Short Answer (myshortanswer.com) is a K12 educational technology tool that improves student writing ability through gamified writing activities. Used by over 50,000 monthly active teachers and students across all 50 states and 10 countries, Short Answer improves students’ writing ability through short-form, social writing activities that can be embedded into any content area.
Traditional approaches to K12 writing instruction have been turned upside down by artificial intelligence (AI). AI can now write for students, and if and when writing leaves the classroom, it can be challenging for schools to know how much of an influence AI is having on student writing. Short Answer helps schools make the fundamental changes to writing instruction necessary to continue developing student writing ability in this new reality. It does so through short- form, in-class writing activities that can be completed in the controlled environment of a classroom. It also embeds more writing practice across the curriculum so that writing instruction is no longer falling only on the English teachers’ shoulders. Perhaps most importantly, it also addresses the motivation challenge for students by creating gamified, social writing activities that encourage students to want to practice writing.
Short Answer is based in Louisville, Nebraska, and is built by Adam and Alexa Sparks. Adam is a proud Nebraska educator who recently taught at Louisville and Milford Public Schools. Alexa is a senior software engineer who recently completed her master’s degree in Education Data Science at Stanford University.
Check them out at myshortanswer.com