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Super School Software
The Right Tools for the Job
Serving a wide range of school systems across the US, including
those in major cities including Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento,
and Cleveland, Super School Software creates tools that work, for
administrative tasks and for exciting classroom applications.
"Project Super School provides technology based educational
solutions designed to assist special, general, and gifted students
in meeting their academic goals," explains software designer Bob
Barboza. And whatever the applications, Bob and his programming
team used FileMaker Pro to construct the engines for the programs.
"It provided all the necessary features," Bob declares, "and met
the cost requirements necessary to complete the project for
Macintosh and Windows-based computers."
The applications available from Project Super School are as varied
as the schools that use them. One is IEP (Individual Education
Plan) Writer Supreme IIc, a FileMaker Pro-based solution for
automatically completing the intricate and detailed paperwork
required for compliance with each state's regulations governing
Special Education programs -- a program adopted with great success
by the Los Angeles Unified School District. "With teachers licensed
to use the program at work or at home," Bob explains, "this
Macintosh and Windows-based solution makes it possible for
thousands of Special Education teachers and support staff to write
individual education plans for special-needs students throughout
this enormous district."
Another FileMaker Pro application developed by Project Super School
offers students a unique opportunity to explore a fascinating
culture. "The Super School Oral History Project was designed for
the Cape Verdeans of Southern California as a way of involving
their young children in the culture of their ancestors from the
Cape Verde Islands." describes Bob. "Students are given $100 to
interview a family member. In return they interview an older family
member who has knowledge of the Cape Verdean diaspora. Teachers
assist the students to assemble their histories on File Maker Pro
and document them with digital photos. Each completed history is
posted as an electronic e-Book, PDF File, and a Super School
Virtual School File. All files can be distributed to every member
of the family." While the application is designed around FileMaker
Pro 6, Bob anticipates it will continue to evolve with each
successive version of FileMaker Pro.
A third package offers a range of Before and After School programs
-- helping gifted students at the elementary and middle school
levels explore their early interests in medicine, the law, or
business. Each of these applications provide a classroom simulation
of medical, legal, or business training.
A fourth new package entitled "Goals, Objectives, Benchmarks, and
Standards" helps teachers to write individualized lesson plans and
IEP's based on state standards. "Teachers save time by having all
the components necessary to construct individual educational plans
from a powerful new database," Bob explains. "With a click of a
button your new plan is translated to Spanish." As with all of
Project Super School's products, the package makes effective use of
FileMaker Pro's flexibility and ease of use.
Ease of use was an important factor in Bob's decision to base his
projects on FileMaker Pro -- not just for students, but for
teachers as well. "There is very little time in the educational day
to learn long complicated relational databases," Bob declares. "If
the learning curve is too long educators will turn to other
solutions. We had lots of experience early on with relational
databases that were just too difficult to learn and use. Our
customers would get stuck and the customer service phone would ring
too often. FileMaker Pro made it easy on both programmers and
customers. We could make better products that were easy to
use."
And there are plenty of new ideas emerging from the Super School
Software development team -- projects with benefits for students
with special needs, students at risk, students with exciting
talents and varied interests. Whatever those applications, however
they work -- they'll be built on the strong foundation of FileMaker
Pro!
Contact information
Contact Info for Customer:Bob Barboza
Developer
Project Super School
562-594-8580
Suprschool@aol.com
http://www.superschoolsoftware.com
Filemaker Contact:
Kevin Mallon
Public Relations Manager
FileMaker Inc.
408-987-7227
kevin_mallon@filemaker.com
http://www.filemaker.com
- Software for teachers, software for students, software that makes school productive, software that makes school fun. That's what Project Super School is all about -- with a range of products built around FileMaker Pro.
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