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[Jeff Elkner <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm... Perhaps you haven't seen (or used the new UI), which looks (and
works) wonderfully (IMHO)!

jeff elkner

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Dooitze de Jong
<dooitzedejong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think the schooltool team should create a nice environment first before
> you tell the people about SchoolTool. It is still ugly I think.
> I think SchoolTool has to be renewed. The environment is not very logical
> and it doen't look professional at all.
> 2011/11/18 Gediminas Paulauskas <menesis@xxxxxx>
>>
>> 2011/11/18 Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > SchoolTool has always lacked a punchy slogan.  We've basically been
>> > stuck with something like "SchoolTool is a suite of free
>> > administrative software for schools around the world."  It was just
>> > the best we (mostly me) could come up with.
>> >
>> > As I was staring at that at the top of our new web page -- coming
>> > Tuesday -- the phrase "the Global Student Information System" popped
>> > into my head.  I think that's pretty good.  Also google indicates
>> > nobody really uses it.
>>
>> But SchoolTool is to be installed locally in each school.
>>
>> For someone in government looking for new software, a deployment model
>> is important. But it is not only not global, but even things that are
>> common to all school in a country (e.g. school years, holidays,
>> subjects in secondary schools) cannot be managed centrally.
>>
>> On the other end, for someone looking for software to run their
>> private school, global is not an advantage and may scare off.
>>
>> > Variations:
>> >
>> > The Global Student Information System
>> > A Global Student Information System
>> > The Free Global Student Information System
>> >
>> > Also there are terms other than "student information system" -- these
>> > are often called "management information systems" etc., but those
>> > don't necessarily get across the school connection without extra
>> > words.
>>
>> Isn't it a school management system? It helps manage information not
>> only about students, but teachers and projectors as well ;)
>>
>> --
>> Gediminas
>>
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