School and Class Group Subscriptions Now Available

We’re launching our new group subscriptions just in time for the new (US and European) school year!

We consulted with education users at the start of the year, and received over 250 survey replies. Thanks to everyone who responded (and see the end of this article for a special gift): it helped us work out the best system possible to accommodate a world of differences in how schools use education technology and can access apps from the web or iPad.

How It Works

A school groups subscription is available for classes from 15 to schools with over 500 students.

1. Email support@popplet.com and request the link to our groups subscriptions page.

2. Select “buy subscriptions” from the right hand menu.

3. Buy the number of annual subscriptions you need. Our minimum is 15 and there is no maximum. In order to make our education group accounts accessible to as many schools as possible, we have tried to keep subscription rates as low as possible. Our pricing allows 15 student accounts unlimited Popplets in one year – the equivalent to one paid subscriber’s annual subscription fee.

You will need a credit card to purchase your school group subscriptions.

We also have a sliding scale of pricing so the more you buy, the cheaper each individual account will cost. This was a key request from our schools survey, where teachers, librarians and ICT coordinators requested a simple way to sign up a whole school or form grade for popplets. You will be sent a receipt for your school accounts office records.

 

4. You don’t need to allocate all your subscriptions at once. After you have purchased your school accounts, you can select “manage subscriptions” from the right-hand menu and add individual email addresses for each student. You will be prompted to add your own account to the list of subscriptions.

5. Start using your Popplet with your classes!

Popplet is used by teachers with classes of all ages and in a range of subjects including languages, English, history, sciences and math. You can get ideas for lesson plans by subscribing to our blog or by liking our Facebook page. Please feel free to share your teaching ideas and show examples of using Popplet in your school and classes with our Facebook community. We will also share ideas and techniques in our blog about how teachers can use Popplet as a study prompt, group classroom activity, lesson planner, assessment instrument, presentation aid, or revision tool. When we post blogs about how Popplet can be used in a variety of industries, we tend to include a few notes on how to apply the technique to schools (see our buyer persona blog post for an example).

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. My students are under 13 and the terms and conditions say they can’t use Popplet. How can I use Popplet with my year 5/6 class of 10 year olds?

A. Our terms and conditions reflect best practice in using Popplet with younger ages and align with industry standards set out in international legislation such as the United States’ Children’s Online Privacy Act. We do not collect information about ANY user beyond the basic registration name address and email. For under 13 year olds, we recommend that teachers set up classroom student accounts and oversee/monitor the use of Popplet. In other words, Popplet accepts registration by under 13 year olds where use is overseen by parents and guardians, including teachers.

Q. What about teachers and other school staff subscriptions?

A. Teachers must add themselves as one of the subscriptions to the group accounts in order to get access to their Popplet account. You can add all teachers or relevant staff like librarians who will be working with students on Popplets.

Q. What happens to students Popplet accounts after the school year ends?

A. Popplet school subscriptions are for one calendar year, commencing from the date payment is made. After this time, the students’ accounts are still accessible in the same way as for any individual user account: that is, the first 5 popplets are fully functioning (you can add to them and edit them), while any other popplets are read-only under the free account.

Q. My class uses iPads. How do they access Popplet?

We have an education discount offering 50% of the purchase of our Popplet iPad app, and many teachers around the world are already accessing this offer to install Popplet on all classroom iPads.

Q. I completed the school survey earlier this year. How do I get my free popplets?

To say thanks, we will be setting up a group subscription for everyone who answered our schools survey. This will give each survey responder a group subscription for a class of up to 15 students for the whole year! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us and look out for more details of how Popplet is used in education as we share the results of our survey over the next few weeks.

Above: A class mission statement created in Popplet by MES Mrs White’s class. You can follow along with how 5th grade teacher Michelle White uses Popplet and other educational technologies in her classroom at http://mesmrswhitesclass.blogspot.com/

If you have any questions about our new school and class subscriptions, leave a comment below or email us at support@popplet.com. Don’t forget to add examples of how you use Popplet to share with other educators on our Facebook page.