In 2013, we approached realsmart as our online presence and cloud tools were extremely disjointed, non-user friendly and were not impacting upon learning and pupil outcomes. realsmartcloud offered a service that would enable us to access, build and edit our website easily. Moreover, the solution would also incorporate all of our Google Apps for Education and digital portfolios.
Inspired by the pedagogy of the Kunskapsskolan schools in Sweden, realsmart have supported the SAIL project in bringing together schools across the country to collaboratively plan and resource thousands of lessons.
Come and visit us, our partners and the teachers involved in the building of the SAIL project at BETT in January.
Book an appointment for BETT now or arrange an in school consultation today.
“I’ve launched many new products in school and this has been the most successful and had the biggest impact on teaching and learning. I was surprised as it involved so many stakeholder groups, teaching staff, SLT, students and parents”.
“It’s good to see exactly what the teacher has set rather than the students quick notes.”
“Looking at smarthomework together gives us a good moment to chat about the week/last few days”
“When I’m told “there is no homework” at last I can actually see if there is!”
“Your support team is amazing, always on hand with support, advice and a sympathetic ear. I would recommend realsmart to anybody” Â
Realsmart have also helped us redesign our school website and we’re really proud of it. http://www.queens.herts.sch.uk/
Queens School is a large 11-18 secondary school in Bushey, Hertfordshire.
“smarthomework means I know that both students and parents are clear about what homework has been set and when. I can attach copies of worksheets in case these get lost. It is also useful for students who have missed lessons to see what they need to catch up with.”
“I can see smarthomework is going to be a real time saver.  With groups that follow a rotation we can simply change the group numbers and reset the homework with the relevant attachments.  It also allows the whole department to work collaboratively; after writing the year 11 mock exam revision list, I could set this as homework for the whole year group, saving the other teachers time “
“…, I like the way that you can constantly adjust/ update homework even once it has been set.”
“It’s good to see exactly what the teacher has set rather than the students quick notes.“
“Looking at smarthomework together gives us a good moment to chat about the week/last few days”
“When I’m told “there is no homework” at last I can actually see if there is!”
“It’s a great way to see if my child is able to manage their time by seeing the deadlines.”
smartportfolios are the perfect tool for primary schools to track and demonstrate student progress over time and the complete solution to life beyond levels.
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BTEC, GCSE, KS3- it’s all easy with smartportfolios. Our innovative mastery statements make the portfolios agile for the implementation of any grading structure. 1-9, Pass to Distinction, A-G or your own solution to life beyond levels.
smartportfolios make it easy to create customised, shareable, consistent course  structures to guide your learners.  As the teacher you can see clearly where learners are making progress with our flight path function.
Our brand new attachments system make it incredibly easy to add resources from your computer, Google drive, your webcam or even from your mobile phone.
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Following on from the recent case study ‘Falling in love with technology at Marden High School’, Alison Jackson and David Bailey talk about how they have used their realsmart website and Google Apps integration to provide parents and pupils with a continual dialogue to support learning and improve independent study – something that was recognised by OFSTED as a direct result of their latest ICT provision.
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At realsmart, we work relentlessly to improve the quality of our service to our community. We aim to be the best in the world at shaping technology around educational needs. We offer our schools a service that we call, “keeping it real”, where we follow through a simple plan to ensure success.
We don’t just install the tech, we understand your school, your context and the immediate and long term challenges you face to school improvement. Watch the short video to see why our schools value their partnership with realsmart so highly.
See how realsmart adds real value at Marden High School by providing the technical and pedagogical glue putting everything together in one place. realsmart has helped streamline how Marden manage and use Google Apps in their school, helping them to change the culture of how technology is perceived and enjoyed!
Principal Andy Sprakes and Teacher Martin Said talk about using realsmart as the vehicle to showcase beautiful work at XP School.
How do learners feel about seeing their work on a public facing website and what is the value of this? What reactions do you get from parents seeing their child’s work on the website?
Principal Andy Sprakes and Teacher Martin Said discuss measuring progress through standards based grading at XP School.
