Sibme Reviews

SibMe provides a single stop location to host resources, conversations, and have asynchronous coaching sessions. We also use the huddles to deepen our team connections.

The mobile version is a little different than the laptop version that seems to run more smoothly. The app version is more picky about orientation of screen and other variables.

Distance coaching is made possible and more relatable with SibMe. But beyond this, the platform is one stop shop for all shared content and tracking of connections with staff.

Sibme is an easy way for student teachers to upload videos of themselves teaching. I can access these videos through "Huddles." Here, I can view the video, stop, start, review, analyze, etc... Also, I can make comments and provide positive feedback to the student.

When commenting in the comment section, the type is straightforward, without allowing for spaces between paragraphs or, for example, indentations for bullet points. A little more flexibility here would be helpful.

I have been totally happy with Sibme. It has helped me be more effective in my role as a University Supervisor.

The Sibme ("Seeing is Believing Me") Platform provides a secure platform for self-reflection, collaboration, and coaching using video, resources, and goal-setting. Time-annotated video, discussion boards, a resource hub, a library you can build, and on-demand professional learning modules are just a few things this platform provides to educators. Teachers seeing themselves and their colleagues teach and collaborating around that work are two of the most underutilized, yet most powerful forms of professional learning that exist. The platform is intuitive and easy to use so learning how to use it is quick and easy. Support both through their help desk and customer service managers is also easily accessible.

Video is vulnerable work, so sometimes getting people to see the value of it at first can be challenging to get people onboard. Their trust in the person recommending video self-reflection, coaching, and collaboration will often be the deciding factor. While that is not the fault of Sibme, it is something that makes it challenging when you recommend it to others who have not experienced the power of video in educational learning.

I also wish their portfolio goal-setting piece was a little less cumbersome to use and a little more visual. Part of that has to do with the fact that the other pieces of the platform are so easy to use and intuitive, that it takes some adjustment to use that one piece of the platform.

Everyone is looking for a "magic bullet" to improve teaching and student learning. This has even accelerated as a result of the pandemic. However, true solutions are not going to be found in "programs." They are going to be found in "people." Sibme allows professional learning in a building or a district to allow an organization to leverage video through a secure FERPA and COPPA-compliant platform to level the silos that exist in organizations with schedules. Teachers can watch themselves and share video of their teaching and their students' learning anytime, anyplace. Teachers can view video, make time-stamped comments, ask questions, share resources, and learn from one another. The most direct route to improved teaching and learning is to refocus and support teachers on their teaching by having them reflect on their own practice in a safe environment with colleagues and coaches in response to video evidence of the instruction delivered in their own classrooms. A YouTube Video of someone teaching in another school with another school culture may help you with ideas to improve teaching and learning, but how much more powerful is it when teachers see their colleagues teaching and colleagues can learn from one another with everyone in the same school culture?

Sibme is a great tool for self reflection and peer collaboration. I love that the platform has so many ways to organize and share ideas!

I really can't think of any downsides to Simbe. I guess because they are constantly improving, there may be a slight learning curve to stay on top of the changes.

I coach in a rural area with teachers spread out over 2.200 square miles. Sibme allows me to collaborate and share with teachers asynchronously, saving time and money.

With Sibme, I am able to use teacher videos as artifacts for best practices.

Nothing at this time. The recent platform updates have addressed most of my concerns.

When I am unable to be in a class, teachers can record directly to Sibme.

Easy to record and then share with others.

Editing or snipping a segment out of a video is tricky.

I used Sibme to record videos and upload documents for edTPA. It was a single place where I could house docs and upload them to Pearson.

I love the just-in-time feedback we can provide for our teachers! I appreciate the ability to use my phone/computer easily to get feedback to teachers! The time it takes to upload videos has decreased significantly!

Nothing at this time! I appreciate the quick responses from Sibme if we ever have a problem as well as their support model of checking in 3 times a year! We have used for 4 years and continue to keep using it!

Providing specific feedback through the live commenting piece. We can offer suggestions and celebrations at a specific moment of the lesson. Our staff continues to grow through the use of Sibme!

The Synced notes are wonderful! I love giving real-time feedback

There is nothing that I dislike about Sibme.

It is helping me keep track of all the coaching cycles by providing deadlines and copying them on my google calendar.

I love how easy is to use it. The speed how sibme changes screens (loads) is absolutely GREAT I don't loose time reviewing a video delete it and do it again if I want to repeat any action I also like that is a cyber storage where to save my videos.

I didn't like that I was pushed to open an account by my boss but I end up enjoying the app lore than I.expected.I honestly don't have something I dislike yet.

Sibme helps me.to be more organjzed. My videos are not mixed in between hundreds of docs what saves me time and I can be more productive.

Sibme allows me to rewatch parts of lessons and gives me the time to ask meaningful questions to help teachers reflect and adjust their teaching. I also like the flexibility it gives me. I can watch and comment on lessons from anywhere at any time.

The downside of Sibme is there is not as much face-to-face interaction so you can lose some of that rapport with the teacher if you are not careful. Unless you have a reallly really good setup, it can also be difficult to get the whole picture of the classroom as the Ipads can not always capture the entire room.

Sibme allows teachers to tape what they want me to see instead of just random observations. It also frees up my schedule to meet with teachers instead of doing observations and feedback all of the time.