What is DreamSchoolz?
DreamSchoolz is a unique product which enables an interaction between the
educational institution and the community it serves, fostering the relationship
between the two. DreamSchoolz is a portal primarily designed for K 12 schools
to bridge the gap among students, educators, parents and administration,
in order to increase interactivity and communication and to facilitate collaborative
work and research. It increases the use of the Web by students and teachers
and thereby fosters further adoption of Information Society ideals within
the educational community.
Features of DreamSchoolz
Professional Development:
The product provides opportunities for educator to advance all areas of teaching
competencies through on-line courses and refreshers, discussions and collaboration
with colleagues, and shared resources with examples of best practices.
Instructional Support:
The technology and software support an integrated approach to instructional
delivery derived from standards. It includes an on-line database of standards-correlated
lesson plans. Teachers may direct assignments to students, including remedial
or advanced variations depending on student needs.
Assessment:
Software guides teachers through the development of assessments to determine
student mastery of material. Training for scoring performance-based or
portfolio material is available, including examples of student work at
multiple levels of mastery. Reports and analysis allow teachers to diagnose
student strengths and weaknesses, prescribe learning activities and monitor
progress. On-line assessments allow for rapid scoring and provide teachers
with more time to analyze the results.
Access and reporting levels:
Teachers, Students, Parents and stakeholders have varying levels of access
to tools, data and reports depending on need. Teachers have access to electronic
grade book, calendar, curriculum, content databases etc. Students have
access to assignments, works in progress, scores, resources and publish
their content anytime from anywhere.
Home school connection:
Parents would be able to access a child's grades and on-line portfolio via
the Web. Teachers and parents can exchange e-mail as well as communicate
via discussion forums. Virtual parent centers are created where information,
resources, feedback and guidance are provided to parents in helping their
children meet their academic targets.
Local and Global Community:
Community members at large would be able to access profiles and performance
of the school, learn about the school history, curriculum and events. They
can participate in general discussions as guest speakers.
Digital Library:
Through the Digital Library of the portal, users gain access to various educational
resources. The provided educational resources include, but are not limited
to, articles and publications, tests and exams, teaching instructions and
guidelines, and in general useful and practical educational material.
Special Interest Forums:
A number of online communities of special interest can be established through
the portal's forum facilities as a means for collaboration and communication
among the portal users. Users can propose discussion topics and participate
in evolving discussions.
Announcements board:
This facility allows wide dissemination of latest news and information on
educational topics, as well as access to the archives of all past announcements.
Advanced search facilities:
Users can use various search facilities (e.g. keyword-based, parameter-based)
to retrieve information regarding all the available portal content (digital
library resources, posted messages, announcements, student searchers etc).
Administration tools:
DreamSchoolz features an integrated content management system for organizing
and facilitating the collaborative creation and update of dynamic content.
Furthermore, it provides the administration of each school in the region
with support facilities for the accomplishment of administration tasks, such
as automated generation of statistical reports, management of curriculum,
student activities etc.
Beneficiaries of DreamSchoolz:
K-12 Schools and Community Colleges are the primary beneficiaries of DreamSchoolz.
Students and Teachers: Learning and teaching are highly assisted through
the available educational content, while collaboration is enhanced through
the communication portal facilities.
Parents: DreamSchoolz provides to parents access to information related to
educational activities, school contact information, courses curricula and
schedules, etc. Furthermore, they have the ability to communicate with other
stakeholders within the local educational community.
Administrations of Schools: The portal provides facilities for the management
to have structured presentation of information regarding the educational
services, performance and progress of the school.
Benefits of DreamSchoolz:
DreamSchoolz is a technically advanced portal with graphic rich content
and user friendly access to the different features.
DreamSchoolz follows a user-centric approach in designing user interfaces
for posting, and searching contents.
The Development process and careful design allows for customizations
as per user requirements.
Customer satisfaction has always contributed to our continued success.
Training for the teachers and students will be provided.
