showbie

** for Teachers ** || ** Showbie - Free ** ** for Schools ** || ** Showbie - Pro ** ** for Schools ** || for student & teacher || Table via Showbie.com/schools
 * [|Showbie] ** is an iPad for teachers and students that fosters a paperless environment. The app is free for teachers and schools. There also is a [|Pro version] available that adds rich text annotation for teachers and students. The free version for individual teachers works for class sizes up to 35 students. The teacher can have up to 100 active assignments hosted on Showbie. The free version for schools allows multiple teachers to have accounts, within a school account. This school version allows for up to 100 students per class, and allows an master administrative account. Showbie's pro versions for schools contains everything the free version for schools does, but adds rich document annotation.
 * ** Showbie - Free **
 * Up to 35 students per class ||  Up to 100 students per class  ||  Up to 100 students per class  ||
 * Up to 100 active assignments ||  Unlimited active assignments  ||  Unlimited active assignments  ||
 * || School account administration  ||  School account administration  ||
 * ||  ||  Rich document annotation

Teachers can sign-up for free by simply providing their name, creating a simple password, email address, and entering a promotional code, if they have one. Teachers also have the option for doing an in-app purchase to upgrade their personal account to the pro version. For school accounts, an individual who will administer the Showbie accounts for the school signs up via the Showbie website. The individual will provide their name, school e-mail address, a contact number, position, school name, number of teachers at the school, and may also provide additional (optional) information. For the pro version, the same information needs to be provided so registering as a school account, but pricing is achieved on the number of teachers using Showbie Pro. Students in Pro teacher classes get Pro features automatically.

One of the major advantages to using Showbie is that in situations where iPads are managed by Apple's configurator process, or by a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution, where the user cannot modify or sync the iPad, Showbie allows a student to submit self generated artifacts to a teacher's folder. The same applies for teachers, in that they can distribute content to the students, all with the press of a button. Since the App is rated 4+ on the iTunes store, it meets Federal compliancy laws for CIPA, COPPA, FERPA, and the modified iTunes agreement for education for students under 13 years of age.

About the company
CEO, President, and Co-Founder Colin Bramm is one of the masterminds behind the iPad app. CTO, Roy Poberio is the other Co-Founder of Showbie. [|[1]] The Co-Founders describe Showbie as, “...like a drop box for the. Using Showbie, students can submit pictures, video, podcasts, presentations and other work from hundreds of apps into their Showbie online assignment folder. Teachers use the Showbie iPad app to easily review students’ work and provide rich feedback with document mark up annotations and voicenotes. Showbie unlocks the creative potential of the iPad to engage students in learning.” [|[2]] CEO, President, & Co-Founder at Showbie (Photo courtesy of Showbie, Inc. press kit) ||  ||
 * [[image:Showbie CEO Cofounder Colin Bramm 2.jpg width="153" height="153" align="center" caption="Colin Bramm, CEO, President, & Co-Founder at Showbie" link="@https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n9l5lmmk02s7z8g/zrpCC-Id3x/Founder%20photos#lh:null-Showbie%20CEO%20Cofounder%20Colin%20Bramm%202.jpg"]] ||   ||
 * ** Colin Bramm, **

CTO & Co-Founder, at Showbie
 * [[image:etec602/Showbie CTO Cofounder Roy Pombeiro 2.jpg width="175" height="175" align="center" caption="Roy Poberio CTO & Co-Founder, at Showbie" link="@https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n9l5lmmk02s7z8g/zrpCC-Id3x/Founder%20photos#lh:null-Showbie%20CTO%20Cofounder%20Roy%20Pombeiro%202.jpg"]] ||
 * ** Roy Poberio **

(Photo courtesy of Showbie, Inc. press kit) ||


 * Showbie || [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I3WsYrn5iqXzCScsR8wEQshbMWZTNacdvdbZyTKJygUs2JeJedtEoXkrq2gAW1uOKymrAlrwHSz1dLeXyvWqt7gnWk3zD2ISKcwYHRT7453bLM4UutWLiaz2 width="203" height="188"]] ||
 * Developer(s) || Showbie, Inc. ||
 * Stable release || 1.1.5 30 / September 2013; 0 days ago ||
 * Download Size || 21.5 MB ||
 * Language || English ||
 * Application Rating || Rated 4+ ||
 * Development status || Active ||
 * Operating system || iOS (6.0 or later) ||
 * Category || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Education ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">License ||  ||
 * [|Alexa] <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> rank || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">892,963 (September 2013) ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Website || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__ [|showbie.com] __ ||

Supported platforms and applications
Showbie runs exclusively on Apple's iOS platform. Version iOS 6.0 or later must be used in conjunction with an iPad.

The creators of Showbie have worked hard to ensure integration with many apps that allow for user generated content. Showie allows for many apps to work seamlessly with their assignment folder environment. For the latest compatible apps, check the support section of the website.

More on usage
The interface of Showbie is quite simple to use. Students and teachers launch the application on an iPad, and are presented with a simple login screen.

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Once logged in, teachers can see an overview off all their folders they have on their account. The status in yellow shows how many students have been assigned a task versus how many have submitted artifacts to that folder.

Teachers then can directly annotate over a submitted document in Showbie.

Classroom and file management is made simple with Showbie. The follow screen shot illustrates a class list view for Nicole from the teacher's view.

News
In 2012, betakit.com, a Canadian blogger site was one of the first to write up information on the new company. Darrell Etherington wrote about how the Edmonton-based company innovative new app from its humble beginnings, and how porting a web-based version to the iPad was key to success. Etherington quoted CEO Bramm, " What we’ve realized is that our strategy was pretty good in that we released a minimum viable product, but by getting the feedback from our users right away, we realized we’ve got to change this right away,” he said. “We didn’t change the product so much, but we extended it so that we’re gaining speed into the iPad realm, and I think a lot of our updates going forward which are going to be really exciting for schools are going to be really centered on that type of school that’s implementing the iPad." [|[3]] Bramm's vision, talent, and outlook are what continues to be key for Showbie as their app is adopted by more and more schools.

An ISTE affiliated group, named the UCETBLOG wrote a quick entry for Showbie on their site, highlighting the Apps ability as follows, " Teachers can then see each student's work on their teacher laptop or iPad, make audio or written feedback and return the file. There is automatic copy control, so teachers don't overwrite student work. The student will see a partitioned file folder with their work separate from teacher comments." <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: super;">__ [|[4]] __ This reiterates the abilities of Showbie, and how it can be used as a classroom tool.

Download
Showbie can be obtained via the Apple iTunes App store.

See a quick 3 minute video on why you should try Showbie.
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Now that you've heard about why, here's a quick overview of how you can get started.
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Learn how to assign, collect, and assess student assignments via Showbie.
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