New solution lets teachers quickly share
instructional content in classrooms with any combination of devices
and operating systems, with or without Internet access
AUSTIN, TX, Feb. 11, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - At TCEA
2016 Convention & Exposition, EXO U ("EXO U") (TSXV:
EXO), launched Ormi, its new BYOD teaching platform, to the North
American K12 market. Ormi (meaning "momentum" in Greek) was
engineered to minimize steps and eliminate
common interruptions experienced by teachers when attempting
to integrate mobile devices into classroom lessons.
Ormi's unique design bridges advanced classroom management with
simple, easy-to-use instructional tools. Teachers and students
(when given permission) can share content to individuals, groups, a
central display, or the entire class. Students and teachers can
collaborate through group messaging and sharing. Setting up Ormi
takes less than two minutes.
More than 8,000 attendees from across the state, country, and
internationally attended TCEA, where Ormi's launch was carried out
in two parts: a "Listening Day" and a "Launch Day." Its Listening
Day was part of a global social-media campaign, sponsored by EXO U,
to help educators build a roadmap for integrating mobile devices
into classroom teaching. On-the-ground activities included
roundtable panels with teachers, students and administrators to
explore key questions and share ideas.
TCEA roundtables were be moderated by Sharon Campbell, a middle school teacher from
Napa, CA, who is internationally
recognized for building participant-centered, project-based
learning models that blend classroom and neighborhood learning. Her
students and classroom were used as the model for Project Based
Education at the Global Educator's conference in London and featured in the Taiwan
Commonwealth Educators Journal. In 2009, she was named
California School Master, the oldest and most prestigious
California education award.
EXO U's management team met with potential partnership and
distribution opportunities during the course of the conference
aligned to our North American Strategy. In the media suite, VP of
Marketing Ian Bryan presented Ormi
to all major attending press, including the industry's top
magazines: Scholastic, Tech&Learning, eSchoolnews and more. As
part of its "BYOD Listening Project" initiative, EXO U also hosted
and moderated 3 panels of educators, administrators and students.
Overall, EXO U picked up over 1,500 new followers in social media,
and captured video interviews with educators which will be
distributed over the coming weeks. News reports and company updates
from Ormi's launch can be found at http://bit.ly/ormilaunch.
"Our launch in the US was carried on the wings of great outcomes
from our International launch in January," said Ian Bryan, Vice President of Marketing at EXO U.
"Before TCEA opened, we already had potential partners asking for
meetings, hundreds of educators talking on social media, leads
coming through the website, and news stories dropping in."
CEO Kevin Pawsey stated: "The
North American launch of Ormi supports our refined go-to-market
strategy, formulated in October, to launch with full distribution
capability, early in the BYOD market growth surge. This week, we
are in Amsterdam at the ISE
conference, giving sales demonstrations of Ormi with our new
partner we acquired at BETT. We're very pleased with the potential
of this channel to date."
About EXO U
EXO U's shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the
ticker symbol EXO. EXO U develops an innovative software platform
that enables businesses and educational institutions to securely
mobilize and manage their mobile workforce and students by
delivering engaging experiences spanning desktop and mobile
applications. At the core of EXO U's platform is the smart and
agnostic EXO engine that unifies multiple software platforms,
allowing devices to interact and communicate seamlessly together.
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