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Digital Controls e-Tools@Work division releases new version of SchoolTools@work to K-12 Market
Dayton, OhioDigital Controls Corporation's e-Tools@Work division (formerly known as e-solutions@work) announced today a new release of its
SchoolTools@work product suite.
Version 3.1 of SchoolTools@work includes many new features designed to improve functionality and usability. Additionally, SchoolTools@work version 3.1 is deployed under a new licensing model from previous versions. The new model decreases the school district's upfront implementation costs.
SchoolTools@work, an Internet web application package, focuses on the communications between the school district and the community that the school district serves: students, parents, property owners
and prospective new residents through the district's website.
School officials and teachers all want to provide a high level of accurate and up to date information to parents and the entire community on
subjects such as school closings, homework assignments, field trips and many other issues.
However, keeping information on a district's website up to date is a complex process. SchoolTools@work now makes that process easier and cost effectively accomplishes this objective.
SchoolTools@work
enables school personnel: administrators, teachers, sports and extracurricular activity coaches to provide the community with up to date information on the school's many functions because they can publish the
information themselves without delay right to the district's website. SchoolTools@work addresses the problem of only a few people within the district being able to "publish" information to the district's
website. This traditional publishing model creates a "bottleneck" to timely information publishing.
More effective communications between the district and its community increases involvement in the
district's activities and improves understanding of the district's needs.
Removing the communications barriers between the district and the community it serves improves the quality of the education that the
district can deliver.
"All school superintendents are charged with the task of improving education in their district," said John Lynch, VP and General Manager of e-Tools@Work. Added Mr. Lynch,
"We find that through the increased involvement of the community that is realized with a SchoolTools@work deployment, the district's educational mission is better understood, its needs are easier for community
members to understand and its parents are better informed about their kids education because of improved communication with teachers. "
ABOUT E-TOOLS@WORK
e-Tools@Work focuses on database
driven web applications for the education (K-12) and local government markets. They have developed web application solutions for schools and city/county governments that make the task of managing and posting
website content simple enough for content owners to publish it to the Internet themselves.
Content publishing is delegated to the people who own the information; administrators, teachers, coaches, government officials, support staff, advisors, principals, etc. They also build K-12 district Staff Productivity Applications. These applications are designed to increase the time teachers have with students through the streamlining of processes like requesting and scheduling transportation or a leave day. These processes are very "paper intensive" and time consuming and take teachers away from their first mission, Teaching Kids. Learn more about SchoolTools@Work and the other Tools@Work families of applications by visiting www.digitalcontrols.com
ABOUT DIGITAL CONTROLS CORPORATION
Digital Controls is an IT services, software and development company with over 35 years of providing
technology solutions to its IT customers around the United States.
We serve our customers through three divisions:
Technology Services Group™, e-Tools@Work™ and Plus Technologies®..
Technology Services Group provides on-site and remote managed services for network and systems support, network security management services, a suite of professional services that include network and system design, staging and installation and complex configuration services. In addition, TSG offers predictively priced IT hardware and software deployment solutions. The company's Internet applications division, e-Tools@Work focuses on database driven web applications for education (K-12), and local and county government. In addition, the company's software division, Plus Technologies, is a developer and marketer of Advanced Document Delivery and Printer Management software solutions.
Digital Controls Contact:
Joel Vedder, VP of Corporate Marketing, Digital Controls Corporation, 444 Alexandersville Road, Miamisburg, OH 45342 937-384-0444
937-384-0842 fax [email protected]
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