News-O-Matic ● School 2015-16 (com.press4kids.newsomatic.school2016) on Google Play
*** World Young Reader Prize 2015 (Editorial) - World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA) ****** Teachers' Choice Award 2015 ****** One of The Best News Sources for Kids - Common Sense Media *** *** Best App for Teaching and Learning by AASL *** *** The first bilingual news app for kids! ****** kidSAFE® certified ***Here is what users say about News-O-Matic: “In my ten years of teaching I have never come across a publication that was this effective in capturing the attention of the student and making them want to learn and understand more.” – LB, Philadelphia Public School Teacher “I think the stories you write are amazing. It’s funny because I hate reading but yet I’m excited to see what you wrote." – Rae, age 8 “News-O-Matic has emerged as a state of the art app that will change the way kids interact with broadcast news.” – Teachers With Apps “News-O-Matic is a nice way to introduce topical events and world news in the classroom.” – Education World Whether your students enjoy reading about sports, science, world news, or wacky events, News-O-Matic delivers what’s making the news! Our mission is to make learning more engaging, active, and personal. This nonfiction reading comprehension app publishes five news stories each weekday! The stories range in length and difficulty to create opportunities for differentiated instruction. Readers learn what happened on this date in history through an educational game and write or draw to Editor-in-Chief Russ in the News Room. Each edition gives you access to a Teacher’s Guide. Each daily edition features: * Five dynamic news articles * Rich and detailed images, videos, and illustrations * Informative maps relating the user to the location of every story * News Room for drawing or asking questions about the news * An interactive history-based timeline * Puzzles, games, fun facts, and many other elements for discovery * Audio support for challenging vocabulary and full stories read aloud* Spanish translation* Assessments for the daily editions including correlations to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).* Access to review students' performanceNews-O-Matic is 100% ad-free. Written by experienced journalists and educators, News-O-Matic is used in schools around the world! All articles are reviewed by a child psychologist before publication to ensure emotionally safe content. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use can be found at www.press4kids.com/privacy.html The publisher of this daily news application is Press4Kids, Inc. To learn more about us, please visit us at www.Press4Kids.com