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For Immediate Release
LanSchool v7.1 improves teacher control through USB Limiting and Keystroke Monitoring
Orem, Utah May 6th 2008 - LanSchool Technologies LLC, a leading provider of classroom management software, announced that LanSchool v7.1 is now available.
"Over the past year LanSchool v7.0 won several awards as the best classroom management software. LanSchool v7.1 builds on that success by adding several key new features, improving performance and usability", said Dana Doggett, president of LanSchool.
Teachers love the control that LanSchool gives them over the classroom. USB Drive blocking and keystroke/application monitoring are two new features that take that control to the next level. Teachers can turn off access to student USB drives without affecting other USB devices. Application and keystroke monitoring saves a history of application usage and gives teachers unprecedented access to everything a student types on their keyboard.
LanSchool is known worldwide for having a clean, simple interface that is easy to learn. LanSchool v7.1 improves usability in the thumbnail view by allowing teachers to arrange the high-color thumbnails to represent the classroom layout. An additional small thumbnail size allows over 80 computers to be seen on a 15" screen.
Several other performance and feature enhancements were added in the areas of wireless reliability, installation, voting, limiting the Internet and student questions. LanSchool v7.1 manages computer-based classrooms, wireless laptop carts and 1:1 laptop/tablet schools.
Pricing and Availability
LanSchool v7.1 is a free upgrade for customers that purchased LanSchool v7.0 over the past year. Educational pricing starts at $299 for classrooms with less than 10 computers and $599 for larger classrooms. Volume discounts, competitive upgrades, K-12 school and district site licenses are available. For more information contact LanSchool at 1-877-370-5546.
About LanSchool Technologies
LanSchool Technologies, LLC, is a leading provider of classroom management solutions for the education market. LanSchool, for the past 20 years, has enabled tens of thousands of teachers to easily remove distractions such as the Internet, Instant Messaging, E-mail and Games from the classroom. LanSchool is headquartered in Orem, Utah, with customers and resellers across the world. LanSchool can be found on the Web at www.lanschool.com or by calling 1-877-370-5546.
Press Contact:
Ben Cahoon
801-770-3096
ben@lanschool.com
LanSchool Recognized as a 2008 CODiE Awards Finalist
Orem, Utah February 14, 2008 LanSchool Technologies LLC, a leading provider of classroom management software, is proud to announce that LanSchool v7.0 was recognized as a finalist for the 2008 CODiE Awards in the Best Course/Classroom Management Solution category.
Established in 1986, the Codie Awards celebrate outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital information and education technology industries. Over 250 judges from the trade press, consulting, educators, IT specialists and other knowledgeable, but neutral, experts have reviewed all of the products entered. The Finalists were chosen from more than 1,000 nominations submitted by more than 600 companies.
"Competition is tough this year and that makes selection as a Codie Finalist a real achievement," said Ken Wash, SIIA president. "All the companies on this year's list should feel justifiably proud of their recognition."
Dana Doggett, founder and president of LanSchool said, "This has been an amazing year for LanSchool. Late last year LanSchool v7.0 was recognized as a T&L Award Winner and now as a CODiE finalist. We couldn't ask for anything more!"
Ben Cahoon, vice president of LanSchool added, "Both techs and teachers want a classroom management solution that works as advertised. Building software that actually delivers on simplicity and ease-of-use is harder than it looks. We're thrilled to be recognized by SIIA and hope that LanSchool v7.0 can make a significant difference to real teachers in real classrooms across the world."
Pricing and Availability
LanSchool v7.0 educational pricing starts at $299 for classrooms with less than 10 computers and $599 for all other classrooms. Competitive upgrades, K-12 school site licenses and volume discounts are also available. For more information contact LanSchool at 1-877-370-5546.
About LanSchool Technologies
LanSchool Technologies, LLC, is a leading provider of classroom management solutions for the education market. LanSchool, for the past 20 years, has enabled tens of thousands of teachers to easily remove distractions such as the Internet, Instant Messaging, E-mail and Games from the classroom. LanSchool is headquartered in Orem, Utah, with customers and resellers across the world. LanSchool can be found on the Web at www.lanschool.com or by calling 1-877-370-5546.
Press Contact:
Ben Cahoon
801-770-3096
ben@lanschool.com
LanSchool Wins 2007 Technology and Learning Award of Excellence
Orem, Utah October 17, 2007 LanSchool Technologies LLC, a leading provider of classroom management software, is proud to announce that LanSchool v7.0 won the prestigious 2007 Technology and Learning Award of Excellence.
For 25 years, the Technology and Learning Award of Excellence program has honored innovative applications that break new ground in some important way and also best-of-breed examples that demonstrate clear superiority over similar products in the market. This year's winners were chosen by more than 30 educator-judges who test-drove over 120 entries, logging in many hours in computer labs at San Francisco Bay Area schools.
"This year's winning products reflect an impressive effort by publishers to respond to the real needs of schools." said Susan McLester, editor in chief of Technology & Learning. "The offerings being honored are practical, innovative and central to a variety of district and site operations."
Dana Doggett, founder and president of LanSchool said, "In 1986, we created the first classroom management product for DOS 2.0. We're proud to receive this award because it validates our continuing strategy of providing a simple, easy-to-use software product that can make a significant difference to teachers in the classroom."
Pricing and Availability
LanSchool v7.0 educational pricing starts at $299 for classrooms with less than 10 computers and $599 for all other classrooms. Competitive upgrades, K-12 school site licenses and volume discounts are also available. For more information contact LanSchool at 1-877-370-5546.
About LanSchool Technologies
LanSchool Technologies, LLC, is a leading provider of classroom management solutions for the education market. LanSchool, for the past 20 years, has enabled tens of thousands of teachers to easily remove distractions such as the Internet, Instant Messaging, E-mail and Games from the classroom. LanSchool is headquartered in Orem, Utah, with customers and resellers across the world. LanSchool can be found on the Web at www.lanschool.com or by calling 1-877-370-5546.
Press Contact:
Ben Cahoon
801-770-3096
ben@lanschool.com
LanSchool v7.0 Lowers Printing Costs for Schools
Orem, Utah August 21, 2007 - LanSchool Technologies LLC, a leading provider of classroom management software, announced that Print Limiting is now available as an integrated part of LanSchool v7.0.
"The ability to control student printing is critical to reduce paper and ink costs in a school," said Ben Cahoon, Vice President of LanSchool. "Those schools using LanSchool v7.0 have to potential to save thousands of dollars in printing costs without any additional investment."
With this new feature, teachers can quickly and easily either allow or block printing per student or class. In keeping with the philosophy to keep things simple, turning off printing for the whole class can be accomplished in literally one mouse click.
Print Limiting was added to LanSchool v7.0 as a supported feature and will be free to all existing LanSchool v7.0 customers as an upgrade. New customers will also receive Print Limiting as part of LanSchool v7.0 for no additional charge.
Dana Dogget, founder and President of LanSchool said, "We're excited to offer this exciting new technology, not as an add-on, but as a key feature of LanSchool v7.0. It demonstrates our commitment to provide schools with the best technology at the best price."
Pricing and Availability
LanSchool v7.0 educational pricing starts at $299 for classrooms with less than 10 computers and $599 for all other classrooms. Competitive upgrades, K-12 school site licenses and volume discounts are also available. For more information contact LanSchool at 1-877-370-5546.
About LanSchool Technologies
LanSchool Technologies, LLC, is a leading provider of classroom management solutions for the education market. LanSchool, for the past 20 years, has enabled tens of thousands of teachers to easily remove distractions such as the Internet, Instant Messaging, E-mail and Games from the classroom. LanSchool is headquartered in Orem, Utah, with customers and resellers across the world. LanSchool can be found on the Web at www.lanschool.com or by calling 1-877-370-5546.
Press Contact:
Ben Cahoon
801-770-3096
ben@lanschool.com
LanSchool Classroom Management Software is available for the Nova5000
Orem, Utah June 22nd, 2007
LanSchool Technologies, a leading provider of classroom management software, today announced a marketing and joint development relationship with Fourier Systems, a leading worldwide leader of compact portable data logging devices and accessories for the education market. The two companies have agreed to jointly develop a version of LanSchool that will manage the Fourier Nova5000 device, a new student computing device designed just for education. This integration is designed to give teachers the ability to manage a classroom of students using Nova5000s.
"This relationship is exciting because it will get the latest technology into the hands of more teachers and students," said Dana Doggett, president of LanSchool. "The addition of LanSchool to the Nova5000 will enable teachers to make sure that students using this new technology will stay on task."
With LanSchool, teachers can improve the classroom learning environment by removing the distractions that technology introduces. With LanSchool, teachers will be able to project their computer screen to the Nova5000, send messages, blank out the screen on the Nova5000 and remotely control the device through the wireless LAN.
Brenda Raker, CEO of Fourier Systems, Inc. said, "This relationship with LanSchool allows our customers to take full advantage of the Nova5000 solution, delivering the first fully managed student learning appliance. This partnership offers teachers and students an unprecedented opportunity and we are pleased to align with LanSchool."
This addition to the software suite Nova5000 offers makes for an even more cost effective and versatile computing device. With Nova5000, schools have a total 1:1 computing solution that meets their full school day needs.
Pricing and Availability
The product will be available from Fourier as a software add-on to the Nova5000 in June 2007. The pricing will start at a manufacturers suggested retail price (MSRP) of $27 per device.
For more information contact Fourier at 812-206-2333.
About LanSchool Technologies
LanSchool Technologies, LLC, is a leading provider of classroom management solutions for the education market. LanSchool, over the past 20 years, has enable thousands of teachers to easily remove distractions such as the Internet, Instant Messaging, E-mail and Games from the classroom. LanSchool is headquartered in Orem, Utah, with customers and resellers across the World. LanSchool can be found on the Web at www.lanschool.com or by calling 1-877-370-5546.
About Fourier Systems, Inc.
Established in 1989, Fourier is a world leader in the manufacture and distribution of compact portable data logging devices and accessories for the education market. The company's science kits continue to push the standards of science education higher, now in over 30 countries around the world. With the wide range of sensors, user-friendly software and relevant curriculum material, Fourier's products demonstrate a commitment to high quality. Fourier has earned accolades both nationally and internationally, including the Worlddidac award for the EcoLog(tm) in 1998 and for ExperiNet(tm) in 2002. For more information, visit www.fourier-sys.com or phone 812-206-2333.
LanSchool v7.0 Lowers Price and Raises the Bar for Classroom Management
Orem, Utah May 14th, 2007 - LanSchool Technologies LLC, a leading provider of classroom management software, today announced a significant new release of its flagship product LanSchool. LanSchool v7.0 is important because it sets a new standard of value for improving the learning environment in a computer-based classroom.
"LanSchool v7.0 was a challenging project because we wanted to retain the simplicity of the product, while adding critical new features," said Dana Doggett, founder and President of LanSchool. "We believe the combination of superior core technology, a simple but attractive graphical user interface, a significant price drop and an unmatched support policy will make LanSchool v7.0 hard to pass up when comparing classroom management solutions."
LanSchool v7.0 enhances the ability for teachers to demonstrate to the class, remove distractions such as the Internet and unwanted games, monitor student progress and increase collaboration in the classroom.
Teachers, with a quick glance, will be able to tell if the students are on task. The new crisp, high color thumbnails also show the icons of the current website and application that the students are running. Students can now indicate they need help and teachers can assess student understanding through the new Voting and Chat features.
Technology coordinators will appreciate LanSchool's unique North American support policy. If customers encounter an issue that cannot be resolved over the phone or Internet, LanSchool will send out an engineer, at no cost to the customer, to fix the problem.
Pricing and Availability
The product also supports Windows Vista and will be available from LanSchool starting May 14th, 2007. Pricing decreased almost $200 from the previous version and starts at $599 per classroom. Competitive upgrades, small classroom licenses, K-12 school site licenses and volume discounts are also available. For more information contact LanSchool at 1-877-370-5546.
About LanSchool Technologies
LanSchool Technologies, LLC, is a leading provider of classroom management solutions for the education market. LanSchool, for the past 20 years, has enabled tens of thousands of teachers to easily remove distractions such as the Internet, Instant Messaging, E-mail and Games from the classroom. LanSchool is headquartered in Orem, Utah, with customers and resellers across the world. LanSchool can be found on the Web at www.lanschool.com or by calling 1-877-370-5546.
Press Contact:
Ben Cahoon
801-770-3096
ben@lanschool.com
Austin Independent School District Selects LanSchool v6.5 for District-Wide Classroom Management
Orem, Utah January 24, 2007 -LanSchool Technologies, developer of classroom-management and training software, today announced that Austin Independent School District has selected LanSchool v6.5 as the solution for classroom management district wide.
Shlomi Harif, the Director of Network Systems and Support for Austin ISD, evaluated available programs and decided to purchase a district wide license for LanSchool. "After using several classroom management solutions over many years, and seeing additional need and associated cost, we decided on a district-wide deployment benefiting all of the teachers in the district with better control over their classroom technology environment. LanSchool helps the teachers leverage our technology investments to improve learning in the classroom."
Sonia Conrad, the Manager of Desktop Engineering, performed a detailed evaluation of the top classroom management solutions and chose LanSchool because it was simple, reliable and performed as advertised. 'I was able to install LanSchool almost immediately and learn the product very quickly. The features that our teachers use everyday to control the classroom are literally a couple of mouse clicks away. Tests over our local and wide area networks showed minimal additional network traffic while multicasting," Ms. Conrad said.
LanSchool v6.5 returns control back to teachers in a computer-based classroom allowing them to improve the learning environment. LanSchool v6.5 allows teachers to remove distractions such as games, instant messaging, e-mail and the Internet. Teachers can also demonstrate skills by showing their screen on all of the student screens. Students stay on task because the teacher can now watch a thumbnail view of all student computer screens.
About LanSchool Technologies LLC
LanSchool Technologies LLC, an Orem, Utah-based company has been dedicated to developing technology that empowers teachers to better use computer technology in education since 1986. LanSchool has gained widespread acceptance throughout the K-12 and higher education market. LanSchool offers a product set and price point that perfectly fits the needs of the education marketplace. For more information please visit www.lanschool.com.
Company Contact:
Ben Cahoon, Vice President, LanSchool Technologies
877-370-5546
ben@lanschool.com
LanSchool Technologies Backs Classroom Management Software With Unique Technical Support Policy
Orem, Utah January 24, 2007 -LanSchool Technologies, developer of classroom-management and training software, today announced a unique technical support policy. The "Zero Bug" technical support policy from LanSchool guarantees that if a customer has a problem with LanSchool products, which cannot be resolved over the telephone or via email, LanSchool will send a developer to a customer's site anywhere in the continental United States or Canada to resolve the issue in person.
"The support we receive from LanSchool is consistent with the exceptional quality of its product," said Robert Jahnke from Saint Cloud Technical College. "LanSchool technology reduces concerns for downtime and empowers teachers in the classroom. The end result is attentive students who are prepared to learn."
"Our classroom and library solutions are so solidly designed that we don’t run into many technical problems," said Dana Doggett, President of LanSchool Technologies. "However, we believe that if one customer has a legitimate problem with our software, then 10 others might as well. Our goal is happy customers, to that end, we are willing to fly one of our developers to a customer's site to find and fix the problem."
The products that fall under this technical support policy are LanSchool v6.5 and LanSchool Monitor v2.0. LanSchool v6.5 provides educators and instructors with a greater ability to maintain control of the classroom. Students see what the teacher is doing on their own individual screen and LanSchool includes the capability to send text messages to all or selected students, monitor and restrict students' Internet usage, blank out all or selected students' screens, broadcast any student's screen to the class, and properly power down computers from one central location.
LanSchool Monitor v2.0 is software that works like a security camera for computers in the library. It displays a thumbnail view of student computer screens displaying them on one central monitor computer. LanSchool Monitor also allows instructors and librarians to show an individual's Internet history, send a text message to a user's screen, and force a user to log out if necessary.
About LanSchool Technologies LLC
LanSchool Technologies LLC, an Orem, Utah-based company has been dedicated to developing technology that empowers teachers to better use computer technology in education since 1986. LanSchool has gained widespread acceptance throughout the K-12 and higher education market. LanSchool offers a product set and price point that perfectly fits the needs of the education marketplace. For more information please visit www.lanschool.com.
Company Contact:
Ben Cahoon, Vice President LanSchool
877-370-5546
ben@lanschool.com
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