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Uses for T2H
blogging_thumbBecause T2H will be in the home, it is a perfect tool to educate both children and parents about:
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Newsletter
newsletter-mediumThe newsletters can include content you add and sent automatically each and every Friday afternoon.

Fundraising
advertising_thumbDon't go door to door - go inbox to inbox.

T2H store provides high quality products that people will buy.  Send your friends and family to the the online catalog so they can help your school.

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Online Responsibility
Secure you kids - teach them about online responsibilityYour kids are online - who is showing them how to behave?

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Homework
moderation_thumb"But Mom, I left my homework at school!"

See how we are using a calendar and document manager to facilitate homework - from home.

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Safe & Secure
safe-security_thumbWe keep the internet out.  Access is secured and search engines are blocked.
  • Minimal public access
  • Student Info. Protected
  • Search Engines told to not index
  • The teacher and parent are the moderators
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Features
survey_thumbWith over 120 - Teacher2Home is feature rich, yet easy to use.


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There are many features and options.  The following list are some of the features are found in each Teacher2Home.


They may be a bit of "geek-speak," but we wanted to be exhaustive and clearly show value.


Get ready...  Here it is...


Feature Enhanced
T2H
Site
Options to
Enhance the
Feature

Options YOU
have to
Configure


Front End
What studentsand parents see and experience
Publish Audio, Video, Flash, PDF, ...
- include from your site
- embed from other sites
(e.g. YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo, +20 more)
Yes 18 0
Site Search Yes 12
0
Personalize content with the student/parent's name
Yes 2
0
Web links with unlimited categories
Yes 13
0
Let student/parents get updates from your
sites via RSS newsfeed
Yes 19
0
Show latest information and content items
Yes 13
0
Show most popular news and content
Yes 13
0
Set publishing dates (to/from/forever) Yes 9
0
Not public - only show students and parents content and menus - general access is sequestered behind a secure login.
Yes 34
0
student/parent polling (multiple polls) & results
Yes 16
0
Easy (WYSIWYG) editor right on the site
and easily
- upload & include pictures/audio/video
- integrated spell check
- create tables (like this one)
- change fonts/sizes/bold/lists/color
- create links
- zoom from thumbnail to pop up
- undo/redo actions
- over 75 editing/formatting features
Yes 32
0
Allow student/parents to add blogs and articles from their
student/parent menu  (articles not published until
teacher reviews and authorizes)
Yes 35
0
Printer friendly (print, pdf, email icons)
Yes 4
0
Published related site newsfeeds on your T2H site
Yes 10
0
Training on usage for teachers, students, and  parents with  tutorials and how-to videos
Yes n/a
0
Discussion Group Forum Yes 132
0
Calendar of Events for homework, lessons, field trips, etc...
Yes 52
0
Photo Gallery
- Create Categories
- Comments
- Auto Create Thumbnails
- Easy Upload
- Slideshow for a category
- Geotag photos (show where they were taken on a google map)
- many, many more...
Yes 129
0
Newsletter
Yes 10
0
Private Messaging Yes varies
+20
0
Online Training System for Online classrooms
Yes 153
+courses
0
Chat / Shout box for students, teacher, parents
Yes 140
0
eCommerce Shopping Cart system for Fundraising
Optional
127
10/category
5/ship method
35/product
0
Design & Content Publishing Enhanced
T2H
Site
Options to
Enhance the
Feature
Options YOU
have to
Configure
Author/Editor/Publisher student/parent Authorization Yes 1
0
Easy to navigate menus and links within the site
Yes n/a
0
Multi-column format, tableless, collapsible positions
Yes 8
0
No splash page
Yes n/a
0
Optional web site designs, with various color schemes
Optional
14 0
Consistent page-to-page overall appearance Yes 4
0
No Iframes (better student/parent experience)
Yes n/a
0
Utilizes CSS and access to all CSS files Yes 8
0
Consistent use of colors (via CSS) Yes n/a
0
Uses relative font size for accessibility issues Varies
by Template
n/a
0
No direct mailto - avoids email spam harvesters Yes n/a
0
Built in spell checker Yes n/a
0
Bad word filtering Optional # of bad
words
0
Printer friendly (print, pdf, email icons) Yes 4
0
Multiple menuing formats
- menu listing (collapsed or exploded)
- pathway option
- menu  listing vertical or horizontal or both
Yes 3
0
Designer and Author tutorials and videos Yes n/a
0
Pre-Structured Content Containers (varies by grade level)
- News
- Students
- Parents
Yes
+14
types
n/a 0
Pre-loaded Content
- Newsfeed
- Web Links
Optional
n/a
0
Administrator Features Enhanced
T2H
Site
Options to
Enhance the
Feature
Options YOU
have to
Configure
Separate back end access (password protected) Yes 2 0
Two click site back up & download Yes 3
0
File manager interface Yes 2
0
Back end access to all systems
(e.g. forum, shopping cart, photo gallery, etc...)
Yes n/a 0
Email notification for submissions and registrations Yes 3
0
Manager access to back end features to
manage menus & content structure (sections and categories)
Yes
n/a
0
Easy back end menuing - no need to learn unix commands Yes n/a
0
Administrator tutorials and videos 
Yes n/a
0
Private Email Management (add/modify/forwards/vacation) Yes
varies
0
Disk space included 500Mb n/a
0
Bandwidth per month 1,000Mb n/a
0
Spam & Virus Scanning Yes 4
0
Search Engine Sequestered (nofollow all dirs in robots file) Yes 1 0


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