What is Twig World?
What is Twig World? Twig World is an innovative educational platform designed to enhance learning experiences through high-quality, curriculum-aligned videos and resources. It offers a vast library of engaging content that covers a wide range of subjects, making it an invaluable tool for both teachers and students. The platform is designed to support various teaching styles and learning needs, ensuring that every student can benefit from its resources. With Twig World, educators can bring lessons to life and make complex topics more accessible and understandable.
One of the standout aspects of Twig World is its extensive collection of short, impactful videos that are meticulously aligned with educational standards. These videos are complemented by a wealth of supplementary materials, including lesson plans, quizzes, and interactive activities. This comprehensive approach not only saves teachers time in lesson preparation but also enhances student engagement and retention. Additionally, the platform's user-friendly interface makes it easy for educators to integrate these resources into their existing curricula seamlessly.
In schools, Twig World is typically implemented as a supplementary resource that enhances traditional teaching methods. Teachers can use the platform to introduce new topics, reinforce learning, or provide additional support for students who need it. Many schools also utilize Twig World for flipped classroom models, where students watch videos at home and engage in interactive activities in class. This flexibility allows educators to tailor their teaching strategies to meet the diverse needs of their students, ultimately fostering a more dynamic and effective learning environment.
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Educational Impact
 Age Range | 11-13, 14-16 |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy Policy |
 Requirements | Internet - Low BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - Android Access to internet, laptop, mobile device or desktop computer. Username and Password or URL (for integration on VLE). Twig uses an embedded video player, which uses HTML5 Video with a fallback to an Adobe Flash player if HTML 5 video is not supported in your browser. The player supports all the most recent web browsers as listed in the system requirements section. Adobe Flash Player is required to use quizzes on Twig. |
 Set Up | No installation as it's an online resource. |
 Training | Live OnlineDocumentationVideos PDF user guides, online FAQs, video guides, refresher sessions or demos (1 hour). |
 Support | FAQs/Forum |
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Twig World PricingPricing Plans Paid Subscription Prices based on school roll. Contact us for a quote.  Optimised for a quick response | |
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Twig World Reviews
from 33 Verified Reviews
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Sep 2020
TWIG is fantastic - I use it most days in my lessons.
Linda found Twig World:
- Significantly improves attainment“Pupils are able to see real life examples.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Mentioning things that they have seen in the clip.”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Everybody is able to watch clips in the classroom.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“I love that TWIG has short clips that illustrate what I am teaching.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“A video clip can illustrate a point that might take a long time to describe.”
S Mohan
Teacher of Biology, Chemistry and Integrated Sciences
Used Twig World for 4 years
Sep 2020
Ease of Use, Accessibility, Content suitable for age group wide variety of resources, including experiments
S Mohan found Twig World:
- Significantly improves attainment“retaining information”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Yes, they remember more examples because a video can be followed up with quiz or an exercise to reinforce concepts. Easy access also makes it possible for students to revisit videos more frequently to revise.”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“Weaker students and students with learning difficulties are able to access resources at their own pace and more frequently”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Preprepared lesson plans”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Preprepared and relevant resources”
Sep 2020
It is quite expensive
Garry found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment“recap learning”
- Slightly builds student knowledge“supports”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“depends on type of learner.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“plenary time”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“well structured for some units”
Aug 2020
Peter Gault found Twig World:
- Significantly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
- Moderately reduces attainment gap
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
Aug 2020
It is a little expensive for our budget and occasionally there are not videos for particular topics - otherwise 10
sarah diebelius found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment“Our students can struggle with English and the clear videos, well paced and with subtitles really helps them with this”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Pitched at a really good level in comparison to using you tube videos. Can be used for KS3 and KS4 to introduce a topic as well as consolidate a topic”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“supports lower ability by being accessible with their English language abilities. Supports higher ability in accompanying questions”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“we can embed the videos into our lesson planning. The experiment demos are particularly helpful in these times of online teaching”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“stops us having to search for appropriate videos on other resources. we know TWIG will be pitched at right level. Also helps with experiment ideas”
Aug 2020
A great resource which I use at least twice a day.
Helen Feakes found Twig World:
- Slightly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The keywords highlighted in each film ensure students understand what they are being told.”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“I know that almost all topics I teach have an accompanying TWIG video which I often use to introduce/summarise key information. I look on TWIG knowing this so reduce my planning time.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“As previous answer - TWIG is reliable and usually has a video I will use in a lesson.”
Aug 2020
Simple to use, excellent explanations, great variety
Bel found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment“My students are able to re-watch key concepts and answer questions to revise”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“See previous answer”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Great starters or different visuals”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Showing a short video is often better than me explaining concepts verbally a few times”
Aug 2020
Twig is hands-down my #1 favorite and most valued teaching resources. I used Twig in my last school (Jakarta Intercultural school) for 8 years, and begged my current team and administrators to purchase a subscription for our students and school. My team immediately understood how the quality, versatility and supportive nature of the ever-expanding video collection could positively impact our classroom environment, and jumped right on board.
Kristen DePass found Twig World:
- Significantly improves attainment“.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“the videography, images, narration is clear, gorgeous, and relatable”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Kids watch the videos ahead of time and come to class with foundational understanding and excitement for the subject and/or concept.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“It enhances the quality of the material/lesson by adding visuals and clear language.”
Aug 2020
Angela Travis found Twig World:
- Slightly improves attainment“Puts the concept into a real life situation”
- Moderately builds student knowledge
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity
- Moderately reduces teacher workload
Aug 2020
It's a good standard, guaranteed quality, consistent style ... although rather expensive
Paul Nicholls found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment“Consolidation of work done in class, structured video research projects”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Well illustrated / demonstrated examples of concepts covered in class”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Individual research tasks / activities mean more time for individual students”
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“Some of the resources provided can be used directly but often we make resources to accompany TWIG resources so it takes as much time as anything else”
Aug 2020
I love it! It’s captivating, informative and hits essential targets of learning in 3 minutes. Great for a writing tool, love the quizzes also
Tami found Twig World:
- Significantly improves attainment“Conversations Discussions”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Background Knowledge / Opportunity for learning different perspectives Discussions Writing Conversations Questions are higher level. Inquiry”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“Variety of films for the content I teach, helps with higher level thinking and opens discussion to other scientific ideas. Great for experiments”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Another tool in my tool box to captivate and motivate student learning”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Easy navigation of resources.”
Aug 2020
Short video clips and worksheet resources well worth investigating, especially the practical ones.
Dr Lois Faux-Newman found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment“Engaging and relevant to course components”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Direct examples from nature and not necessarily syllabus directed, so this broadens the students”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Some pupils are more stimulated by imagery and context so learning is improved”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Short introductions or re-capping of material immediately engages students back into a particular topic area”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Saves time locating alternative sources”
Aug 2020
Rebecca found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment“Clear videos and images”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Clear videos and explanations”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“na”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Good videos”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“easy to use and explains things clearly”
Aug 2020
I recommend it all the time. I now share our account with the geography department and they also found it a useful tool during remote learning.
Hugh found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment“It engages some students who otherwise find concentration a problem. It is also useful for stretching the more able children.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“There are lots of films that sit slightly outside the mainstream syllabus which allows the boys to explore around a given topic. The way the videos are presented, as a web with the most relevant material near the centre, helps the children to focus on core ideas or to spread their wings a little more widely.”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“I have not done a comparison, so the honest answer is that I don't know. Twig has become as much a part of my teaching Y5 to Y8 as any other school resource. It was used a lot during remote learning to set tasks for pupils and I use it in class and during private study sessions. I don't use any text books so it is one the ways that I support the notes I produce for the students - I do know that they are always very happy to use Twig.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Again, I have not tested this and 'teaching efficiency' is not a phrase we often use. It is a little utilitarian. At the age group with which we work, there is more emphasis on engaging/enthusing and less on achieving any specific set of goals.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“It has been a life saver when one of my colleagues was away from school. It allowed me to set structured lessons around a body of information set by Twig so that follow up tasks could be completed. It removed the need for a specialist to cover the missed lessons and ensured that the students remained confident that they were making good progress. I am sure that it reduced grumbling!”
Aug 2020
I used to find Twig a very innovative product and enthused about it to other teachers. There has been no significant updates to it in several years and now it is only just ok. Some of the video clips are good for supporting learning but there is nothing new and I'm not sure I will renew our subscription when it runs out.
Jennifer Scott found Twig World:
- Slightly improves attainment
- Slightly builds student knowledge
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency and productivity
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload
Aug 2020
The content side of Twig is fine, but the backend management part of it is pretty poor and lacking in features. Manually setting up accounts is tedious.
Craig Murray found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment“Learners understand the concepts better by seeing the dedicated short videos”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Students are visual learners in this era and they absorb the contents of the videos better than reading from a textbook”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Teachers appreciate the resources offered by Twig in explaining concepts to the learners”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
Kay
Science Teacher | Professional Learning Lead
Used Twig World for 9 years
Aug 2020
I love it! Videos are organised according to topic so they're easy to find. The subtitles are excellent for EAL students. The length is perfect, the content is correct and the video quality is high. Students really engage with the videos too.
Kay found Twig World:
- Slightly improves attainment“We don't really have a way to measure this”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Students gain a clear detailed understanding of the key information”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“Not possible to measure”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“It saves me time looking for videos of youtube which are often poor quality or incorrect. Instead of students listening to my own long-winded explanations they get short, to-the-point explanations accompanied by great visuals.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“I don't have to look for videos on youtube. I can use the transcripts to make my own worksheets. I can set videos as homeworks.”
Aug 2020
Anjali found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity
- Significantly reduces teacher workload
Aug 2020
it's easy to use & navigate
Susy Rogers found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment“student enjoy the clips with real life examples, also helps with experiments as they don't always work out in the lab”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“using the quiz”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“they can go back & revisit a section”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“it's quick & easy to find things”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“students doing quiz, means I don't have to set it up”
Aug 2020
It's a great resource which is used frequently in the Science faculty.
Anne-Marie found Twig World:
- Significantly improves attainment“Can't answer this as I don't use it for teaching, I only provide it for my staff.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Can't answer this as I don't use it for teaching, I only provide it for my staff.”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“Can't answer this as I don't use it for teaching, I only provide it for my staff.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Can't answer this as I don't use it for teaching, I only provide it for my staff.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Can't answer this as I don't use it for teaching, I only provide it for my staff.”
Aug 2020
Lots of resources available, need to ensure teachers use the ones that suit them.
James Holmes found Twig World:
- Moderately improves attainment“Students can learn from short sharp videos htat enhance work already presented.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Students look for Twig to enhance what they have been given on class by repetiton of the aforementioned work.”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Visuals are very explanatory for students who do not have focussed atention spans.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Have to be fully prepared to load and present.”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
Aug 2020
High quality videos that are on topic and searchable, covering all of the concepts we need to cover. The only downside is the recently escalating cost.
Greg Moran found Twig World:
- Significantly improves attainment“Students want me to pause so they can write down the dot points provided in the videos. They see them as important knowledge points to know.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The videos are of the highest quality and illustrate concepts using visuals that I can't access anywhere else as quickly and easily.”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“We have the links to videos embedded in our OneNotes, so teachers and students can access the videos they want quickly.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“It saves us time in both, searching for videos online, and then checking them to ensure that they cover the concepts and are appropriate. We know the Twig videos are exactly what we need.”
Aug 2020
Excellent quality videos - to the point
Denise Jenkins found Twig World:
- Significantly improves attainment“Clear, engaging videos that explain concepts well”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Same as beofre”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Same”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Increases student engagement. I can bring class attention back using a twig video”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“I can plan a lesson with twig incorporated - I dont have to waste time trawling through dodgy youtube vids”
Aug 2020
I cannot comment on the content, although I hear it is good. I would be far more inclined to recommend if it supported Single Sign On / SAML / AzureAD Integration, instead of IP or link based generic logins
Nathan Butler found Twig World:
- Slightly improves attainment“NA - I am IT support and not a teacher”
- Slightly builds student knowledge“As above”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“As above”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“As above”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“As above”
Aug 2020
Although interesting and easily searchable, it is quite expensive
Olivia found Twig World:
- Slightly improves attainment“Understanding real world implications”
- Slightly builds student knowledge“Same”
- Does not significantly reduce attainment gap
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Acts to increase engagement”
- Does not reduce teacher workload
