This tool helps learners stay up to date on the latest news, events, and politics. Teachers can ask learners to read and write reports on news articles, which are available for different reading levels; Spanish translations are included. The app also has a text-to-speech feature that reads the news aloud in an understandable voice.

Website: https://www.newsomatic.org/

What Users Love About the App

“This is a great site. It shows real world and current pictures, gives information about current events, reaches students of all ages, and allows for the teacher to differentiate based on the needs of the students.”

“I love that this app is daily news for kids. It is current news that the children might be interested in and is differentiated for all students. It gives teachers assessments that are targeted for all learners and even provides teachers with lesson plans on how to use it.”

“I would definitely recommend this tool. It has so many options and is a safe way for teachers to introduce current news to the classroom. I love the features it has!”

“I would use it as a hook for some of my lesson. I would also share it with teachers and they could possibly use it during morning meeting to get students excited. It could also be use during centers and as a reward.”

“I’m impressed because it is visually appealing. The articles have great photographs. It incorporates geography so that students get a sense of where they are reading about. It also allows students to give feedback in the form of questions.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“Tried to subscribe on Samsung Tab and can’t due to a bug in this app. Others have trouble too. Seems nice, too bad it has such flaws.”

“The app itself is okay, but every time I load one of the games the app has a problem and closes.”

“User registration doesn’t work After putting in all details on app user registration page on a Samsung tablet, there’s no OK or confirm button. Hence, user details never get saved.”

“Will not open. Crashes immediately on launch. I’m really disappointed because my son loves keeping up with the news this way. He had the subscription at school and it was a great conversation starter, but now I cannot open the app at all on my phone.”

“It’s stopped working. The picture and the news no more match.. they are totally unsyncronized.”