First Day of School: New <3 for K12
We have an exciting Back to School announcement.
Remember this blog post? Should we even offer a free product for educators? It's the most popular blog post we ever wrote -- over 35,000 views.
Two companies saw what we were struggling with and offered to help. Qualcomm and Mobile Messenger have provided us with advice, valuable introductions, and even in-kind services that will enable huge improvements with our education lineup.
K-12 Teacher pricing has been cut by 60% - The $129/year plan is now $50/year.
It's not just about price. We've been working all summer on education-related features:
- Improving the Mac applications such as Keynote integration
- iPad live-results compatibility (announcement)
- (Very soon) Out-of-classroom surveys
- Automatic grading. Here's what our new grading feature looks like:
For all our teachers that are already on the $129/year plan, you have several new features waiting for you that the $50 plan doesn't include: 1) You can now send custom reply text messages when a student votes 2) You can use our new Broadcast Lists feature. The K12 Broadcast Lists feature will allow you to broadcast messages directly to your students phones individually or as a group. You can use this to send assignment reminders or even push questions out to students after school. To get started, just click "Lists" at the top of your page.
On a related note, all education users will be switched over to a new 5 digit short code (37607) in a few weeks. Don't worry, 22333 will still work.
Educators, thank you for blogging so much about us - that really helps us. To get geared up for the new school year, enjoy Taylor Mali on What Teacher's Make.
