Promethean Launches Latest Iteration of ClassFlow
Promethean has launched the latest iteration of
its ClassFlow software, a tool designed to connect teachers and students in the classroom. With the new ClassFlow
Connect system, an entire class can simultaneously interact
with, view or share
resources from any mobile device.
Via
a single device, any number of mobile devices
can connect wirelessly with one another. As a consequence:
- Students
and teachers can project digital
learning resources from any mobile device to an electronic display that
the
entire class can see;
- Students
can receive, send, draw or interact with
one another or with the instructor individually concerning lesson content;
- Teachers
can create instant polls;
- Anybody
can connect from their mobile device with
a built-in digital whiteboard;
- Presentations,
slides and notes collected from a
lesson can be sent to the entire classroom; and
- A
custom Web browser can be used to search for
information and then have it sent to students.
While
released just recently for wide
distribution, the ClassFlow Connect system was used as part of a pilot
program
in the Lafayette Parish School System earlier in November.
"We just did a demo where
someone went outside with a phone and turned their camera on, and we
could see
what they were seeing from inside our technology lab," said LaShona
Dickerson,
the school system's technology director. "It brings so many more
experiences
into the classroom."
The system can support
multiple WiFi network connections so that students and teachers can
share
screens regardless of whether they are on the school or guest network
and IT
administrators can remotely track and manage all ClassFlow Connect
devices.
"With ClassFlow Connect,
every classroom can become a dynamic learning environment in which 21st century students become more attentive, fascinated and engaged," said
Promethean Chief Marketing Officer Vincent Young.
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