Mr. Kevin Pawsey reports

EXO U TO LAUNCH ORMIBOARD VISUAL CREATION SOFTWARE AT ISTE 2016; THE ALL-DEVICE, GOOGLE CLASSROOM-INTEGRATED, COLLABORATIVE TEACHING TOOL ALLOWS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO BUILD LESSONS, ACTIVITIES, AND INTERACTIVE GAMES

At International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2016, EXO U Inc. will launch Ormiboard, a first-of-its-kind front-of-class visual creation and collaboration tool. Ormiboard gives teachers and students the freedom to build lessons, activities and interactive games for use in any classroom that has displays and/or mobile devices. A robust prerelease of the software will be available beginning June 27 on the Ormiboard website, with the full software release date set for August 15.

Launch schedule

On Sunday, June 26, Ormiboard hosted a meet up for members of Edspeakers and EduMatch at the Hard Rock Cafe. All RSVP'd guests, including live-stream participants, will receive a free one-year licence of Ormiboard Go.

On Monday, June 27, EXO U will support Carl Hooker's book signing event for his mobile learning mindset series. EXO U will run promotions on Twitter for free signed copies of the book.

From Monday to Wednesday, June 27 to June 30, EXO U will showcase Ormiboard Pro and Go in partner QOMO booth 3928 and Panasonic booth 204.

On Tuesday, June 28, EXO U and Panasonic team up to host Ron Clark for a private dinner with administrators and partners. Contact EXO U to request an invitation. EXO U will run promotions on Twitter for free signed copies of his Essential 55.

Prerelease software

The prerelease includes most tool sets and features, and users will be given an early adopter's discount to purchase the software for $30 when it becomes available Aug. 15. All lesson plans and activities created in the prerelease version will automatically appear in Ormiboard's Aug. 15 release.

"We wanted to make sure that educators who are attending ISTE would have the opportunity to experience Ormiboard as fully as possible," said Kevin Pawsey, EXO U's chief executive officer. "The prerelease has all any teacher needs to start importing, building lessons or just exploring preloaded content right away. This strategy has also enabled our partners to get a head start sharing Ormiboard with their customers and distributors."

News and promotions

Ormiboard is in the news. EXO U will post daily updates and reflections from the show via Twitter and on its blog. Every hour, each day, EXO U will run promotions on Twitter, including partner giveaways and gift cards.

About Ormiboard

The device-agnostic Ormiboard goes beyond presenting and testing by opening up whole-class creation and participation. With ping-pong sharing and group collaboration, Ormiboard users create sessions where everyone can watch and participate in the lessons. In a classroom setting, teachers can select a screen from a student device and share it on the font-of-class display. In seconds, teachers can fully integrate Ormiboard with Google Classroom, Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote and other common resources.

Ormiboard comes preloaded with an expanding database of searchable lessons and activities, including six types of instant assessment, click-and-drag assignments, games and exams. Teachers can create their own games and lessons or give students the power to design their own. For anyone interested in creating advanced animations and fully personalized lessons, games and more, Ormiboard Academy offers a series of 30-minute to 45-minute basic JavaScript lessons for teachers and students (grades 4 to 12).

Ormiboard comes in two editions: Go and Pro

The Go edition is designed for teachers and is accessed via web browser, enabling students to easily connect and collaborate on-line. Go is offered at a subscription rate of $89 per year and seamlessly integrates with resources like Dropbox, Evernote, Google Classroom, Drive and other cloud services.

The Pro edition is designed for schools and districts and is primarily offered through distribution channels. Pro is an installed software with a perpetual licence, and enables complete device integration and collaborative sharing over existing networks via local Wi-Fi (no Internet access required). Pro is optimized for speed and split-view capabilities for multitouch panels and tables, and gives administrators dashboard control over building, classroom, teacher, user and content grouping.

Both editions will be available for direct purchase on Aug. 15. A prerelease version of Go will be available for unlimited use at Ormiboard's website beginning June 27. Users signing up for the Go edition before Sept. 15 will receive a discounted price of $30 for the first year. Learn more at Ormiboard's website.