Global Chalkboard - Learning Environments

altGlobal Chalkboard Unites Technology with Instruction

BASCOM’s Global Chalkboard fills a void in the K-12 educational market that has been unaddressed by technology companies and overlooked by traditional education companies. It unites the traditional needs of networking security professionals with the special needs of educators in learning environments tasked with integrating the Internet into their curriculum.

Tabs - Global Chalkboard

  • Teachers
  • Parents
  • Administrators
  • Technology Directors
  • Students

Benefits of Using alt

  • Instantly provides high-quality Web resources that support classroom instruction.
  • Enforces project-based learning and the development of 21st century skills.
  • Comes preloaded with ready-to-use BASCOM lessons.
  • Supports using YouTube videos for education by focusing students to only select content.
  • Delivers a lesson builder to create Web-enriched lessons that promote active learning.

Benefits of Using alt

  • Prepares your child to compete globally by teaching them to use Web 2.0 applications for collaboration and learning.
  • Gives your child a secure platform for accessing Web resources used after school for homework.
  • Protects your child from inappropriate content if using a school-owned mobile device at home.
  • Maximizes the use of technology in your child's education.

Benefits of Using alt

  • Delivers more value from existing technology.
  • Facilitates the integration of technology into curriculum.
  • Gives teachers a platform for lesson collaboration while also facilitating policy standards.
  • Comes preloaded with lessons and includes a lesson building tool so teachers of all levels of technical proficiency can easily use Internet instruction in the classroom.
  • Enables At-Risk students to receive intervention services during the school day.

Benefits of Using alt

  • Delegates Web content decisions to teachers and Curriculum Superintendents while still securing access based on your school's Acceptable Use Policies.
  • Server-based; no need to install software on each workstation.
  • Delivers real-time proxy detection to prevent the client from circumventing the filter.
  • Includes a built-in firewall to provide an extra layer of protection by integrating with your existing firewall or operating independently as your network's primary firewall.
  • Maintenance-free including automatic upgrades, backup and recovery.

Benefits of Using alt

  • Promotes critical thinking and proactive learning by providing fast access to educational sites and activity-based lessons that can include Web 2.0 content—such as videos, wikis, and blogs.
  • Engages students in learning by letting them use technology in school the same way they use it in their social lives.
  • Becomes an anytime, anywhere "homework helper" by providing a secure platform for accessing Web resources.
  • Keeps students current with the latest technology so they can compete globally.

Tabs - Patronus

  • Librarians
  • Technology Directors
  • Library Directors
  • Patrons

Benefits of Using alt

  • Instantly override library filter for a specified time.
  • Customize access for staff, adults, young adults, and children.
  • Supports your library's Internet Use Policies.
  • Meets CIPA requirement for Technology Protection Measure.
  • Access to educator-selected sites only for children (Kids Zone Web Library).
  • Can open filter to everything but malicious sites to protect patrons from phishing and computers from viruses.

Benefits of Using alt

  • Extra Ethernet Interface can be used to quickly and inexpensively create a private, secure "guest network" for patrons.
  • Automatic, remote software upgrades and configuration back-ups.
  • Acceptable Use Policy screen creates a WiFi hotspot for patrons using their own laptops, requiring them to read and agree to your policies before getting online access.
  • Built-in firewall protects the network from outside intruders or inside hackers.
  • Web caching frees bandwidth and improves productivity.

Benefits of Using alt

  • Easy to use so Librarians can quickly change access.
  • Maintenance-free appliance that doesn't require a technology expert.
  • Saves money when creating a separate network for staff computers.
  • Includes Anywhere Filter for mobile Internet security of library-owned devices.
  • Protects your library by preventing patrons from downloading illegal content such as a pirated movie.

Benefits of Using alt

  • Protects you from accidentally providing personal information to phishing sites that pretend to be legitimate.
  • Unobtrusive filtering for adult Internet Use.
  • Age-appropriate Internet experience for young adults and teens.
  • Access to Kids Zone Web Library, an allowed list of sites picked by certified teachers.
  • Access to only select sites for dedicated subscription services.

Many Learning Environments... pick yours:

At-Risk Youth Facility
Catholic School
Public Charter School
Education Service Agency
Independent/Private School
Public Schools (K-12)
 

The Global Chalkboard is an innovative and customizable teaching tool that uses the Internet for learning. More than a school Internet filter, the award-winning Global Chalkboard provides immediate access to educational Web sites and builds Web-enriched lessons mapped to curriculum goals and state standards.

A Flexible, Easy to Use School Content Filtering & Curriculum Building Solution

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 ready-to-use Web lessons by using prepackaged BASCOM lessons; and it offers an advanced user a method of building their own, Web-based lessons using the Lesson Creator.

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