Technologies for students evaluating teachers

• US 9,349,299 B1
• Filed: 06/27/2013
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sean Thom
• Original Assignee: Sean Thom
• Inventors: Thom, Sean
• Primary Examiner(s): Hillery, Nathan
• Application Number:
  US13/928,612
• Time in Patent Office: 1,062 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/08 providing for individual presentation of information to a plurality of student stations
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/04 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/07 providing for individual presentation of questions to a plurality of student stations
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/10 wherein a set of answers is common to a plurality of questions

Abstract

A technology is provided. The technology enables availing a plurality of educational standards to a plurality of students. The standards are for a plurality of lessons to be at least partially taught via a plurality of teachers to the students. The technology further enables receiving a plurality of ratings from the students. The ratings rating the teachers based at least in part on the students perceptions of the teachers at least partially teaching the lessons according to the standards. The technology also enables extracting a meaning from the ratings.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

availing a plurality of educational standards to a plurality of students, wherein said standards correspond to a plurality of lessons to be at least partially taught via a plurality of teachers to said students, wherein said availing comprises

receiving, by an evaluation server, an educational standard and a lesson plan from a teacher client over a network,

storing, by said evaluation server, said educational standard and said lesson plan in a database coupled to said evaluation server,

receiving, by said evaluation server, an educational standard selection and a lesson plan selection from said teacher client over said network, wherein said educational standard selection selects said educational standard stored in said database, wherein said lesson plan selection selects said lesson plan stored in said database,

assigning, by said evaluation server, said educational standard to said lesson plan in said database based on said educational standard selection and said lesson plan selection,

receiving, by said evaluation server, an input from a student client over said network, wherein said input is indicative of at least one of a teacher, a class, or a location of a class,

presenting, by said evaluation server, said educational standard and said lesson plan on said student client over said network based on said input and said assigning;

receiving a plurality of ratings from said students, wherein said ratings rating said teachers based at least in part on said students perceptions of said teachers at least partially teaching said lessons according to said standards, wherein said receiving is based on

presenting, by said evaluation server, a binary rating scale on said student client over said network based on said presenting said educational standard and said lesson plan on said student client,

receiving, by said evaluation server, a rating from said student client over said network based on said binary rating scale,

storing, by said evaluation server, said rating in said database such that said rating is associated with said educational standard and said lesson plan, wherein said rating is anonymous to said teacher client based on said evaluation server not revealing a student identity associated with said student client to said teacher client, wherein said rating is not anonymous to an administrator client based on said evaluation server revealing said student identity to said administrator client;

extracting a meaning from said ratings, wherein the extracting comprises

correlating, by said evaluation server, a test score with said rating associated with said educational standard and said lesson plan, wherein said test score is stored in said database,

providing, by said evaluation server, a notice to said administrator client over said network based on said correlating.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

revealing, by said evaluation server, said student identity to said teacher client based on said rating being negative.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by said evaluation server, a notification to said student client, wherein said notification is informative of said educational standard being assigned to said lesson plan and available for viewing via said student client, wherein said sending is responsive to said assigning.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by said evaluation server, a comment from said student client, wherein said comment is associated with said rating, wherein said rating and said comment are received contemporaneously.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said comment is anonymous to said teacher client in accordance with said rating.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said comment is not anonymous to said teacher client when said rating is negative.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, by an evaluation server, an educational standard and a lesson plan from a teacher client over a network;

storing, by said evaluation server, said educational standard and said lesson plan in a database coupled to said evaluation server, wherein said database stores a student schedule;

receiving, by said evaluation server, an educational standard selection and a lesson plan selection from said teacher client over said network, wherein said educational standard selection selects said educational standard stored in said database, wherein said lesson plan selection selects said lesson plan stored in said database;

assigning, by said evaluation server, said educational standard to said lesson plan in said database based on said educational standard selection and said lesson plan selection such that said educational standard and said lesson plan are associated with said student schedule;

receiving, by said evaluation server, a student login from a student client over said network;

presenting, by said evaluation server, said educational standard and said lesson plan on said student client over said network based on said student schedule responsive to said receiving said student login;

presenting, by said evaluation server, a Likert rating scale on said student client over said network based on said presenting said educational standard and said lesson plan on said student client;

receiving, by said evaluation server, a rating from said student client over said network based on said Likert rating scale;

storing, by said evaluation server, said rating in said database such that said rating is associated with said educational standard and said lesson plan, wherein said rating is anonymous to said teacher client based on said evaluation server not revealing a student identity associated with said student client to said teacher client, wherein said rating is not anonymous to an administrator client based on said evaluation server revealing said student identity to said administrator client;

correlating, by said evaluation server, a test score with said rating associated with said educational standard and said lesson plan, wherein said test score is stored in said database; and

providing, by said evaluation server, a notice to said administrator client over said network based on said correlating.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

revealing, by said evaluation server, said student identity to said teacher client based on said rating being negative.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

sending, by said evaluation server, a notification to said student client, wherein said notification is informative of said educational standard being assigned to said lesson plan and available for viewing via said student client, wherein said sending is responsive to said assigning.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by said evaluation server, a comment from said student client, wherein said comment is associated with said rating, wherein said rating and said comment are received contemporaneously.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said comment is anonymous to said teacher client in accordance with said rating.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said comment is not anonymous to said teacher client when said rating is negative.