Opinions of Seneca as revision tool

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DS is using Seneca (he has an account via school) to revise for his Year 10 exams. What I've seen of it, it looks pretty good and the format of information followed by questions is working for DS, but I wondered what others thought of it compared to other revision resources?

In particular I was thinking of subscribing to Tassomai (for sciences) in September, but wondered if Seneca was actually similar/as good?

Thanks

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It’s ok, in my opinion but not on its own. Computer based revision resources always run the risk of a student relying on the ‘computer’ to do most of the remembering. For Year 10, I would say, good to consolidate knowledge.
However, for Year 11 revision, you can’t beat good old writing things down, over and over again, to boost memory recall and practise how to actually handwrite in the exam!

I’m also looking at Tassomai. MyDD is in year 10. I just can’t afford a tutor for all three subjects right now so £45 a month for all three seems like a bargain x

Good for AO1, no so for AO2 and 3
You don’t need to pay for a tutor though
Read stuff, close book, make notes , spider diagram
Do past paper qs
Make a pile of flash cards - definitions one aide, words the other.
Three times a week shuffle, pull the first ten. If you get then right move on, if not you just repeat with all until all ten correct.

I think its main strength is it can get pupils who normally wouldn’t do any meaningful revision to do some independent work. It’s very clearly laid out and the chunked up nature of the small amount of facts then a question and repeat, is very accessible for children who would never sit and write out flash cards etc. It isn’t a replacement for past paper questions which allow pupils to practise the vital skill of applying knowledge to questions. If his school has the exampro programme there is a setting on it that teachers don’t always know about that allows them to very quickly create an emailable link which lets pupils open a set of questions and answers. I’m also encouraging pupils to sign up to quizlet which is free and a fast way to make virtual flash cards. Our school has iPads so it might be more useful for them than usual , although I suppose you could open it on a phone for eg revising in the bus etc?!