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To see meaningful impact, we recommend students use Educake 2-3 times per week. Regular use helps check understanding of new topics and reinforces learning through retrieval practice. Short quizzes set during and after teaching support long-term memory, while weekly revision of past content strengthens recall through spaced learning. Over time, this consistent, low-stakes practice builds confidence and improves outcomes.
Neelam Parmar, Digital Learning: Students are encouraged to read books and accelerate their reading levels via the assessment/quizzes, making this is an exciting process and motivating path for them to progress.Fiona Mansell, English teacher and Achievement Leader: I wish that there were more modern books covered by accelerated reader. The choice of books that students can read sometimes feels limited.Dianne Hannan, Reading & Literacy Champion: A great deal to understand initially but is easy to use once up and running and provides great focus on reading and reading skillsAlex Tyerman, Head of Department: I have already suggested educake to other departments in the school and English have now also started using itGeorgie Chaudhry, Head of Department: A really helpful and friendly customer service that engages well with schools (we received a class set of Freddos!). A really easy user interface and excellent for data collection and analysis.Gideon Lyons, Head of Department: I have used several quizzing/homework/revision packages over the years and can say with confidence that Educake is the easiest and most effective solution for us. Students and staff have engaged with it massively as shown by the data.
Accelerated Reader works on tablets 7” and larger, and on Chromebooks. No app downloads needed; just an internet browser. Tablets with resolutions below 2,048 x 1,536 may require students to scroll to see the entire interface. Performance may be degraded on single-core processor devices.
If using a firewall, proxy, and/or content filter, some changes may need to be made for Renaissance Accelerated Reader to function properly.
Browser cookies must be enabled in order to log in to Renaissance as a student or personnel user.
Microsoft Word 2007 or above is required to author content, including Accelerated Reader quizzes and articles and Star Custom assessment items. Note Microsoft Word Online is not compatible.
Accelerated Reader Recorded Voice Quizzes require a sound card or integrated audio, and headphones or speakers.
To use Educake you need access to the internet. For teachers desktop access is required. Students can use Educake on a mobile device, with or without our app. To log in, teachers need an email address and password. Students need a username and password. Google and Microsoft single sign-on means it's easy to get started. We have recently partnered with Wonde to improve single sign-on for schools.
All new schools are required to book in training with a product expert, this allows for a smooth implementation and for teachers/educators to get the most out of their Renaissance products. New customer training comes with can also include an onsite visit from one of our specialists, which many schools find engaging and motivational and allows teachers to see how their own pupils are performing and progressing. Taking this training allows teachers to get to know our programs but also start imbedding them within the school and follow our proven best practice routines.
After every training session we always send resources to the school which allows them to do in house training for twilight or INSET days.
Schools also have the option of taking top up training every year, this is especially useful to see how their first year as gone, look at annual reports or any changes, updates to the RGP platform from which Renaissance products and reports are access, and to continue imbedding our best practice. We can even work with new starters on complete overview of our programmes.
We recommend booking a personalised demo so we can share how Educake can work best for your needs, and how it improves independent revision and knowledge recall.
Once you subscribe to Educake, we recommend booking in a departmental training session to understand the basics of Educake so you can hit the ground running. These are usually completed online but we can also come into school if you’re local to our Educake office.
After a few months of using Educake, we offer a Top Tips training session which uses teacher feedback to share best practice to make sure you’re fully utilising all the features which will benefit your department or school. As we’re continually adding new development to Educake, this is also a good opportunity to get teacher feedback to help us continue to add value to the platform.
We also have teachers videos ready to share in your CPD sessions at school plus we’re working on videos for parents and students now.
No installation - the school is provided with their own hosted website, known as RGP, and subsequent login details for all applicable staff/pupils.
Set up is quick and easy. You can add your own classes or we’ll do it for you within an hour of receiving them. All data is imported directly to Educake to ensure it’s secure. You’ll get a shareable link for your colleagues to join you on Educake. With student single sign on, the days of your students forgetting their passwords are over. We’ll liaise with your IT department at school to get this set up for you.
Your department can be set up within 24 hours so you can create quizzes and set homework as soon as you’re ready to launch with your students.
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Implementation fee, including professional setup training: £1,361.66. Initial 40 licences: £996.00. Individual add-on licences: £6.00
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We offer discounts when a school subscribes to multiple subjects or multi-school purchases by MATs.
