As teachers, we put in a lot of effort picking the right textbooks for our students. Parents pay a lot of money buying these textbooks. Educators put in a lot of research to get the right content to the right audience - but how can we ensure that our students are really reading?
Wouldn't it be nice to just know if our students have opened their textbooks and how far they have progressed and if they have hit a road block somewhere? Just so we can intervene, if required and at the right time. Teachers with a lot of experience will agree that a little nudge here and a little pull there and a pat on the shoulder for the good students - all go a long way in keeping students engaged.
With the advance of technology, what was once a distant dream is finally becoming a reality for teachers.
Here is a New York times article that talks about professors in Texas heaving that hoorah.
"They know when students are skipping pages, failing to highlight significant passages, not bothering to take notes — or simply not opening the book at all."
And PROJECT SIKSHA is bringing it to our own doorsteps here in India!
