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WHAT'S GETTING ATTENTION IN THE INDUSTRY

What's New: New Tools for Schools

Source: Tech & Learning

Software & Online

PrometheanCLASSFLOW
(www.classflow.com)

ClassFlow, a free collaborative learning application from Promethean, released new resources and tools for teachers and students. The update includes thousands of ready-toteach interactive lessons curated by experts, extended collaboration opportunities for students, free student accounts, and rewards to reinforce students’ positive behaviors. Additionally, teachers can now download ClassFlow Desktop for free. With ClassFlow Desktop, a native app for Window and Mac OS, a teacher can capture anything displayed on their computer and share it with students as interactive lesson content.

Insight AdvanceINSIGHT ADVANCE
(www.insightadvance.com)

Insight Education Group announced the launch of its new sister company, Insight ADVANCE. Its flagship product, ADVANCEfeedback, allows teachers to upload video of classroom instruction, share it with peers, coaches, and observers, and then receive detailed, specific, and timely feedback. ADVANCEfeedback can be used on a variety of Web-enabled devices, including mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and computers.

MyOnMYON CLASSICS
(www.myon.com)

myON has added myON Classics collections for middle and high school students to its 10,000-book collection. The myON Classics collections are available at no cost to all myON customers. Aiming to reach middle and high school users, myON Classic books are complete in their original format. Titles include The Scarlet LetterMetamorphosisThe Invisible ManWar of the Worlds, and fiction by authors such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Edith Wharton.

Reading HorizonsREADING HORIZONS DISCOVERY
(www.readinghorizons.com and www.metametricsinc.com)

Reading Horizons and MetaMetrics have expanded their partnership to add Lexile measures to the Reading Horizons Discovery Program. Reading Horizons Discovery is a strategy-based reading solution designed for students in K-3 that incorporates multisensory, Orton-Gillingham principles of instruction. The easy-to-use software helps teachers deliver assessments and skill-based lessons for each grade level. Initial assessments ensure that teachers have an accurate measure of each student’s ability and the software adapts to meet the needs and skill levels of those students and provides differentiation as they progress through the program.