Software Solutions
Classroom Management Software Operations
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ore than ever, students are accessing the Internet and using software to enhance and facilitate their learning. From Primary through to Higher Education, students and teachers recognize the benefits of technology across the curriculum. The challenge for educators is to control, channel and facilitate this amazing resource at our fingertips. Classroom Management Software has a wide range of functionality that allows teachers to monitor, control and deliver. Basic controls allow teachers and network administrators to start up, log on, log off and shutdown classrooms. Comprehensive log files and screen shots are stored to help identify problems when they occur. Policies can be applied ensuring that when classrooms are empty, the machines are shut down. Combined with the print manager facility, this helps the school save on energy and lower running costs.
Comment by Simon Bartram, Opertions Director, AB Tutor
It’s also possible to control specific applications and websites. By creating black or white lists the teacher can ensure that the students are focused on the right content. Complemented with other technology, i.e. Interactive Whiteboards, students’ screens can
be displayed on cycle leaving the teacher free to move about the room. Using quick launch features can save time and pre-load applications and web sites. This helps to ensure that more learning time in class is spent productively. By using the monitor, share and display functions, teachers are able to see what pupils are doing from a central point and display their work. Teachers can use tools to encourage peer to peer assessment and create discussion around good examples allowing students to gain insight and information to develop their own work. The quiet student is able to communicate and seek help from the teacher without drawing attention to themselves.
Classroom Management Software and a robust acceptable use policy helps shift the emphasis from control, through classroom pedagogy, to the student managing their own learning.
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AB Tutor release Version 7 A
B Tutor is a powerful intuitive classroom management software tool and has been supporting schools across the world since 2000. By working closely with teachers, ICT technicians and network administrators, AB Tutor are releasing Version 7 to keep up with school demand for multi -platform functionality. Version 7 has been completely re-written to enable the software to be compatible with a multitude of operating systems including Windows and Macs. The user interface has been redesigned so that it is more intuitive and smoother than ever. New functionality has been added so it is easier than ever for network administrators to set groups up, check inventories & processes and send batch files through the command prompt facility. Remote support for teachers in real time helps to keep classes running smoothly.
The new exam module facilitates ongoing class assessment. Using this tool, the teacher is able to assess and review learning during the lesson. It is now simple and straightforward to exhibit student work and encourage peer to peer collaboration and review during the course of a lesson.
From Primary all the way to Higher Education, time and energy are scarce resources. Powerful features and policies within AB Tutor allow education organisations to manage applications and internet access and save on energy costs.
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