Community reviews for eSpark

I feel very fortunate to be able to use this with my students. It has high quality content and the small group suggestions (names, videos, assessment questions missed) help take a lift off of my shoulders in planning for intentional small groups.

ESpark is a fantastic resource to supplement your instruction. I love the ease and accessibility. It took no time to set up my account and class - so the students were off and running with the program. Not being able to see kids right now, ESpark makes it even easier to differentiate and meet their targeted needs. The reports I get are very helpful so I can place students in small groups during my limited teaching time. I highly recommend educators to check out ESpark and see how this can benefit their instruct and meet the needs of their students.

I do not know how I ever went without this program. I am able to tell my students' progress to the tenth of a point. It has changed the way I report data for the progress reports. My life has been so much easier with this tool. My students love celebrating their "high fives"! It makes each student feel successful at their individual level. I love the emails that give me insight as to who is struggling and who needs praise. Each student has made tremendous growth in 12 weeks! I consider eSpark to be a must have in every classroom. It will change your life!

I like the level of student engagement. What I like best of the support from the eSpark team. Whenever I have a question, they quickly respond. They are also listening to the needs of teachers and developing new ways for students to interact such as targeted assignments for when a student is struggling. eSpark sends me weekly progress reports on my students. It also sends me emails when students are struggling with a concept and will include new videos to help reteach the students. It suggests small groups for me and provides resources for reteaching. It helps me better meet my student's needs!

I liked the analysis reports of how my students were doing.

I love eSpark. It is a program that is fun and educational. Many of my students have to be reminded not to stay on it too long, and other students get jealous and tattle on classmates because they think their classmate has disobeyed my instructions since the they are having so much fun! I also love the High Fives I get when students are mastering skills as well as the notices when students are struggling with a concept, regularly, via email. Lastly, eSpark provides online support, and it's all free!!

eSpark is a great tool for students and teachers. A great way for students to practice what they have learned and also reinforce their learning. I love that it has mini-lessons for students especially when they don't know the correct answer. I also love that I can assign specific work to students that target specific grade-level standards. At the same time, the app can also be used as a student-led/paced activity. The app has its own placement test to level students' abilities and then set them off at their appropriate level. As a parent, I would love to be able to track my child's progress and what activities or homework the teacher has assigned. As a parent, I would also love to be able how my child is doing as far as scores and where she's struggling.

The student level of engagement to show the learning through a quickly made video has brought pure delight to me. I can see their thinking and share their success. !

Overall I love eSpark and am hoping to continue to use it in the years to come whether the principal pays for it or I get donations to pay for it. I have found it to be an invaluable learning tool in my classroom that provides my students with the skills they need to continue strengthening their academic skills.

In these past months during distance learning, eSpark has not only enhanced my class’s remote learning, but it’s also been essential to my students’ learning and to my teaching success. I believe eSpark is the best online teaching and learning tool for math and language because: 1) it provides differentiated instruction in terms of level (K to Middle School) and types of learning methods (videos, virtual tools, pre/post assessments); 2) eSpark "quests" are based on specific curriculum standards, allowing both the student and the teacher to know the learning objective; 3) the quests are adaptive, so the tasks are at the zone of proximal development (e.g., if the student gets a pre-assessment all correct, then they automatically get moved to a different skill); 4) along with eSpark’s built-in adaptive program, teachers have the option to choose grade levels and standards for a student to work on; 5) teachers can track student progress, and not only see results, but also they have access to the actual question and answer the student struggled with; 6) eSpark provides a comprehensive progress report that is easy to navigate and makes tracking, planning and reporting for teachers very efficient. eSpark enhances classroom learning and is essential to distance learning success. -Marc