Educators have so many demands on their time and deserve tools that make their days easier. Students are entering a world that is dynamic and changing quickly, and more than ever need to develop soft skills that will allow them to participate meaningfully in any career.
Lumio from SMART Technologies, winner of the Tech & Learning Best of Back to School 2024, helps develop skills such as collaboration, communication, digital literacy, and more.
Lumio is a web-based learning platform that helps teachers effortlessly make learning fun and engaging on student devices. Teachers can start from scratch, or import existing content such as PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoints, and Canva designs and transform these into dynamic, engaging learning experiences on any device. Within Lumio, they can mix and match file types and add interactive elements, including games, collaborative whiteboards, individual handouts, and formative assessments, all from a single place.
With three available plan options (Free, Standard, and Spark), there’s a Lumio plan, and price, that’s right for everyone.
We found the real-time collaboration feature was a standout option, enabling students to work together, share ideas, and contribute to class discussions in a fun and meaningful way. Also, the content library was a huge plus, offering a wide range of pre-made lessons and activities that teachers can adapt to the classroom. Lumio has been a great addition to our teaching toolkit.”
–Tech & Learning judges
Lumio is specifically designed to improve outcomes, with features and options that are backed by research. Lumio is developed and updated based on an extensive logic model, ensuring that product improvements lead to desired learning outcomes. With the Research-Based Design Certification from Digital Promise, Lumio solves for the challenges of student engagement – providing many fun, interactive options for students that are proven to make learning sticky.
Lumio has many features that meet the diverse needs of students, simplifying the process for teachers to connect with learners of varying backgrounds and abilities. These include:
- Immersive Reader feature is particularly transformative for early language learners, offering text translation and narration to aid comprehension and engagement. Teachers can enhance their lessons further by adding audio instructions to pages, providing crucial support for students who are refining their language skills.
- Lumio’s Handout and Workspace activities give teachers the flexibility to pose open-ended questions and support collaborative group work where students can show their learning in flexible ways. Handouts enable students to complete tasks independently, catering to their unique needs, whereas Workspaces create a collaborative setting for group activities that enhance deeper understanding. Lumio also supports students with choices in how they want to respond to activities through text, image, and audio options.
- The flexibility to swap back and forth between student and teacher pacing during lesson delivery allows educators to tailor instruction, enabling students to learn at their own speed.
- By providing multiple ways for interaction and understanding, Lumio supports teachers in giving every student the opportunity to participate and engage. This approach enhances learning and empowers students to choose the methods that best suit their learning styles.
Read about how this school used Lumio to transform their classrooms here
Turning Passive Classrooms into Active Classrooms
Lumio is a time-saving tool that supports teachers in creating flexible, active learning experiences delivered to any student device. Features such as instructional audio, activity dashboards, and the ability to offer real-time feedback make Lumio a one-stop tool for teachers. It allows them to personalize learning with insights and data, enable student creation, and create and edit engaging, active lessons on the fly. Teachers can even share content with colleagues through shared libraries and can co-edit lessons in real-time to leverage one another’s classroom experiences.
Want to learn more? The Lumio professional development team and ambassador community host virtual professional development webinars every month and every summer, FREE summer PD event, Lumio Palooza. These professional development events are led by educators for educators to provide teachers with new ideas and tools throughout the year. Additionally, educators can join the free Lumio Academy to take professional development courses that they can work through at their own pace. These courses are designed to enable educators to easily enhance their teaching practices with the support of Lumio.
Lumio supports educators in helping students learn that work best for them, while offering fun and interactivity into any lesson!
