Learning Stories
Share the magic of early learning
Learning story software from New Zealand.
Create, share and save learning stories,
all in one place.
Learning Stories Make It Personal
Learning stories are a narrative approach to assessment, written from the teacher to the child. Learning stories are subjective, personal with a focus on success – the child is the hero.
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Assessment Using Learning Stories
Connect each learning story to goals and over time create an authentic record of a child’s journey. This takes less time than checkpoint assessment and keeps the focus on success and next steps.
Learning stories as formative assessment
Document, Link, Share, Save - 1 Click
Create a story, link to plans and frameworks (including your own), share with parents and save to a child portfolio – all in one click.
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Learning Story Templates
Educa has a default 4-block learning story template – describe activity, what learning happened here, what’s next and a private evaluation box parents don’t see. The labels can be changed, boxes can be hidden..
Focus on a Child's Success
The need to document those magic moments helps teachers observe each child through a lens of learning growth. It’s a transformative change in mindset.
Real-Time Sharing With Pizzaz!
There’s nothing better than sharing success as it happens! Parents will engage, enthusiastically! Add borders, photo collages, different fonts and colors to create a document that will be treasured.
Start real conversations with families
Use learning stories to get your parents to contribute.
Educa families average 20 interactions a month!
Write beautiful learning stories
Use images, videos and countless font options to create compelling learning stories.
Start by taking a photo, dictating into your phone or writing a quick draft. Then finish it off later.
Reflect and link to curriculum
Use reflection boxes to analyze the learning, consider next steps or suggest ideas for home.
Then easily link to any curriculum goals, development milestones or proprietary objectives. We can upload anything you like into Educa or you can write your own curriculum.
Approval settings and mentoring
In Educa, teachers can be approved to publish to parents directly or their stores can require approval. Teachers also have mentors who see their work and can make comments.
Educa uses a “pending story” page to help make the approval process efficient.
Engage parents
This is the magic of learning stories. Heartfelt learning stories written by teachers start real conversations with parents, in a private channel in Educa.
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Learning Story Features
Images, Videos, Files and Text
Educa supports a range of media options in its learning stories.
Dictate On Your Phone
Dictate ideas or stories on the go, save as a draft and then tidy up later.
Parent and Student Stories
Parents can contribute stories to a child’s portfolio. There is also a “student user” feature, interend for older children.
Group Stories
Many experiences are shared with a class or a group. Educa allows for “group stories” that post to individual child portfolios.
Access With Any Device
Access Educa by browser on a computer, tablet or phone. Or use Educa Touch, our phone app for Apple iOS and Android.
Private Parent Conversations
It’s a private channel that parents trust, creating a place for real conversations around learning.
Are your parents engaging?
Learning stories go right to parent phones
in a private channel that encourages conversation.
Bring Parents Closer
Build Parent Understanding
Online observations, linked to learning goals, creates understanding, more parent-teacher collaboration and better outcomes.
Unexpected benefits of sharing
Share Forms, Policies Online
Forms, school policies and resources can be shared, downloadable. This saves time and is a convenience for parents.
Portfolio Access Anytime
Parents can access their child’s record at any time. And they can post feedback or contribute their own photos and stories.
The power of online
Invite Extended Family, Specialists
Parents can easily invite extended family, specialists & others to share in the updates on their child. Un-invite just as easily.