Snorkl: Instant AI Feedback on Student Thinking

Snorkl: Students show their thinking, AI responds in seconds

Snorkl gives every student a digital whiteboard where they draw, write, and record a voice explanation of their reasoning — then generative AI reviews the work immediately, naming what the student did well and prompting them to think deeper. The premise is that explaining your thinking is where learning happens, but no teacher can listen to thirty explanations and respond to each one in real time. Snorkl makes that feedback loop instant for the whole class at once.

On the teacher side, Activity Insights aggregate what the AI heard and saw: which strategies students used, where misconceptions cluster, and what to reteach next. A library of ready-made activities — including partner content from curriculum providers like IM Math and JUMP Math — covers math, science, ELA, history, and languages from elementary through high school, and the free plan supports unlimited classes with co-teachers.

Key Features

Digital whiteboard with voice recording so students explain reasoning out loud
Instant AI feedback that celebrates the approach and pushes deeper thinking
Activity Insights that surface class-wide misconceptions and next steps
Snorkl Library of ready-made activities, including IM Math and JUMP Math partner content
Unlimited classes and co-teacher support on the free plan
Coverage across math, science, ELA, history, and languages, elementary through high school

Ideal Use Case

Math discourse is the sweet spot: number talks, error analysis, and open-middle problems where every student records their reasoning instead of a few hands answering aloud. The teacher then reviews recordings and AI summaries to pick student work worth discussing. It also works as a video-response tool in the Flip mold, with feedback students actually receive instantly.

How Snorkl differentiates

Snorkl reports use in more than 10,000 schools worldwide, with district adopters including Irvine USD, Prosper ISD, ABC USD, and Clovis USD, and curriculum partnerships with IM Math and JUMP Math. Unlike video-response predecessors, feedback arrives the moment a student submits — not whenever the teacher gets through the pile.

FAQ

Is Snorkl free? Yes — the free teacher plan includes unlimited classes, co-teachers, AI feedback, the activity library, and insights, with a cap on activities. School and district plans (custom pricing) add unlimited activities, dashboards, coaching, and professional development.

How do students use Snorkl? Students open an activity in the browser or on a tablet, work on the whiteboard while recording their voice, and submit to get immediate feedback.

How does Snorkl handle student data privacy? Snorkl states COPPA and FERPA compliance, and school plans include data privacy agreements and single sign-on.

Which subjects fit best? Adoption is strongest in math, but any subject where explaining reasoning matters — science claims, ELA analysis, historical arguments, language speaking practice — fits the format.

tl;dr

Snorkl turns "show your work" into "explain your thinking": whiteboard plus voice from every student, instant AI feedback for each of them, and class-wide insight for the teacher — free to start, school plans for scale.

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