Osmo Projector App for Educators Reaches 100,000 Downloads

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About Osmo for Schools.

Osmo for Schools, the educational division of Tangible Play that promotes in-classroom usage of Osmos award-winning instructional systems, celebrates its 5th anniversary March 30, 2021 and highlights current accomplishments. These include upgrading to plastic pieces in all its school bundles to preserve the greatest standards of class health, in addition to reaching 100,000 downloads of the Osmo Projector App planned for instructors, which helped grow Osmos neighborhood of active users..

Projector App uses an effective reflective AI technology that allows the camera to “see” the desktop in front of the screen and job a teachers real life text, notes and drawings onto the screen, even 3-D models they keep in their hand, while being suitable with Zoom and other video conferencing technologies (video). Projector App is the 2020 recipient of EdTech Breakthrough Awards “eLearning Innovation of the Year.”.

” Osmo for Schools began thanks to all the extremely passionate teachers throughout the U.S. and Canada who adopted Osmo as an instructional device for class settings, promoting its use, so that schools and districts started to acquire it,” discusses Jan Richards, head of education sales and marketing at Osmo for Schools.” In all my years teaching, Ive always sanitized my teaching tools as a STEAM teacher; from robots, to iPads and now my Osmo for Schools packages– this is a life saver for my students and myself,” states Frances Amato Dominguez, Ed Tech Model and STEAM Teacher in New York. Due to the sudden shift to virtual discovering one year earlier, Osmo responded to teachers cries for a more reliable ways of engaging students in a virtual classroom, by providing Projector App. The app started as a complimentary download to all thanks to Osmo Cares, the charitable arm of Osmo. Osmo for Schools, a department of Tangible Play, Inc., focuses on building in-classroom use of Osmos acclaimed instructional systems.

Osmo for Schools, a department of Tangible Play, Inc., focuses on building in-classroom use of Osmos acclaimed educational systems. Osmo is used in more than 30,000 schools in North America.

” In all my years mentor, Ive constantly sanitized my teaching tools as a STEAM teacher; from robots, to iPads and now my Osmo for Schools kits– this is a life saver for my trainees and myself,” says Frances Amato Dominguez, Ed Tech Model and STEAM Teacher in New York. Includes South Carolina kindergarten instructor Keri Lewis, “I enjoy how durable these pieces are. Being plastic, they are able to be cleaned up thoroughly between usages without fear of harming the pieces.”.

Carol Argumaniz, Assistant Principal at Lillie Jackson Early Childhood Center in Lewisville, Texas, speaks about the success her teachers are having with virtual knowing, thanks to Osmo Projector App. “It enables teachers to provide the very same quality lesson through virtual knowing, as they would deliver through in-person knowing at school,” states Argumaniz. “And it permits them to carry out small group lessons with extremely high quality photos so trainees seem like they are in fact beside the teacher.”.

All Learning System Bundles Upgraded To Plastic Manipulatives for Effective Sanitization.

In January 2021, Osmo for Schools updated all nine school bundles to consist of plastic pieces throughout the board, changing ones made from cardboard. This makes it much easier for schools to decontaminate and clean Osmos manipulatives, which are utilized in conjunction with Osmos technology inside classrooms, and allows schools to preserve the greatest standards of classroom hygiene. Osmo for Schools plastic pieces are lasting, simple to sanitize when utilizing EPA-registered disinfectant spray, and dishwasher-safe..

These bundles featuring all-plastic pieces are exclusive to Osmo for Schools, and teachers who formerly bought packages with cardboard manipulatives can now buy the plastic piece sets individually, with a 25-percent discount.

Due to the abrupt shift to virtual learning one year ago, Osmo responded to teachers sobs for a more reliable means of engaging students in a virtual class, by using Projector App. The app started as a complimentary download to all thanks to Osmo Cares, the charitable arm of Osmo. Launched in late March, the app is now being used by instructors of all levels (pre-K to university) throughout the country to make the virtual learning environment more fun, appealing, and comparable to a real class; it recently reached 100,000 downloads, and assisted to grow Osmos neighborhood of active users..

” Osmo for Schools began thanks to all the exceptionally enthusiastic instructors throughout the U.S. and Canada who embraced Osmo as an educational gadget for class settings, promoting its usage, so that districts and schools began to purchase it,” describes Jan Richards, head of education sales and marketing at Osmo for Schools. “In early 2016, Osmo began our department by forming a sales team, a conference technique, plus a Classroom Kit for schools, which truly took off.

” The whole world holds a mirror to each schools health standard and methods of cleaning and disinfection– this is specifically true in class where a number of hands are touching different products every day,” says Richards. “Our plastic pieces are an exceptional educational tool, now made even much safer for classrooms, and only instructors have access to them. Teachers are so fired up to have all-plastic pieces in their sets!”.

Projector App Reaches 100,000 Downloads.

” Its wonderful that the complimentary download of Projector App presented many instructors to Osmo for the extremely very first time, who were previously unaware of the great range of instructional items we provide,” states Richards..