edHelper

Trying to create a crossword puzzle. Search up "Free crossword puzzle maker" edHelper comes up, so I click it, and submit all the information it asks for, which takes around 20 minutes. Then it asks me to pay... $950?

This site has had some good stuff in the past that I used frequently since I teach students with exceptional needs. I never had a problem with logging in or getting access until now. I am glad that now there are other programs out there to use. I first used edhelper in the early 2000s when I taught high school. That is over 20 years ago. My only use for it now is writing practice. Now, I just want a refund. I'm tired of paying for substandard service. I can print out writing practice from Education.Com and it has a better digital component. Oh, yeah. They are easier to contact and they follow all the privacy laws for children.

I read all of the reviews before subscribing to EdHelper, because I was curious as to whether educators found the site useful before I spent any money on it. I'm glad I did! It sounds like a rip off to me. If the company is not going to respond to emails, automatically renews accounts without a clear means to cancel an account, if that's what someone wants to do, and if the materials are low-level, and not of good quality, then there is no reason to spend any money on it.

I used the site last year, and it was ok,, but very low level. I was excited to see that it looked like they added a HS level, but it cost more. I renewed at $39. For the HS level material. What a mistake. I keep getting the message that I need to renew which I did over a month ago. I wrote them twice and sent them proof via their instructions on their website under "contact". They never responded. They either owe me my money back or access to the program, however, I don't think I want their services anymore.

This site and the material that it provides is worthless. There is no way.to access your account information. You are unable to retrieve a receipt for your payment. Don't believe the lie that you have the right to cancel at anytime as will not allow you to do so. I would not recommend it to anyone

I purchased a 1 year subscription but found the navigation of the site to be terrible. It is such a poorly designed website, with information so poorly arranged all over the place. It is really hard to navigate this site. It's like a high school kid designed this website from the 90's and never bothered updating it. It's like they just keep adding links and links all over the place without any concept of organization. I find the math worksheets do not have enough customization ability. I would not renew again. Waste of money.

You do not have a site that customers can contact you if all other help has failed. I do have an account, but it has been dormant several months. I used by debit card on 8-22-13 for 2 years. In my mind, 2 years has not passed, but I can't get into my account. Your questions/ability to contact you does not meet my need. There is no other way to contact you to resolve my problem. So I am the loser and not able to complete my use of the site. You expect me to give you a good rating!? *******@marion.k12.sc.us

1.7 means there are optomists among us. I'm not one of these. I'm a 23 year veteren of math instruction and feel amused that I can still be taken by a con. Frequent log-ons, nonexistant answer keys, poor service for help to use this product. Wow, what a rip-off. Great promises and a lousy product. All those "at home" educators who feel some entity is there to help - only to find it's a rank con. $35 dollars and I'm still relagated to the "Free Pages." And so it goes. Don't waste your time with this turkey. Be sure to investigate all purchases so you won't be taken in by substandard, don't care about customers businesses.

This website shows the possibility of acquiring a FREE PASS for those who are not members and only wish to print one single worksheet but after you enter your email it asks for more information and in the end, after collecting and saving your personal information this what you get:

"A FREE PASS is not available for the worksheet you are trying to print.

This printable is ONLY FOR edHelper SUBSCRIBERS. Want to subscribe? It's easy."

In a time where personal information privacy is so important it is distasteful to deceive people this way.

I am in the middle of a busy day at school and looking for a "FREE" crossword puzzle maker. EdHelper comes up as "Free" and I spend some time making a crossword puzzle and putting together the clues. Then when I go to print it routes me to a payment page that says I need to join to get the puzzle I just spent time creating. SO FRUSTRATING! Even if they have decent content I wouldn't join now based on this bad experience. I would not recommend edHelper.

I can understand why some people do not like this site, as some of the material can be very low level stuff. However, if you have a class with kids who are at multiple grade levels, this site allows you to create customised, levelled material very quickly and easily. Being able to vary the reading level is a huge help if you have ESL students. This site helps me supplement my regular program, without me losing hours of prep time. I also do not have a budget in my classroom for any materials, so this is a relatively cheap resource with a lot to access.

I have been a subscriber to edhelper for years. I have the following pluses and minuses: pluses would be that there's no place better to go for a quick warm-up worksheet. There is a plethora of subject concepts and they are on the mark with a lot of historical, science, and civic government information. I also like the way you can generate your own activities using your own vocabulary and definitions. Minuses are that the words you generate often have altered definitions. I have ESOL special education students who need to see things verbatim. When I complained about this, I received notice that my subscription had somehow expired. I agree with the negative comments about customer service. I also do not like some of the activities and information on concepts such as immigration. I believe the edhelper point of view is often subtly included and it is quite bigoted. With revisions, it could be as fabulous as Reading A-Z, but it definitely needs a lot of work.

We have many locations that use this site/program. It is our job to find out why the account was disabled, not activated or send purchase orders for new accounts. The hidden face or lack of one-to-one support is frustrating. We encourage our schools to use a different resource since Edhelper has done nothing to satisfy their customer requests to speak to a person. The hoop jumping to find resolution outweighs the benefit of the tool/site.