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Effective Communications and Collaboration
“ The effectiveness of communities depends on the ease with which they communicate and collaborate”
Ferdi Serim From Computers to Community: Unlocking the Potential of the Wired Classroom

Effective Communications and Collaboration http://indexed.blogspot.com/2008/08/this-is-what-20-means.html

What is FirstClass? The Swiss Army Knife of Communications Products

Powerful Calendaring Services

Contact Management

Instant Messaging

FirstClass File Storage
Smart Containers:
Support for files, videos, and pictures
Application icons for all popular file formats
Support for image thumb-nailing

Collaboration - Conferences

Sharing Curriculum Development

Content Management

FirstClass Workspaces
Workspace application
Designed to facilitate online team projects
Integrates many existing FirstClass components
Wizard-approach to choosing from various Workspace styles

Application Development

Personal Web Publishing
Support for:
Web pages
Personal data
Photos
Blogs
Podcasts
Calendars
Files
Lists
Skins

Rapid Web Designer Simply fill in the form... … and get a professional web site

Rich School and Class Web Pages

Powerful Theme Controls

Voice Messaging

Customizable Student Experience
Make it fun!
Make it easy!
Make it relevant!
Make it engaging!

FirstClass Synchronization Services Synchronization Services FirstClass Core Server FCP SyncML

Advanced Mobile Device Access
Hi-fidelity access on advanced mobile devices
iPhone, Blackberry, etc.
Make it feel like a “Native App” on each platform

FirstClass Archive Services
FirstClass Archive Services
New FirstClass Services module
Connects via network to a specific FirstClass Core Server
Optimized for searching and storage of large numbers of items per user
Archives many different data types:
E-mail
Voice Mail
Fax
Instant Messaging
Calendar Events
Conference Content
Very simple Administration
Policy is configurable on a per group basis
Retention period is configurable on a per group basis
No end user involvement is required

BlueField – an Integrated Suite 06/09/09
A true integrated collaboration suite that includes:
Discussions
Workspaces
Profiles
Searching
Notification
Scanning
Presence
Blogs
Wikis
Tagging
Rating
Podcasting
Shared Bookmarks

A User’s Personal Homepage 06/09/09
Your digital dashboard into your online community:

Integrated User Profiles and Blogs 06/09/09
Extensible, Searchable, Auto-tagged

A Zero-click User Interface 06/09/09
Pop-up mini profiles as an example

Multiple Views of Persistent Objects 06/09/09
Spaces: The Feed tab shows all activity

The Discussions tab shows threaded discussions

The Document Tab shows just the files in the space

Multiple Formats for Wikis 06/09/09
Permission-based for corporate publishing

Powerful Instant Indexed Search 06/09/09
Relevancy ranked; organized by Content, People, and Community

Advanced Mobile Device Access
Hi-fidelity access on advanced mobile devices
iPhone, Blackberry, etc.
Make it feel like a “Native App” on each platform

FirstClass and ESAs
Revenue Opportunities
Hosted email, professional learning communities, unified messaging, archiving and school and teacher websites
Hosting partners available
Regionalize with FirstClass
Bring together distributed staff in a collaborative online environment for school improvement planning, professional learning, online resources, etc.
E-rate Eligibility
Email, web hosting, voice messaging,
ISTE pricing - volume discount ( 20000) users carry purchase order for 2 %

Jim Rieder [email_address] 403- 271 3182

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