of colleagues. Participants on laptops can message you privately or post to the group chat during the exercise.
If your child is shy, typing a question is easier than saying it. In their lessons they can message the teacher privately, and the chat history is saved.
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What it solves
- Afraid of being wrong in front of peers
- Too shy to interrupt and ask
- Shy, or drowned out by others
Helps you
Teach better
Part of
Video & audio
The problem
The quietest students never ask
Many students won’t interrupt or admit confusion in front of others. Teachers also need a way to nudge one person without calling them out, and to share links that don’t vanish.
La méthode habituelle
Teachers rely on a call’s chat that disappears when it ends, or on texts and emails outside the lesson. Private nudges end up said out loud.
How Pencil Spaces solves it
Group chat for the whole Space, chat inside each breakout room, and private one-to-one messages, with the history saved.
Quels sont les changements ?
A quiet way to help. Teachers can nudge one student privately without stopping the class, and quiet students get a way to ask.
What it looks like
Dans la pratique
A student privately messages her teacher, “I don’t get step 2”. The teacher replies in the chat with a hint, and nobody else knows she asked.
In a 1:1 lesson
Mid-lesson, your student messages “can we slow down?” instead of saying it. You adjust, and the links you dropped in the chat are still there next week.
In a group class
While the class works, you privately message one student who has drifted off. He’s back on task, and nobody else saw the nudge.
In a virtual training
A participant privately asks whether the policy applies to contractors. You answer in chat, then share it with the group because others had the same question.
In your classroom
Students work on a problem set on their Chromebooks. One messages you privately that she’s stuck, and you walk over without her having to raise her hand.
In the training room
During a group exercise, a participant messages you privately about a sensitive example. You reply in chat and keep the room moving.
At home
Your son is too shy to ask his teacher to repeat something. He types it in the chat, she explains again, and he keeps going.
