No teacher will ever use this voluntarily.
Part of the problem is unclear copy upfront. Here’s the first sentence:
> Today We Learned is a website and app that guides teachers through a 60-second update, which empowers parents to start learning conversations at home with their children.
How can guiding teachers empower parents? It doesn’t provide enough information to make sense. Being guided through an update is a passive thing to have happen to you; there’s no reason for us to assume that the teacher is taking action here, or that the update goes not to them but to the parents alone. Presumably the writer wanted to avoid any forthright statements that the teachers will have to work for the app to be useful, but in doing so they buried the purpose of the program. And the only other sentence above the fold, rather than clarifying, is boilerplate: and this is a good thing.
Looks like an interesting app, though. I’d be curious to know what percentage of users actually go in for the paid mobile app—email and web access being the universal here.
Is it only free for schools and teachers in Australia or everywhere?
It'll be free for schools worldwide. If we get enough interest in a particular region we'll look for a local organisation to partner with, like RAC has here in Australia. (My co-founder and I are big believers in helping businesses find sustainable/effective ways to invest in education).
More relevant to the topic; while Alexcason has a fair point in that teachers are already overworked, if TIL's research page is accurate (and I have no reason to suspect it isn't), then it seems like there's a large payoff for the relatively small time investment. Good job!
Having something like this would have been great for all - parents, teachers/tutors and most of all student.
