Press Release
Diane Hagan
BASCOM
(631) 434-6600
media@bascom.com
BASCOM's New Global Chalkboard 5.0 Honored with
LISTnet's 2007 Top Software Award
Hauppauge, New York - May 2, 2007—BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc., a leading software development company specializing in curriculum-based, Internet management solutions for K-12, today proudly announces that its new Global Chalkboard 5.0 is one of the winners of the 2007 Top Software Award by the Long Island Software & Technology Network (LISTnet). Each year LISTnet awards this honor to those Long Island software companies that recently announced an outstanding software and technical solution.
"BASCOM is very pleased that LISTnet awarded the Global Chalkboard the 2007 Top Software Award. This honor exemplifies the outstanding results of BASCOM's Technical Team in producing innovative, Internet teaching tools for the K-12 market," said Peter Cirasole, President & CEO of BASCOM. "Our developers are constantly improving our products based on input we receive from educators and this award recognizes this accomplishment."
The new Global Chalkboard 5.0 delivers a slick, new design for streamlined operation packaged with increased security and the following enhancements:
- New Improved Operation—a new user interface that's streamlined and easy to use; the ability to quickly add workstations for large school districts; and more flexible integration into existing networks.
- Increased Security & Smoother Operation—The ability to block all new uncategorized sites; the ability to allow all Web Library sites; more refined filtering; improvements in the ability to add and edit firewall rules; and the new Use Safe Search Operation to improve the security of search engines.
- A Variety of New Reports for Analyzing Internet Use
- Alignment of Lessons to State Standards—Teachers can now align their lessons to state standards. Drop-down menus are used to locate a specific standard; this drill-down process can be quickly repeated to assign multiple standards to a variety of disciplines. A print out of the lesson includes state standards and can be submitted as a lesson plan.
- New and Improved Dynamic HELP System—Instant access to online instructions.
About LISTnet
The objective of LISTnet is to promote Long Island as one of the national centers of excellence for Software and Technology solutions. This is achieved by facilitating collaborations between companies, establishing forums and events for the exchange of information, improving the quality/quantity of the labor force and partnering with companies that provide Long Island with all of the necessary services that will promote the continued growth of the Software and Technology Industries. Our goal is increased business for every LISTnet partner. For more information, please visit http://www.listnet.org.
About the Global Chalkboard
BASCOM's Global Chalkboard is an innovative and flexible teaching tool that uses the Internet for learning. The Global Chalkboard provides immediate access to educational Web sites and builds Web-enriched lessons mapped to curriculum goals and state standards.
The Global Chalkboard is both flexible and easy to use. It offers a novice user immediate access to educational sites with the Web Library; it offers an intermediate user prepackaged, ready-to-use BASCOM lessons; and it offers an advanced user a method of building their own, Web-based lessons using the Global Chalkboard's Lesson Creator.
About BASCOM
BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc. is a software development company specializing in curriculum-based, Internet management solutions for K-12 schools. From our beginning in 1996, BASCOM has focused on producing, next-generation, curriculum tools for the K-12 education market.
BASCOM's goal is to help children become successful learners by safely extracting the educational content of the Web. This is accomplished by building Internet teaching tools based on input we've received from K-12 educators. We are constantly adapting our products to meet the changing needs of today's teachers.
BASCOM is a privately held company located in Hauppauge, New York. For more information, visit www.bascom.com