FileMaker Press Release
FileMaker Showcases Student Performance and Special Education Solutions at Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning Conference (MACUL)
“Easy Rubrics + Rapid Grades + Clear Standards =
Successful Performance,” a session designed to instruct
teachers how to automatically distribute class functions and grades
electronically will be presented March 15, 2:30 p.m.
Participants will explore the advantages of electronic distribution
of performance and assessment information and how to create
FileMaker Pro databases that work with Mac, Windows, and Palm
operating systems. The session will be led by Michael
Perry, business education teacher, East Paulding High School,
Paulding County School District, Dallas, Georgia and adjunct
instructor of business for the Coles School of Business at Kennesaw
State University, Kennesaw, Georgia.
A variety of K-12 solutions will be featured in the FileMaker booth
including student data management and special education solutions.
From Customized Relational Technology (CRT), Inc.
(http://www.iep-crt.com), CRT's General Student Management
Program is a comprehensive student database that tracks and reports
on student demographics, parent demographics, attendance, grading,
transportation, scheduling, invoicing, health, and state aid. CRT
also will show its IEP-related special education solutions for
curriculum planning and student performance tracking.
FileMaker database software helps schools in collecting, managing
and reporting on student and administrative data. More than 10,000
K-12 schools use FileMaker in their data-driven decision-making
processes to achieve greater operational efficiency, comply with
federal and state reporting requirements, and track student
performance. Recently, Technology & Learning
magazine named FileMaker Pro a 2006 Legacy Award winner.
Educators can download a 30-day free trial of FileMaker Pro 8.5
which includes the K-12 Education Starter Kit, featuring five
education starter solutions, a K-12 resource guide, and a student
assessment white paper at
www.filemakertrial.com/k-12.
Trial CDs of
FileMaker Pro 8.5, including the K-12 Education Starter Kit, will
be distributed in the FileMaker booth while supplies last.
About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker Pro is used by millions of individuals and workgroups
around the world to be more productive and efficient. Business,
education and government customers rely on FileMaker to manage
people, projects, images, assets and other information. In addition
to being the number one-selling easy-to-use database software, the
award-winning FileMaker product line also includes low-cost
Applications that automate basic business tasks, ready-to-use
Starter Solutions, and tools to create and share solutions from the
desktop to the web. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple Inc.