Front Row

This differentiated math instruction is aligned to the Common Core and features read aloud questions, practice space for users to solve problems with quick feedback and opportunity for additional pintables.  Students use this tool independently. 

Student Engagement: 3

Students mostly use the app when directed.  This is not a gaming app so other than earning points there are not any other incentives. 

Accessibility/Relevance: 3

Standards Based Math Practice with tutorials with instant feedback.  Flipped classroom often comes to mind when students are practicing on Front Row.  New learning opportunities are shared and taught to classmates.

Capabilities/Customization: 4

This app first assesses the user’s ability at the start.  Teachers and parents have capabilities to print practice sheets, data, and design customized assessments.  Users are able to listen to questions, show work and use virtual manipulatives to solve problems.  There are also tutorials

Safety: 4

Front Row has individual log in IDs with a class password that will track data for parents and teachers.

Thinking Skills: 3

Encourages higher order thinking skills and encourages using tutorials. 

The customized questions encourage higher order thinking skills with the ability analyze and evaluate.

Elementary Evaluation Tool

	1	2	3	4	Notes:
Qualities:
Student Engagement	Avoids app	Uses app but does not make connections to prior learning.	Uses app when directed.	Highly Motivated to use the app.
Accessibility/ Relevance	Not able to use for multiple purposes	Limited availability to use across contents	Purposeful and appropriate across content areas	Engaging across all content areas
Capabilities/ Customization	No access to camera, video, microphone and other libraries.	Limited use of settings to meet student’s need.	Flexible settings to models strategies, ability to create, structure, or build	Interactive and the ability to change content settings to model strategies and ability to create and build.
Safety	No private access availability	Class Login with personal password	Individual Log in & password.	Individual Log in & password with data available within class roster
Thinking Skills	Limited use of lower order thinking skills.	Mostly lower order thinking skills to understand and remember.	Use of higher order thinking skills including evaluating, analyzing and applying.	Use of higher order thinking skills including creating, evaluating and analyzing.