Bibliotech
and Microsoft to Collaborate
BiblioTech and Microsoft are collaborating to integrate
Microsoft's Class Server into the Schoolmaster secure
on-line Internet learning environment for schools
.
Microsoft's
Class Server is web-enabled software that allows teachers
and administrators to organise and manage instructional
resources, link learning and assessment to curriculum
standards and provide for individualised learning.
It allows teachers to manage online five major teaching
areas - curriculum standards, lesson plans, content,
assignment and assessment.
More than 2,500 schools from over 50 countries currently
enjoy the benefits of the Schoolmaster service.
Schoolmaster
is a safe, Web-based online learning environment designed
to facilitate the development of IT skills, collaborative
e-learning projects, individual student exploration
and teacher professional development. The integration
of Microsoft Class Server into the Schoolmaster framework
provides subscribing schools a powerful, new component
for managing learning content and assessment.
"Our
service provides a secure virtual learning environment
with many useful and easy-to-use communications and
teaching tools," says Philip Waite, head of sales
for Schoolmaster. "The addition of Class Server functionality
to this site adds a valuable managed learning component
to the service, which will bring Schoolmaster to the
forefront of online educational tools".
As
well as providing teachers with important time-saving
e-learning tools, Microsoft Class Server will also
benefit Schoolmaster subscribers by providing them
access to a range of learning resource modules from
educational publishers, as well as the ability to
develop and share online their own instructional materials.
Schoolmaster is an award-winning, interactive, online
learning environment designed specifically for schools,
education authorities, teachers, students and parents.
By combining a full suite of communication, groupware
and content delivery applications in a single, intuitive,
web-based interface, schoolmaster helps schools meet
their ICT infrastructure needs.
As
a closed community, schoolmaster enables safe, secure,
peer-to-peer interaction and inter-school projects..
In January 2000, schoolmaster received the prestigious
Intel-sponsored British Education Training Technology
(BETT 2000) award for "Best Software Application -
Secondary Schools".
November
6th, 2002
 
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