Communication Tool #5 - Haiku Learning

	3- Awesome!	2-Meh	1-Not worth my time.
Efficiency(teacher)	Teacher can use it consistently throughout the year.	Teacher can use it somewhat consistently throughout the year.	A burden to use.
User Friendly (teacher)	Walks you through the setup or tutorials and quick and easy.	No tutorials but I can figure it out.	I’m registered.  Now what do I do?
Cost	Free	Some options are free or price is minimal	Not free or limited free functions.
Validity	Blogs: Updated weekly Apps: High educational value	Blogs: Updated monthly Apps: Some educational value	Blogs: Updated annually Apps: No educational value
Safety	Privacy options	Limited privacy options	No options for privacy
DOK (Depth of Knowledge)	Effectively utilizes targeted DOK	Somewhat utilizes the targeted DOK	Doesn’t utilize targeted DOK
Monitoring Capability	Teacher can monitor and edit all student activity.	Teacher can monitor student content but may not edit.	Teacher can’t monitor all student content.
Permission (school)	Permitted	Needs IT permission	Not permitted
Student Use	Students would be lost without it!	Somewhat enhances student learning.	Does not enhance student learning.
User Friendly (student)	Students can quickly access content or desired tasks from home screen or search bar.	Requires a number of steps to get started and students sometimes need direction along the way.	Students can’t use independently or need constant direction when using.
Student Engagement	Kids love it!	Students use when prompted.	Students complain about using it.

Haiku Learning

Haiku Learning is a browser-based classroom website.

Efficiency (teacher) - 3 Haiku is easy to get to and use to add resources every day throughout the day.

User Friendly (teacher) - 3 Extremely user friendly.

Cost - 2 There is a free teacher plan with limited storage.  The school or district plan is not free. Fortunately my district pays for this program!

Validity - 3 High educational value because it is easy to use and upload many types of resources to it. It works well with Google Drive, Khan Academy & Youtube which are all resources I use regularly with my students.

Safety - 3 Safe for student use.

DOK - 3 Students can learn about anything the teacher has intended with Haiku Learning.

Monitoring Capability - 3 A teacher can see everything a student does in Haiku Learning. This includes how often and for how long a student views individual pages within the website.

Permission - 3 Permitted.

Student Use - 3 Many of my students would be lost without it! It is a great supplement to what is being done in the classroom.

User Friendly (student) - 3 Easy to get to. You can sign in with your Gmail, so it takes one less password combination.

Student Engagement - 2 Some students are less motivated to use it on their own time, but many love it and use it regularly.