The math behind "4x faster"

We claim that Floop will help you give meaningful feedback 4x faster, where did that come from?

I'll claim my privilege up front: my classes are small. At most, I have 18 students in my science class at a time. Most years I have three sections of eighth grade science. So thats:

54 students

My students submit something that needs detailed feedback about once every two weeks (though they get quick formative feedback much more often). When I gave detailed feedback by hand, it used to take me about

12 minutes per submission

This adds up to about

10.8hrs of 'grading' per assignment

With Floop, I can drag-and-drop repeat comments, switch through submissions quickly, and I don't have to hand back paper work. Now, I can give feedback in

3 minutes per submission

This cuts my 'grading' time to about

2.7hrs per assignment

What do I do with all that extra time? So much!

Plan more engaging lessons
Eat lunch with my students and colleagues
Send celebratory emails to parents
Tinker in our MakerSpace
Work with my digital and in-person PLCs

What would you do with your extra time?

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