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Ziplet is an online resource that helps teachers build meaningful and trusting relationships with their students. It creates a space for students to share their thoughts, personal perspectives, and understanding of the learning content in an efficient and anonymous manner with the teacher. Ziplet allows teachers to collect student data that informs them of the success of a lesson and the emotional, mental, and physical well-being of their students; also, it provides opportunities for teachers to create community engagement in their classrooms by posing fun, open-ended questions for students to answer.
Teachers can implement Ziplet in their classroom in a variety of ways and at different times of the school day, making Ziplet a teacher and student friendly technology. The goal of using Ziplet is to strengthen teacher-student relationships through the use of lesson understanding checks, open-ended questions that require individulized responses, and opportunities for emotional/mental check-ins through private communication between teacher and student.