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Company

GCSEPod

Founded: 2010
Country: United Kingdom 
Description

Magpie: STEM Kit

This series of kits has been designed to help inspire Computing & STEM learning in UK schools
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GCSEPod

What makes GCSEPod different is that it is proven to improve your student results whilst reducing your teacher's workload....
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Educational Impact

Magpie: STEM Kit

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GCSEPod

build student knowledge92%
improve attainment90%
improve teaching efficiency85%
reduce teacher workload82%
improve teacher knowledge69%
 
Recommended Usage
90 minutes per week

Increased usage over time is linked to improved attainment above predicted grades.

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Magpie: STEM Kit

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GCSEPod

Adam Speight, Acting Assistant Headteacher: Having used many different e-learning platforms to date in my career, GCSEPod is by far the leader in terms of interface design and the processes they adopt in order to ensure quality assurance of the materials they provide to users.
Richard Ward, Director of Science: Whilst GCSEPod has everything a teacher and a student needs, feedback from colleagues and students is that it is not the most user friendly interface compared to other platforms they use like Sparx. The quality of the resources is exceptional and the new KS3 format is perfect for students to easily navigate but the original content is still a little cluttered. The most common request I receive from Pod Leads is the desire to find all Check and Challenge questions in one place or the ability to assign them. Disengaged students will not work through the modules and then find the tasks themselves. For engaged students however, GCSEPod is fantastic as they appreciate exactly what the platform provides creating their own revision playlists. If the GCSE content could be assigned to flow like the KS3 content then I would award it 10 stars. I'd also like to add that the team at GCSEPod are phenomenal. They take on board suggestions and provide support immediately. They assist with setting bespoke competitions for our academies and the platform runs without any glitches or issues.
Deb, Lead Teacher for Science: Really easy to use, great package and has improved since I last used it over 6 years ago and it was not as good as this (although it was still fab then!)
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Subjects

Magpie: STEM Kit

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Age Range

Magpie: STEM Kit

5-7, 8-10, 10-11, 11-13, 14-16 

GCSEPod

11-13, 14-16, 17-18 
Features

Magpie: STEM Kit

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GCSEPod

LearningAssessmentLearning ContentHomeworkPlaylistsMarkingReady-made AssignmentsStudent Progress 
Languages
Accessibility

Magpie: STEM Kit

Vendor has not supplied this information 

GCSEPod

Robust features 
Policies

Magpie: STEM Kit

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

GCSEPod

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 
Requirements

Magpie: STEM Kit

Signup/Username, Non Specialist teacher - Primary & Computer Science teacher - Secondary, Access to school wifi for STEM kit, Chromebooks/Apple ipads/PCs.
 

GCSEPod

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

A sound IT manager to white-list a few URLs in school and integrate GCSEPod with MIS. For teachers and students, using GCSEPod is very simple - like using Netflix or Spotify

 
Training

Magpie: STEM Kit

Half Day Workshop
 

GCSEPod

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

Presentations, best practice sharing platform, idea generation with Project Manager, YouTube videos

 
Set Up

Magpie: STEM Kit

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GCSEPod

Setting up is very straightforward. Simply add your teacher and pupil accounts and you are ready to go!

Support

Magpie: STEM Kit

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 

GCSEPod

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 
Home Learning

Magpie: STEM Kit

Not available To parents 

GCSEPod

Not available To parents 
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Pricing

GCSEPod

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

GCSEPod pricing starts from £7.95 / per-pupil

Prices from as little as £1 per student per month. Prices based on students in Year's 10 & 11, all other students and teachers get it for free.