If you are a classroom teacher who needs help with organizing your classes and feel you don't have the time to always take attendance, record student behavior, and record grades then TeacherKit may be the app for you.
First, this app allows one to organize the classroom and create desk icons for every student in the class. So, one can use one's iPhone or iPad to take quick easy attendance and then later transfer the attendance for the day into the school's official attendance system. Or, if you don't want to create a seating chart on paper, then this app will certainly fit the bill. And, if you do use a seating chart, remember how it gets worn out after a couple of weeks? No worries with this app; just create a seating arrangement and it's there for however long you keep the class in the app. Also, if you need to move a student's location in the real classroom, then you can also move the student's location in the app (just put your finger on the student's desk and drag the student to the appropriate location). If one wishes to record attendance, then click on the Attendance tab. Then click the appropriate student's desk, and click once for Present, click twice for Absent, and click three times for Unrecorded. If one wishes to check the date or needs to make a change for a date, then click on the black date tab at the top to expand the view and see the calendar. One can even click on the appropriate period below the calendar. Be sure to click on the blue Done button at the top when finished. The number in the red circle at the top of each student's desk represents the number of absences that have been recorded for the student. Looks like George Harrison and John Lennon already have two absences each (see picture below)!
The app also allows one to record behavior for each specific day. So, instead of creating a record on paper, one can record the behavior in the app by clicking on the Behavior tab at the top. Then, click on the appropriate student's desk, and then click on the plus sign to add an entry; give the entry a title and then record whether the behavior is positive or negative, and add any corresponding notes in the Description field, and change the date and time, if appropriate, for the entry. Then, click on the blue Save button in the top right corner (see picture below).
One can even enter grades into a gradebook. Click on the Gradebook tab at the top. Then click on the plus sign in the top right corner and enter the pertinent information: title of assignment, description, date of assignment, how much the assignment was worth in points, and the weight of the assignment if desired. If one needs to edit a grade, click on the appropriate grade field under each assignment column (see picture below).
Finally, one can access all pertinent information (attendance, behavior, and grades) from the main page. Click on the My Class tab at the top (see picture below), and select a student. If one needs to edit information, click on the Edit button when the information window opens up.
Needles to say, this is a nice, clean app with an easy to use interface. However, one should make sure to get permission from an administrator before beginning to record student information on the app. I think you will find this app easy to use and make your record-keeping tasks easier as well.
