Miro has transformed my effectiveness.
Updated December 18, 2024

Miro has transformed my effectiveness.

Peter Hemingway | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Miro

I use Miro to teach mathematics and collaborate with other teachers as we teach standard courses. Miro is great for sharing class notes with absent students or helping students throughout the class see what is happening during a lesson. I can let students write on Miro boards without having to get in front of students by giving them temporary editing rights. Furthermore, I can share my lessons with other math teachers, and we can compare how we taught these lessons without having to create a face-to-face meeting. A number of us teachers (from two different schools) work together to develop and refine some lessons for our standard courses.

Pros

  • Miro shares and tracks changes among my students extremely well.
  • It's awesome to be able to "bring everyone to me" while teaching. With this feature, I can make changes on my laptop while teaching, and my interactive whiteboard in front of the class will follow my changes in real-time.
  • I like being able to see where on the board each of my students is working or reading to see where their attention is focused.

Cons

  • I teach Algebra, Probability, and Statistics. I would like to see lines become shapes that I can add to Miro boards without having to connect them to anything.
  • During COVID-19, a couple of teachers found that light-colored backgrounds were causing problems when filming our boards. Our solution was to teach and write over large black squares placed on a board. I would love to see Miro enable different background colors for our boards without us having to insert images or shapes.
  • Since using Miro, I have seen noticeable improvement on my students' test scores.
  • Before using Miro, very few students kept up with my class when they were out sick for extended periods of time. Now, 8 out of 10 students in my class return after extended absences knowing exactly what we've been doing and how to do it.
  • Before using Miro, our school had minimal collaboration when we weren't meeting face-to-face. I am part of a consistent collaboration group of three teachers in three different buildings, all using Miro to work together to teach our students.
I wasn't part of an official implementation of Miro, but I was the first teacher in my district to start using Miro (back when it was called Realtime Board); bringing it into our school and teaching teachers how it can be used has been relatively painless. I think it was easier for me as Miro was growing and improving while I was sharing Miro with others. Now, there are a lot of features and uses to cover that I've been able to learn and master in smaller pieces over time.
Miro has been a game-changer. Google Meet is the only other option that teachers in our school use for remote collaboration. Miro has a considerable advantage as users can physically see the progress and layout of information without having to deal with as many technical issues (for ex, who isn't muted?), and workers can go straight to areas where they have their significant concerns directly.
Miro is much better than Google Meet. The meeting is always filled with someone unmuting when they shouldn't or talking while accidentally being muted. If the presenter moves a little too fast or wants to see a detail about something, you either have to interrupt the meeting or wait for the presenter to address your concern. Conversely, Miro lets you move to another area and then join the presenter's place without interruption. Likewise, if you missed the meeting, it is much easier to see what was covered with Miro than with Google Meet. Similarly, Miro's interactivity blows the competition away when comparing Miro with different slide decks.

Do you think Miro delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Miro's feature set?

Yes

Did Miro live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Miro go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Miro again?

Yes

Miro is probably one of the best teaching tools I've encountered in the last decade. While I understand that it is focused on the business world, communicating and collaborating with students has become much easier since I started using Miro boards. Quite often, I've had to work with a student who couldn't come to my physical classroom, and being able to communicate, write, and work on math problems with a student in real time is invaluable.

Using Miro

  • Teaching students in class.
  • Teaching students who cannot attend class in-person.
  • Collaborating with other teachers.
  • There was a time when I couldn't be physically in my classroom, but thanks to Miro, I was able to teach my class remotely and answer students' questions in real-time during class.
  • I created boards for students to work in groups (while I monitor progress) without students having to move next to each other. Thanks to Miro, I could have quiet group work with my class.
  • We may be able to expand teacher collaboration beyond the boundaries of our school district.
  • Our virtual tutoring opportunities may help us reach out to students who cannot stay after school on our campus.
I don't know if I could go back to my classroom teaching routines without this tool. I don't even want to begin to wrap my head around that idea.

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