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Thinkwave and LearningStation Partner
LearningStation, a leading Application Service Provider (ASP) to the educational market, today announced its partnership with ThinkWave, Inc. (www.thinkwave.com). The partnership enables ThinkWave Web Educator to be distributed to LearningStation subscribers nationwide.
LearningStation is leading the charge in using the Internet to deliver the latest curriculum and productivity applications to schools. ThinkWave Web Educator is a web-based grade-book that enables teachers to manage grades, assignments, lesson plans, calendars, and attendance using a standard Internet browser. Students and parents can access classroom information, including grades, attendance and lessons using secure Internet accounts. ThinkWave can dramatically improve student’s performance by enabling teachers to spend more time teaching and less time on paperwork and other administrative tasks. Students can stay up-to-date with class assignments and parents have the opportunity to stay involved in their child’s education by logging onto ThinkWave.
“LearningStation equips educators with the best software tools-of-the-trade within a superior ASP service,” states James Kiriakis, CEO of ThinkWave. He goes on to say, “ThinkWave Web Educator adds a powerful teacher grade-book, plus student and parent access to grades and attendance. 95% of teachers surveyed say that using ThinkWave helps students improve their grades - and that’s important.” ThinkWave Web Educator automatically creates secure, password-protected accounts for each student and parent in a class. Students and parents may logon at any time to view grades, attendance and even send a message to the teacher. ThinkWave makes it easy for students, teachers, and parents to communicate using the Internet. “Adding Web Educator to our Virtual Desktop puts a valuable resource in front of the teacher in an easy-to-use delivery method. ThinkWave’s current and future products are the new “wave” of school community productivity, and we are proud to offer these products through our ASP model,” states Jim Kirchner, President, LearningStation.
About LearningStation
LearningStation, a leading provider of customized portal solutions, focuses on helping schools authentically engage students in learning through innovative applications and web-based learning tools. LearningStation has been honored as a 2005 and 2006 SIIA Codie Award finalist, a 2003 Media & Methods Magazine Awards Portfolio recipient and a recipient of the EdNET 2002 Pioneer Award for significant contributions to the growth of education technology.
About ThinkWave
ThinkWave, Inc. was established in 1997 in Pacifica, California to help teachers, students, and parents work together in the educational process. ThinkWave provides teachers with classroom management applications and web technology that enable parents and students to access real-time information about students’ performance in class. For additional information on ThinkWave, please visit www.ThinkWave.com or call toll-free (866) 339-9283.