Jayne
will be crossing her first major academic milestone when she takes the PSLE in
about three months' time. Needless to say, the whole family is in a bundle of
nerves for her, and I cannot even imagine the tremendous amount of stress she
must be facing herself.
I
would like to think that I can remain a chill and calm parent through it all,
without adding additional pressure on my child, but the truth is - this is the
world we live in, and while I do know that grades are not everything and which
Secondary school she goes to will not determine how good a future she would
have, we all hope that she can do reasonably well. It would do a whole lot of
good to her self-esteem and confidence, if not for anything else. So, when Geniebook approached me to review their online learning tool, I jumped
right into it, hoping to discover more about this gem that I have heard so much
about. It would be awesome to give Jayne just a little boost during this
critical final dash. I am glad to report that we were not disappointed at all -
Geniebook lived up to every bit of the hype we've been hearing so far!
Here are 5 things we love about Geniebook:
1. GenieSmart
Unless you've been living in a cave somewhere, you'd know that the world we are living in today is gravitating towards the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence). GenieSmart helps to identify your child's academic strengths and weaknesses. Their proprietary AI draws from a library of over 150,000 questions aligned to MOE’s syllabus and recommends specific questions to help your child improve. You will also get valuable insights of how your child is doing academically through a real time progress report.
This means that when Jayne does practice
worksheets on the platform, she does not keep practising the topics that she is
already good at, but spends more time tackling her weaker topics. Assessment
books or past years' exam papers are structured in such a way where different
topics are included fairly and distributed throughout the papers, so it is not
possible to place greater emphasis on their weaker topics. The customized
worksheets on Geniebook thus allows Jayne to be more efficient in her learning
by focusing more time and effort on improving her weaker areas. I think this is
ingenious!
2. GenieClass
Another useful feature on Geniebook is their LIVE and recorded Online Classes that helps to reinforce key concepts taught in school. By checking the schedules posted on the site, we can plan for our kids to attend the lessons and even ask questions and clarify doubts on-the-spot. This is definitely effective in terms of learning and interesting for the kids as well because there is some form of interaction, even though everything is conducted online. Apart from that, recorded lessons are also available for kids to access at their own time. In this season of pandemic, we appreciate this avenue even more than before..
3. GenieAsk
GenieAsk is a real time teacher chat. A
convenient new way for students (or even parents) to ask questions they may
have from school, and get them answered by our teachers! This newest product is
gradually rolling out to Geniebook subscribers. For
online learning platforms, one of the challenges is to keep the kids engaged
and interested, especially when their attention span is short and they can be
easily distracted. The teachers at Geniebook are not just qualified and
professional, many of them also weave in their other talents and hobbies into
the lesson plan, to make it more all-rounded and interesting. The Head of
Curriculum, Mr Xavier Yue, is a part-time magician himself and treats the kids
to a magic trick or two from time to time! With 16 years of teaching experience
under his belt, he sure knows what he's doing! =D
4. Parental Tracking
Another
wonderful feature that Geniebook offers that will thrill us parents is that we
can track the progress of our kids via progress reports. We would know whether
the kids have been improving by checking on the scores of completed worksheets
and identify areas of weakness that we want them to focus more on. Parents can
generate worksheets and send them to complete and even award bubbles to
motivate them! This is a great way to get the parents involved and keep the
accountability between the child and the parents.
5. Earn Bubbles & Get Rewarded
We
all know that kids need some form of motivation and reward system to keep their
interest going. Geniebook has done this so well by introducing the 'Bubbles'
system whereby kids can earn bubbles for every worksheet completed and lesson
attended, etc. Bubbles can also be earned by challenging other Geniebook users
to attempt questions and answering challenging questions. With the bubbles
earned, the kids can redeem for prizes they want. I was so pleasantly surprised
to see what a great selection of prizes they have available for the kids to
choose from (I spy Roblox)! This is undoubtedly the best way to motivate the
kids to complete more worksheets without us nagging at them! =P
So all in all, I have to say that we are very pleased with what Geniebook has to offer. Geniebook has 3 different products from AI-personalised worksheets (GenieSmart), to LIVE online classes (GenieClass) and real time teacher chats (GenieAsk) to help students learn smarter and do better.
It is not just an online learning tool (there are way too many out there!), but it customizes the needs of the kids and ensure that whatever time they commit to learning is fruitful and effective. The rewards are the icing on the cake, and definitely motivate the kids and keep them happy while learning. The last thing I want is for my kid to feel burned out and lose interest in learning.
If you are also on the lookout for an online learning tool for your kids, click here to register and experience Geniebook today.
Power up online learning with Geniebook and help your child get the best out of
it! :)
