HOW TO SET OUTSTANDING HW

Up until the advent of the very latest technology, schedules have been the only way a teacher could ensure that they weren't overloading their students, to some degree at least (too many subjects to ultimately prevent it). But like any advancement in teaching, when a better more efficient method arrives, it is important that it is taken on, regardless of any inconvenience in transitioning over to it.

 

Bear in mind however, that unless a technological platform can inform a teacher how many tasks their students already have, then they are ineffective in eliminating the potential overload scenario, and thus must still rely on the use of a schedule. This is the case for the leading homework managers in the market (except The Homework Degrumbler), which only show teachers a central calendar that is pointless as students in high school rarely 'share' a class, coming from electives as well as streamed core classes. These types of technological solutions then really only serve to become notification and tracking tools, rather than teaching and learning tools. 

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The info-graphic below outlines some of the inefficiency that a schedule presents compared to a solution that can tell teachers how many tasks students already have before they decide to set more. The graphic is presented by The Homework Degrumbler , currently the only solution that can perform this function.