NetSupport School News

Strictly Education Solutions Monitor Students with NetSupport School

Fri, 19 Aug 2010 16:15:00 GMT

“We needed a tool that allowed us to manage curriculum PCs from a single control PC, to take control of desktops and monitor Student activity as they work, remotely support Students with tasks at desktop level and monitor Student usage of computers,” explains Dan Ramsunder, Project Manager.

“NetSupport School was selected as our preferred Classroom Management tool as it was easy to setup, very simple to use and minimal training was required. The most useful feature has been the live desktop monitoring, we can see exactly what Students are doing and if any further assistance is required. We can also instantly gain Students attention with the click of a button!”

About Strictly Education
Strictly Education comprises Strictly Education Support Services, which delivers services in Payroll, HR, Finance and Property Support, whilst our partner company, Strictly Education Solutions delivers ICT/MIS and Facilities Staffing servic....

NetSupport Continue To Raise The Bar For Efficient Network Performance

Sat, 13 Aug 2010 09:13:00 GMT

Available for immediate download, the latest technology update to leading Classroom Management and Training solution NetSupport School, continues NetSupport’s commitment to providing its customers with not only the most feature rich solutions but also the best performing in terms of speed and efficient use of network resources.

A key differentiator when comparing solutions that employ Remote Control and Desktop Management capabilities is how efficiently they perform across different networks and with a global install base approaching 9 million systems, this is an area where NetSupport lead the way.

This new release introduces a ‘low bandwidth mode’ that is ideal for use in low capacity wireless network environments, minimising any impact on your network while transporting data to and from systems. ICT labs will see particular benefits when sharing presentation materials between machines or when the teacher wishes to deliver multimedia con....

University of Texas Get The Best of Both Worlds With NetSupport’s Remote Management Technology

Wed, 10 Aug 2010 15:35:00 GMT

NetSupport recently caught up with long standing customer The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and were delighted to hear that the University are still maximizing the benefits of their investment.

With upwards of 400 desktops in use across campus, UTSA are typical of today’s forward thinking Higher Education establishments who rely on the availability of their IT infrastructure both in and out of the classroom. They therefore had some pretty clear objectives in mind when they set out to find the ideal PC management tools.

As UTSA Director John Soudah explains, when comparing solutions it quickly became apparent that NetSupport’s complementary offerings provided exceptional value for money and an unrivalled feature set; “We needed to make life easy for our technicians to support the user community and NetSupport Manager hit the mark in terms of the range of Desktop Management features it provided and the impressive Remote Control ....

North Cobb Christian School Manage IT Labs With NetSupport School

Wed, 3 Aug 2010 14:57:00 GMT

Based in Atlanta, North Cobb Christian School (NCCS) place great emphasis on computer led classes across all school grades and as such the distractions for inquisitive children are great!

As Technology Assistant Nathaniel Addicks explains; “We needed a solution that would assist the instructor in managing distractions in the classroom, and provide additional benefits for the Technology Department in assisting students and instructors. We evaluated a number of products as well as various open source solutions but NetSupport School immediately stood out as providing the full feature set and ease of use that we required.”

“NetSupport School’s range of PC and internet monitoring features help the instructors at NCCS maintain order in the classroom and keep students on task. The Technology Department are also catered for thanks to the Technician Console. This provides a range of dedicated tools that enable us to support and monitor all t....

Bulwark Technologies conducted NetSupport product training for Channel Partners in UAE

Tue, 26 Jul 2010 11:32:00 GMT

Bulwark Technologies, value added distributor for NetSupport Products in Middle East, have conducted sales and technical training on NetSupport Manager - the remote desktop management solution and NetSupport School - Classroom Training Software. This is being arranged as a part of our continued efforts in building up technically strong channel partners for delivering the solutions effectively to the end users with proper support for NetSupport products.

The training session was conducted by Mr. Varkeychan Davis, Sr. Technical Consultant at Bulwark's training facility in Dubai Silicon Oasis.

“In recent months, we have experienced an increase in requests from end users and our channel partners in the region for remote desktop management solution. This is a part of centrally managing the systems in the branches and remote offices for various helpdesk functions supporting users. The educational and training institutions in the region are implementing lat....

Phoenix Academy Manage Their Virtual Learning Environment With NetSupport School

Fri, 22 Jul 2010 12:54:00 GMT

The flexibility offered by ‘virtual’ learning environments is proving very popular across the United States education system, none more so than at the Phoenix Academy, where students are able to supplement their traditional classroom lessons with additional computer based training.

As Academy Director, Dr Walter Wolff explains; “Many of our students are attempting to make-up classes while others are taking additional lessons so they can graduate early from high school. Phoenix offers flexible scheduling to include classes both during the day and in the evening.”

While students enjoy the independence that this type of learning provides, the challenge for schools is how best to monitor the use of the technology, ensuring students are focused on the topic in hand and not using the equipment for more ‘personal’ matters! Equally, teachers still need the ability to engage and interact with the students when appropriate.
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Christchurch High School for Girls Transform ICT With NetSupport School

Tue, 19 Jul 2010 17:12:00 GMT

One of New Zealand’s foremost educational institutions, Christchurch High School for Girls, has installed NetSupport School in its ICT labs.

The market-leading Classroom Management solution has helped facilitate a much more focused approach to computer led lessons with teachers able to call upon a wide range of PC monitoring and real-time presentation tools. Although software of this nature can sometimes arouse suspicions among students, especially those who would prefer to have a little more freedom to surf, Christchurch High have been able to offset these concerns by extolling the virtues of the product as a collaborative tool that has many features designed to aid topic understanding.

NetSupport School encourages group working, with the Teacher able to delegate certain tools to selected students or “Group Leaders”. Within their Group, these Leaders can show their screen to selected students, conduct a group chat and/or collaborate on c....

ISTE 2010 Brings The Latest Technology Advances To US Educators

Sat, 2 Jul 2010 14:05:00 GMT

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®) is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving teaching and learning through the effective use of technology.

The Colorado Convention Center in Denver has just hosted ISTE's annual conference and expo (formerly NECC) and the event once again provided the ideal forum for NetSupport to update visitors on some of the exciting developments that have taken place in recent months.

NetSupport have been working hard not only on their own product enhancements but have also been instrumental in helping their industry partners introduce new technologies into classrooms around the world.

Shared-resource, thin client and desktop virtualization solutions were among the many emerging platforms in evidence at ISTE and over the past year NetSupport have been busy optimizing their market-leading Classroom Management software solution to support these....

The Chartered Institute Of Purchasing & Supply Establish A Disaster Recovery Plan With Help From NetSupport

Thu, 30 Jun 2010 09:23:00 GMT

The Chartered Institute Of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) have chosen NetSupport to remotely host their Disaster Recovery Servers.

CIPS is the leading body in procurement and supply chain management, helping individuals, business, organisations and the profession as a whole to maximise the benefits of procurement practice. Membership of the organisation provides many benefits including a comprehensive range of courses, conferences and publications. CIPS also offers business solutions packages.

Ensuring continuity of service to their customers is key and this led CIPS to look for a partner who could help minimise the amount of system downtime in the event of unforseen circumstances impacting on this objective.

As one of the leading providers of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery services in the East Midlands and East Anglia, NetSupport were ideally situated to help the South Lincolnshire based organisation.

However, as Brett Car....

ICT Best Practices Forum Gives African Educators A Glimpse Into The Future

Fri, 24 Jun 2010 15:04:00 GMT

The 3rd African ICT Best Practices Forum recently welcomed educators, ministerial representatives and technology providers from across the African continent and beyond to the International Conference Centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

The event, organised by the Government of Burkina Faso in partnership with Microsoft and the European Union, once again demonstrated the high level of interest in using technology solutions to address the critical development challenges in Africa.

The Best Practices Forum provides the ideal environment for government and advisory institutions to share ideas and experiences in order to create a roadmap for the future.

During the event a number of ‘real-life’ case studies were presented to delegates and these provided the ideal opportunity to see the various ways ICT is being implemented across different parts of the continent.

One such case study that proved to be of great interest involved....

NetSupport School Proves A Perfect Fit For Moscow High School #548

Thu, 16 Jun 2010 09:29:00 GMT

Moscow High School #548 is typical of the transformation that has been seen across Russian education in recent years. With a modern IT infrastructure in place, the school’s 2000 students and some 400 staff have access to the latest computer technology and digital equipment.

ICT Classrooms, modern language labs and the library are all equipped with the tools students and teachers need to enhance the learning process.

As Vice Principal Elena Shimutina explains; “The philosophy of the school is to provide students with access to a wide range of information and obviously the use of technology opens their eyes to what is available. We empower the students to freely research information with minimal input from the teachers. We are a huge school with students of different abilities in the same age group. We organise ‘blended learning’ and to successfully implement these methods we identified that a Classroom Management solution would enabl....

Lusaka Hosts 5th Annual eLearning Africa Conference

Tue, 7 Jun 2010 09:12:00 GMT

Zambia’s capital Lusaka has just played host to Africa’s largest annual education technology event, eLearning Africa. Designed to give education professionals from across Africa and beyond an insight into the latest technological advances, this year’s event saw representatives from 78 countries gather at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre.

Supporting the main conference was an exhibition where many of the world’s leading suppliers were on hand to showcase the latest educational resources and with ICT playing an increasing part across African schools, the event gave NetSupport and their industry partners the opportunity to demonstrate their range of complementary solutions.

In recent months NetSupport have been heavily involved in projects with two of the leading providers of shared resource and thin client computing, technology that delegates at eLearning seemed particularly keen to look at.

Wyse Technology is....

NetSupport Host Their Latest Business Continuity Open Day

Thu, 2 Jun 2010 16:08:00 GMT

‘Making Business Continuity and BS25999 work for you’ was the theme as local business leaders and business continuity planners gathered at NetSupport’s Market Deeping HQ for a recent Open Day hosted by NetSupport and their specialist Risk Management partners BGG Associates and CWL Systems.

As one of the leading providers in the region, a fact confirmed by the company’s recent nomination for Specialist Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Supplier of the Year at the National Business Continuity Awards, NetSupport are well qualified to advise businesses on the need for effective Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning.

The aim of the day was to provide delegates with an overview of business continuity and how the British Standard BS25999* can improve their business processes. After opening presentations by NetSupport’s Ravi Pathak, BGG’s David Gregory and Nick Lee from CWL, delegat....

Zürich Schule Are Still Seeing The Benefits Of Their NetSupport Purchase

Wed, 25 May 2010 12:43:00 GMT

According to Khristian Macías, Headmaster of the Zürich Schule, an international school in Barcelona, NetSupport School was; “The best software purchase we've ever made for our computer lab."

Long time users of the product, it was good to see that Zürich Schule are still benefitting from improved computer led classes when we recently spoke to Señor Macías.

Firstly, Señor Macías looked back at the issues the school faced; "We found ourselves, like many other schools, up against the challenge of taking advantage of the use of computers without falling into the various problems and distractions that arise with their use."

“My motive for acquiring classroom control software was that every day we were wasting a lot of time during the classes because the students were constantly messing around with the different social programs that ex....

Region One ESC Conference Brings The Best Educational Resources To Texas

Fri, 20 May 2010 10:28:00 GMT

Showcasing the latest educational technologies, the Region One Education Service Center (ESC) Conference is a popular destination for teaching professionals and administrators from across the State of Texas and beyond.

This year’s event, recently held at the South Padre Island Convention Center, saw NetSupport once again demonstrating their award winning Classroom Management solution, NetSupport School and as CEO Marcus Kingsley explains, visitors seemed much more open to discovering solutions that went beyond the boundaries of the traditional classroom for ones that provided support for emerging platforms and environments;

“It was positive to hear evidence of the increasing adoption of emerging platforms by School Districts across Southern Texas. Thin Client and Desktop Virtualization implementations appear to be on the increase which you would expect given the current economic climate, itself necessitating austerity & cost saving measures....

Norwegian Educators Gather In Trondheim For NKUL 2010

Tue, 17 May 2010 09:21:00 GMT

NKUL is Norway’s premier education technology conference and exhibition and the 2010 event recently held in Trondheim has certainly maintained that status.

Educators from across the region come to NKUL to see the latest ICT innovations and with technology playing an ever-increasing part in Norwegian schools there was plenty of interest in the vast array of hardware and software solutions on offer.

NetSupport’s Norwegian partners COMMAXX and Aktiv IKT were on hand to showcase the latest enhancements to the company’s range of Desktop Management and Support solutions and as Product Manager Lars Petter Lilleng explained, a large number of visitors were particularly keen to take a look at NetSupport School; “With computers now playing such a vital role in day-to-day teaching, many ICT teachers are starting to see the benefits of using Classroom Management software to help them deliver more effective computer led lessons and NetSupport Sc....

NetSupport School Proves To Be A Perfect Match For SIAST

Wed, 11 May 2010 17:43:00 GMT

When their existing class management system struggled to support the latest operating systems and range of niche applications in use in their labs, the Engineering Technology Department at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) turned to NetSupport for help.

“We chose NetSupport School to replace a monitor display system in our student computer labs.” explains Systems Analyst\Instructor Lorne Diakow.

”Of the products we tested, NetSupport School provided excellent support for all the 32 and 64bit Windows operating systems we use up to and including Windows 7 as well as being fully compatible with the specific applications used in the Engineering Technology Department such as Inventor, Solidworks, MasterCAM and Ansys, which our existing solution wasn’t."

"NetSupport School strikes a good balance between being feature rich yet easy to install and maintain and has an intuitive user in....

University of St Thomas Use NetSupport School In Their Virtual Desktop Environment

Tue, 10 May 2010 15:55:00 GMT

The University of St Thomas based in Minneapolis St Paul were looking for ways to improve interaction between instructors and students as well as finding a replacement for their existing Robotel hardware based classroom control solution.

As Software Engineer Saladin Cerimagic explains, a rigorous evaluation process took place before the University were able to make a final decision; “A number of products were tested but NetSupport School provided the best fit in terms of the class management functionality it provided as well as being the only product that was fully compatible with the NComputing virtual desktops that are in use across the campus.”

“Our decision to switch to an NComputing Virtual Desktop environment has really paid off in terms of the hardware savings it has made across our computer labs and classrooms. What we needed to complement this was a Class Management solution that would happily run on this setup. We checked out NC....

Prince George’s Community College Monitor 'Open' Computer Labs With NetSupport School

Sun, 24 Apr 2010 11:54:00 GMT

Located in Largo, Maryland, with additional sites at University Town Center in Hyattsville, Laurel College Center and Andrews Air Force Base, Prince George's Community College provide a wide range of traditional and cutting-edge classes to nearly 40,000 students on an annual basis.

Supporting 6000+ machines was proving problematic for both classroom instructors and lab technicians. The college has a number of ‘Open Labs’ where students can use computers without supervision and despite strict guidelines as to their use viruses were still prevalent.

Since introducing NetSupport School these issues have become a thing of the past. While teaching, it has allowed the Instructor to focus the students on what is being taught by limiting their computer access. NetSupport School’s range of presentation tools lets the teacher show their own screen to each student desktop, locking the student’s mouse and keyboard at the same time. A number of ....

NetSupport School Named Best Computer Lab Instruction Tool at 2010 BESSIE's

Wed, 20 Apr 2010 09:18:00 GMT

Atlanta, GA – April 19th 2010 - NetSupport School Announced As The 2010 Winner Of The 16th Annual Best Educational Software Awards, BESSIES, Within The Computer Lab Instruction Category

The BESSIES are one of two national awards sponsored by The ComputED Gazette, which has been readily available to educators online for more than 16 years and whose directors have provided the “finest computer education.” The awards target innovative and content-rich programs and websites that provide parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence.

NetSupport School v10.5 was named winner in the Best Teacher Tools category for Computer Lab Instruction for the fourth consecutive year, thus fortifying NetSupport’s market leading position.

"It’s extremely gratifying to receive such a clear vindication of our ongoing product development and introduction of appealing functionality ....