FarStone Extends Deadline for Education Software Promotion.IRVINE Irvine, town, Scotland Irvine (ûr`vĭn), town (1991 pop. 32,507), North Ayrshire, SW Scotland, on the Irvine River estuary. Industries include iron and brass foundries. Other products are chemicals, electric goods, and clothing. , Calif. -- Offer Allows School Districts and Universities to Save $250 on the Purchase of VirtualClass(TM) Classroom Broadcast Software FarStone Technology Inc. today extended the deadline for its VirtualClass(TM) "Gold Star" Promotion through Feb. 14. The offer, which was originally slated to end on Jan. 31, gives teachers at educational institutions an affordable solution to be able to monitor, control, shut down, lock out and broadcast to an individual student's system or to an entire computer lab. "We understand and are sensitive to our education customers' concerns about funding and budget deadlines, so we have responded appropriately to meet their needs by extending this discount for an additional two weeks," said Tom Fedro, vice president, sales and marketing, FarStone. Lauded by teachers and students alike as time-saving time-saving adj → que ahorra tiempo time-saving adj → qui fait gagner du temps time-saving time adj → and easy-to-use, VirtualClass(TM) is a multimedia broadcast solution that creates a "virtual classroom" over the network, increasing student productivity and enhancing teaching and CBT (Computer-Based Training) Using the computer for training and instruction. CBT programs are called "courseware" and provide interactive training sessions for all disciplines. options. Students can easily see what is happening on the teacher's screen and can simultaneously listen to the teacher as they would in a normal classroom environment. And teachers can view and take full control over a student's computer in order to monitor the learning progress. John Gaspar Gaspar: see Wise Men of the East. , a computer lab teacher at Waldo Middle School in the East Aurora Aurora, cities, United States Aurora (ərôr`ə, ô–). 1 City (1990 pop. 222,103), Adams and Arapahoe counties, N central Colo., a growing suburb on the east side of Denver; inc. 1903. School District #131 in Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. , said: "VirtualClass(TM) has made teaching easier with the click of a few keys. The ability to broadcast to the students what I am doing on my computer has greatly improved the teaching process, and I love the ability to be able to monitor what my students are doing on their computers." "By having the ability to monitor my students, I am confident that they are doing their school work. The students like the fact that they can see the actual demonstration on their monitors," added Gaspar. VirtualClass(TM) "Gold Star" promotion details are available at http://www.farstone.com/virtualclass. A free 30-day trial of VirtualClass(TM) is available upon request at http://www.farstone.com/home/ensite/comportion/promosupport_form.shtml More information about VirtualClass(TM) classroom broadcast software is available at http://www.farstone.com/home/ensite/products/virtualclass.shtml. About FarStone Founded in 1993, FarStone Technology is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-certified software company specializing in security and CD/DVD solutions. With headquarters in Irvine, FarStone has international offices worldwide and more than 125 employees. FarStone's global technology partners include Intel, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Phoenix Technologies and Toshiba. For more information about FarStone, please visit www.farstone.com. |
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