Osmo Projector App for Teachers Reaches 100,000 Downloads

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Osmo for Schools, the educational department of Tangible Play that promotes in-classroom usage of Osmos award-winning academic systems, celebrates its fifth anniversary March 30, 2021 and highlights current achievements. These include updating to plastic pieces in all its school bundles to preserve the highest standards of classroom health, in addition to reaching 100,000 downloads of the Osmo Projector App intended for instructors, which assisted grow Osmos neighborhood of active users..

Due to the abrupt transition to virtual finding out one year back, Osmo reacted to instructors cries for a more effective means of engaging trainees in a virtual class, by offering Projector App. The app began as a totally free download to all thanks to Osmo Cares, the charitable arm of Osmo. Introduced in late March, the app is now being utilized by teachers of all levels (pre-K to university) across the nation to make the virtual learning environment more fun, appealing, and comparable to an actual classroom; it recently reached 100,000 downloads, and assisted to grow Osmos neighborhood of active users..

Projector App Reaches 100,000 Downloads.

” In all my years mentor, 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 trainees and myself,” says Frances Amato Dominguez, Ed Tech Model and STEAM Teacher in New York. Includes South Carolina kindergarten instructor Keri Lewis, “I like how durable these pieces are. Being plastic, they have the ability to be cleaned up completely between usages without fear of damaging the pieces.”.

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

” The entire world holds a mirror to each schools hygiene standard and methods of cleansing and disinfection– this is specifically true in classrooms where numerous hands are touching different items every day,” states Richards. “Our plastic pieces are an excellent academic tool, now made much safer for classrooms, and just teachers have access to them. Teachers are so fired up to have all-plastic pieces in their sets!”.

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In January 2021, Osmo for Schools updated all nine school packages to include plastic pieces throughout the board, replacing ones made of cardboard. This makes it much easier for schools to decontaminate and clean Osmos manipulatives, which are utilized in conjunction with Osmos technology inside class, and enables schools to preserve the greatest standards of classroom health. Osmo for Schools plastic pieces are long-lasting, simple to sterilize when utilizing EPA-registered disinfectant spray, and dishwasher-safe..

About Osmo for Schools.

Osmo for Schools, a department of Tangible Play, Inc., focuses on structure in-classroom usage of Osmos acclaimed academic systems. Osmo is utilized in more than 30,000 schools in North America.

Projector App employs a powerful reflective AI innovation that allows the electronic camera to “see” the desktop in front of the screen and task a teachers genuine world text, notes and illustrations onto the screen, even 3-D models they hold in their hand, while working with Zoom and other video conferencing innovations (video). Projector App is the 2020 recipient of EdTech Breakthrough Awards “eLearning Innovation of the Year.”.

” Osmo for Schools started thanks to all the exceptionally passionate instructors across the U.S. and Canada who embraced Osmo as an educational device for class settings, promoting its use, so that districts and schools started to purchase it,” discusses 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 strategy, plus a Classroom Kit for schools, which actually removed. Its come a long method given that!” The division now has 15 sales and consulting executives who work under Richards, uses nine various knowing system packages, and deals with countless school districts.

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

” Osmo for Schools began thanks to all the incredibly passionate teachers across the U.S. and Canada who embraced Osmo as an instructional device for classroom settings, promoting its use, so that districts and schools began to buy it,” explains Jan Richards, head of education sales and marketing at Osmo for Schools.” In all my years mentor, Ive always sanitized my teaching tools as a STEAM instructor; from robots, to iPads and now my Osmo for Schools sets– 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 unexpected transition to virtual discovering one year ago, Osmo reacted to instructors cries for a more effective ways of engaging students in a virtual class, by offering 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 usage of Osmos acclaimed instructional systems.

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

” Its fantastic that the complimentary download of Projector App introduced lots of teachers to Osmo for the very first time, who were previously unaware of the terrific variety of instructional products we offer,” says Richards..