Katie found Koala:

• Significantly increases student collaboration“Koala is AMAZING for student collaboration. In particular, the co-browsing tool allows both teachers and students to directly interact with a shared web browser - so students can click, drag-and-drop, write, etc directly on web-based curriculum slides and we can play games together. The Koala whiteboard system is also excellent, with huge potential for teachers to design activities that students can really engage directly with during the lesson. For me personally, I use web-based slides and found passive screensharing via Zoom to just be very non-interactive for kids. So Koala has totally revolutionalised that! I also jump off the slides to the whiteboard if my students need some extra practice or to clarify new ideas. I upload worksheets here too, which the student can annotate with their answers during the class.”
• Significantly improves teaching efficiency“I can prepare lesson activities in advance on the shared whiteboard, so in class everything is set up and ready to go. Additionally, students engage so much better with Koala compared to other online classroom/video conferencing platforms so we are able to make much greater progress during class.”
• Significantly improves teacher wellbeing“The Koala team is incredibly supportive - they've jumped on calls to fix any tech issues and do regular "coffee chats" where teachers can share ideas and ask questions directly to the core team. Their Facebook group is also just such a supportive community. This really helps me as a teacher because I feel more confident and comfortable in the online classroom, and have less stress over the technology side.”
• Significantly improves attainment“Students engage much better in class, resulting in greater progress. Koala Go has only been available for a few months so I don't have any concrete data yet, but already I am seeing an improvement in students understanding and answers during class.”
• Significantly builds student knowledge“Koala's marketplace system has a huge collection of pre-made lessons and games, which help me build students' knowledge through more structured learning.”