Source: 

Software & Online

KIDS DISCOVER ONLINE
(www.kidsdiscover.com)
Kids Discover, a provider of science and social studies curriculum, announced that its interactive digital library, Kids Discover Online, now includes custom assessment capabilities. Kids Discover Online enables educators to mix and match material from science and social studies to facilitate students’ exploration of big ideas through cross-curricular learning. The new Assessments tool helps teachers create, distribute, and assess custom quizzes, tests, and homework assignments directly within the platform. The tool includes more than 5,000 questions covering more than 1,200 science and social studies topics. Question types include discussion prompts, short answer, multiple choice, and true/false.

ORMIBOARD
(www.exou.com/products/ormiboard)
EXO U Inc. recently introduced Ormiboard, a digital learning environment that transforms any device with any operating system into a whiteboarding and collaboration tool. Teachers can migrate existing whiteboard content from software such as Smart Notebook and ActivInspire, choose from Ormiboard’s ready-made lessons, or create their own activities, games, and lessons with students on any device within Ormiboard’s interface. Ormiboard’s growing library of templates and searchable content covers all subject areas and includes quick quizzes, clickand-drag assignments, games, and exams. Additionally, teachers can fully integrate Ormiboard with Google Classroom, Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, and other platforms.

Apps

BLOOMZ
(www.bloomz.net)
Bloomz recently added new functionalities to its free parent communication app: Behavior Management and Student Portfolios. Behavior Management lets teachers securely share student conduct reports with parents in real time, while reinforcing positive behavior through a points-earning system. Finally, the Student Portfolio feature allows teachers to share student-submitted work with parents, keeping a record of the student’s work throughout the school year and beyond.

CLASSFLOW MOMENTS
(www.classflow.com)
Promethean released ClassFlow Moments, a new free app for teacher-parent communication. With the app, teachers can easily share classroom assignments, announcements, and awards with parents so they can proactively engage with their students’ learning. Additionally, teachers can share classroom content directly from ClassFlow – the hub where they direct classroom activities, deliver lessons, launch quizzes and interactive polls, and send out homework assignments.

To read the full article click here.