Communications on the Web

Welcome to the Future in Educational Communications between Teachers, Students and Families

One of the most pressing challenges to Instructional Technology Directors in today's information rich environment is finding a way to empower your classroom teachers to sponsor a website without learning any programming. Until now potential solutions have either required too steep of a learning curve, or were not capable of presenting the depth of content desired by teachers

Beginning in 2000 Steven Rush, working closely with the Instructional Technology leaders in the Curriculum and Instruction Department of the Tacoma Public School System, began developing eduBoards to be used to dramatically increase communications between Tacoma’s 3600 certificated and classified staff members, 35,000 students and their families.

Programmers, Systems Administrators, Graphic Artists, Teachers, Administrators, Instructional Technology Directors, Tech Liaisons, and scores of other technology and education professionals came together and formed an ad hoc team to develop, expand, improve and implement eduBoards

In January of 2003, we began familiarizing the Technical Liaisons in each of Tacoma’s 36 elementary schools, 11 middle schools, and 7 high schools with eduBoards. Feedback has been extraordinarily positive from everyone involved.

Easy to Use

The Technical Liaisons returned to their schools and organized voluntary meetings with their teachers to give them an introduction to establishing their own eduBoards, and the concept began to expand rapidly throughout the district. One surprising aspect has been the flexibility offered by the product. Several departments who have managed web pages I the past have elected to use eduBoards instead!

The one comment we hear over and over at each eduBoards introductory meeting is how easy it is to use. Teachers who have considered themselves computer illiterate in the past now boast with provide about their eduBoards.

We are now ready to begin developing eduBoards installations for other school districts in the English-speaking world.

Help Overcome Budget Cuts

In the current budget climate we are seeing most school districts across the United States experiencing major budget cutbacks. The crises often mean an increase in classroom size and a decrease in services in many other areas. EduBoards offers a very inexpensive way for your district to empower the families of your students to become appreciably more involved in their students’ educational experience, thus rolling- back much of the detrimental impact caused by the budget cuts. Can your district afford to not do everything within their power to help empower families to get involved? Give us a call today.

What is eduBoards?

EduBoards is an easy-to-use online system designed to allow every teacher in your school, or school district, to publish instructional technology material and information about activities in the classroom for parents and students.

Move Ahead - The No Child Left Behind Act

EduBoards can help your district meet the No Child Left Behind Act that references "strategies for effective parent and community involvement." [SEC 5411.PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED (b)(1)(B)]. eduBaords if designed to be 100% CIPA compliant - ready to help in your E-Rate planning.

"Imagine empowering every classroom teacher in your school or district to easily communicate with students, parents, other staff members, family members and the community with an easy to use web application," says eduBoards lead programmer Steven Rush. "EduBoards is designed to require a learning curve of under 1/2 hour to start publishing on the web."

Try eduBoards Today

Visit eduBoards on the Tacoma Public School Boards Website and check them out! Be sure to visit the Home Board and check out the comprehensive on-line help system.