Success Maker alternative

cookie_monster · 05-03-2008, 05:21 PM

We currently use Success Maker on a few PC's (approx 10) and we pay approx £400 per year support, the software seems a bit OTT for what our LS department use it for.

Does anyone here have an alternative (READ costs less) program that you use?

Cheers.

dave.81 · 05-03-2008, 05:34 PM

We've recently binned successmaker and replaced them with Numbershark and wordshark, thats in our junior school anyway. Our senior school has never used successmaker but are starting to make use of the new software.

cookie_monster · 05-03-2008, 05:43 PM

We already have Numbershark and wordshark but i was under the impression that they were quite different products to SM is that not the case?

We are a secondary school.

Cheers.

dave.81 · 06-03-2008, 10:15 AM

Well i know for the junior school that SuccessMaker is mainly for LS in English and Maths, Numbershark and wordshark are also for LS in English and Maths.

I know we have had 2 staff complain and fight to the bitter end to keep SM but i think that is because they enjoyed dumping the "slower" kids on them rather than teach, but the rest of the staff have taken to the change and do not see we are worse off for having Word/Numbershark.

But that is for a junior school cannot comment on secondary as we never used SM in ours.

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cookie_monster Join Date: May 2007 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1,656 Thanks: 30 Thanked 56 Times in 49 Posts Rep Power: 17	Success Maker alternative We currently use Success Maker on a few PC's (approx 10) and we pay approx £400 per year support, the software seems a bit OTT for what our LS department use it for. Does anyone here have an alternative (READ costs less) program that you use? Cheers.

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05-03-2008, 05:34 PM	#2
dave.81 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Devon Posts: 461 Thanks: 27 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts Rep Power: 5	We've recently binned successmaker and replaced them with Numbershark and wordshark, thats in our junior school anyway. Our senior school has never used successmaker but are starting to make use of the new software.

05-03-2008, 05:43 PM	#3
cookie_monster Join Date: May 2007 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1,656 Thanks: 30 Thanked 56 Times in 49 Posts Rep Power: 17	We already have Numbershark and wordshark but i was under the impression that they were quite different products to SM is that not the case? We are a secondary school. Cheers.

06-03-2008, 10:15 AM	#4
dave.81 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Devon Posts: 461 Thanks: 27 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts Rep Power: 5	Well i know for the junior school that SuccessMaker is mainly for LS in English and Maths, Numbershark and wordshark are also for LS in English and Maths. I know we have had 2 staff complain and fight to the bitter end to keep SM but i think that is because they enjoyed dumping the "slower" kids on them rather than teach, but the rest of the staff have taken to the change and do not see we are worse off for having Word/Numbershark. But that is for a junior school cannot comment on secondary as we never used SM in ours.

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