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Kerboodle Learning Suite
August 2011
Kerboodle Learning Suite
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The Kerboodle Learning Suite offers a range of fully integrated,
online resources that blend with Nelson Thornes text books
Enabling teachers to use alternative teaching styles to deliver
lessons that raise attainment, whilst engaging learners to help
them take responsibility for their own learning
Currently consisting of:
• Kerboodle Secondary
• Kerboodle Books
• Kerboodle Apps
……………….. with plans to grow
Kerboodle Secondary
• A comprehensive range of online resources that compliment the
Nelson Thornes text books covering KS3, GCSE, A Level &
Vocational
• Kerboodle Secondary is full of engaging, varied resources
including animations, simulations, interactive quizzes, essay
practice questions, internet-based research tasks and case
studies, many of which are matched to AQA exam specifications
delivering resources that add value to the book for:
• teaching & learning
• formative assessment & revision
• summative assessment to support exam style questions and
develop exam technique with model answers and commentary
• Sold as an annual subscription from £90 per subject
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Online resources follow the layout of the student books, so students can easily
revisit and re-use the same activities that were taught in class
Students find the resources easy to use and the interactive activities are
automatically marked - helping them to practise and improve
Courses contain a wide range of assessment activities linked to the key skills
needed for exam success. Examiners comments can also help students see
where they can improve their exam answers. Online research activities guide
students in key research, planning and analytical skills
Online tests can assess knowledge and progression. Kerboodle ‘marks them’ so
teachers just need to review results
Needs of the individual student can be targeted and they can be assigned
support or extension work – ‘personalised learning’
Students' individual test and assignment reports can be tracked to see how they
are progressing as well as used for comparison across the class/year
Kerboodle may be used as a front of class teaching resource on an interactive
white board
Each course can be tailored to suit the way teachers teach - own resources can
be added, folders renamed and items or units may be ‘hidden’ from students
Current Customers
• Kerboodle Secondary:
• was used in 63% UK secondary schools during 2010
• as of end July 2011, there were 16,327 active subscribers to
the site
• Rolling programme of face-to-face and webinar
customer training
• ‘Kerboodle Club’ to encourage teacher feedback to
help with development plans as well as support a
community/collaborative approach to learning
Kerboodle Books
• Nelson Thornes text books online
• Text books that can be personalised by the teacher,
that function independently or are fully integrated
with other Kerboodle resources to deliver the
required depth of subject
• Accessible anywhere
• Students can annotate for own use, teachers can
annotate for class and individual student use
• Book page can be displayed on an interactive white
board enabling delivery of lessons around the text
book
Kerboodle Apps
• Development of Apps to test the mobile learning
market
• Launch Maths GCSE App to the Apple platform,
March 2011: to date 4,300 free and paid downloads
• Launch Maths GCSE App to Windows 7 phone, 29th
July 2011
• Android version ready during September 2011
• Next steps new content – Science, ‘Shakespeare
Made Easy’ & MFL
Integrated service for all learning needs
Tweets from July!