What technology can help you provide writing feedback?

Providing effective and timely writing feedback is a crucial skill for teachers, but it can also be time-consuming and challenging. Fortunately, there are many technology tools that can help you streamline the process, enhance the quality, and increase the impact of your feedback. In this article, we will explore some of the benefits and features of different technology options for writing feedback, and how you can use them in your teaching practice.

1 Online platforms

One of the most common ways to use technology for writing feedback is through the use of online platforms that facilitate the sharing, commenting, and grading of students' work. Such platforms can be integrated with a learning management system or used independently, such as Google Docs, Microsoft Word Online, Turnitin, and Peergrade. These online platforms can provide numerous benefits for feedback, such as allowing you to access and review students' work anytime and anywhere, using various modes of feedback (text, audio, video, or annotations), checking for plagiarism or grammar issues, facilitating peer feedback and collaboration among students, and generating rubrics, scores, and reports based on your feedback criteria.

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Dev Patel

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To make any product better and better, we need to have as much customer feedbacks as possible. There's various platforms nowadays which we can be integrated with a learning management system or used independently, such as Google Docs, MS Word Online, Turnitin and also Peergrade. This online platforms can provide numerous benefits for feedbacks. Make sure the goal and the agenda of your call or the WHY factor for taking feedbacks.

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Jovita Serrao

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Several technologies can enhance writing feedback processes. Firstly, online platforms like Google Docs or Microsoft Word's track changes feature enable real-time commenting and editing. Writing analytics tools like Turnitin or Grammarly (my personal favorite) provide automated feedback on grammar, style, and originality.

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2 Feedback apps

Using technology for writing feedback can be done through feedback apps designed to help you create and deliver personalized and actionable feedback. These apps, which can be used on computers or mobile devices, can provide voice feedback to individuals or groups of students, as well as templates, prompts, and suggestions for effective feedback. Additionally, feedback apps enable tracking and monitoring of students’ progress and response to feedback, as well as analytics and insights on the quality and impact of your feedback. Lastly, these apps support creating and managing feedback loops and follow-ups.

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Dev Patel

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It's not very strange if I told you that taking and giving feedbacks are the easiest as ever before! Could you believe! Nowadays there's numerous Feedback apps designed which we use to create and deliever personalized and actionable feedback. Additionally, feedback apps enable tracking and monitoring of students’ progress and response to feedback, as well as analytics and insights on the quality and impact of your feedback. Which is the huge win-win condition, Right!

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3 AI tools

Technology can be used for writing feedback in a variety of ways, such as through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. These tools can be embedded in online platforms or feedback apps, or used as separate tools, such as Grammarly, ProWritingAid, and Quillbot. AI tools can provide students with instant and adaptive feedback on their writing errors and areas for improvement. Additionally, they can analyze and score students' writing based on criteria like clarity, coherence, style, and tone. AI tools also have the capability to generate feedback summaries, reports, and recommendations for students and teachers. Furthermore, they can enhance your feedback with natural language processing, text simplification, and paraphrasing. Ultimately, AI tools help you save time and effort by reducing your feedback workload.

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Dev Patel

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As we discussed earlier, the feedback is the baseline of the product in order to find the errors and issues had occur, occurs or will occur to the customers. Now there's the conventional tools available through out the internet, but this is the old school method. To be efficient and in order to get help for feedbacks we need to add AI component in it. And guess what, the AI revolution is already ringing the bell of the door! they can analyze and score students' writing based on criteria like clarity, coherence, style, and tone. AI tools also have the capability to generate feedback summaries, reports, and recommendations for students and teachers.

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4 How to choose the best technology for writing feedback

When deciding on the best technology for writing feedback, you should consider your purpose and objectives, as well as your students' needs, expectations, and preferences. Additionally, you should look at the type, length, and complexity of the writing tasks and assignments. Furthermore, you should take into account the availability, accessibility, affordability, compatibility, integration, security, ease of use, functionality, and reliability of the technology tools. By considering these factors, you can select and use the technology tools that can help you provide writing feedback that is effective, timely, and meaningful for your students.

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5 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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