Haiku

Haiku Learning
Haiku Learning is a K through 12 online learning management system which allows teachers to create and share content, assign and grade work and so much more.

Resources, Links & Classroom Examples:
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Strengths

 * Free version
 * If students are absent they can still complete their work at home
 * Very interactive
 * Can post a plethora of multimedia on the site to accompany lessons
 * Students (who have home access to a computer) cannot complain about the forgetting their assignments for homework
 * Instant communication / feedback on assignments
 * If a school decides to transfer over all of their current course data from one program to Haiku, it can be easily done
 * Integrates with Google Apps for Education and users can login using their Google Apps login information
 * Has apps for mobile devices and smartphones so it can be easily accessed
 * Mobile device apps make it usable even if there is no wifi or Internet connection
 * Enhance home-school connection due to its accessibility so teachers, students, and parents are all involved in the learning process

Weaknesses

 * If the internet were to go down, all the work would be gone (until the service was up and running again)

Opportunities

 * Teachers can create lessons completely online complete with photos, articles, audio, video, etc.
 * Autograding of assessments allow for more time to do other important things
 * Gradebook is even on the site
 * Parents can keep track of their childrens work as well as communicate with the teacher
 * Teachers can use the "wikispaces" feature to establish a class wiki for students on his or her Haiku page which ensures a safe and controlled internet environment for students to use and explore

Threats
- None

Uses in the Classroom:
- Students can use as a distance learning tool. - Students can create their own lessons using this fun, interactive program. They can post them to the class website for all to see/interact with. - Students can use this tool to create an online portfolio of their work/see progress they have made over a course of time; this is a wonderful motivational tool. Discussions, Journals and Blogs
 * Inbox
 * Auto-collect homework assignments
 * Send and recieve messages with students