Evan-Moor Releases Portals for Interactive Apps

  • By Tim Sohn
  • 11/18/11

Evan-Moor Educational Publishers has unveiled Portals, a platform through which educators can access Daily Practice interactive apps produced by the company.

Portals, a free download, includes more than 150 standards-based language arts and math lessons through apps that are appropriate for grades 1 through 8. The platform offers a free trial for all Evan-Moor apps, which are compatible with whiteboards and interactive projectors for presentation purposes. They can also be used on desktop and laptop computers.

Once an app is purchased, it is automatically loaded into the Portals library for easy access. In addition, instructors will receive automatic app updates through the interface.

Apps include:

  • Building Spelling Skills for grades 1 through 6;
  • Daily Language Review for grades 1 through 8;
  • Daily Paragraph Editing for grades 2 through 6;
  • Daily Word Problems for grades 1 through 6; and
  • A Word A Day, grades 1 through 6.

Apps cost $199.99 per classroom.

For more information and for free trials, visit evan-moor.com/portals.

About the Author

Tim Sohn is a 10-year veteran of the news business, having served in capacities from reporter to editor-in-chief of a variety of publications including Web sites, daily and weekly newspapers, consumer and trade magazines, and wire services. He can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @editortim.

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