The ability for teachers to interact with students while other students have their screens blanked was the most requested of the new features. However, the ability for teachers to be alerted if a student tries to get around LanSchool by disabling their network was a close second. LanSchool’s audio capabilities are easier to access and have been significantly improved to use less network bandwidth.

“For this release we focused on listening to our customers and making changes they requested.” said Rick German, CEO of Stoneware, Inc. “This will be an exciting release for our user community because they’ll get to see their direct impact on making LanSchool the best classroom management product on the market!”

Pricing and Availability

LanSchool 7.7.3. is a free upgrade for customers under a current maintenance agreement. LanSchool educational pricing starts at USD$20 per device. Site licenses, volume and educational discounts are available.

LanSchool Announced as a CODiE Award Finalist

Stoneware is excited to announce that LanSchool was named a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Education CODiE Awards for Best Classroom Management Solution. The SIIA CODiE Awards are the premier award for the software and information industries, and have been recognizing product excellence for 27 years.

This year’s program features 23 Education categories, several of which are new or updated to reflect the latest industry trends and business models. Winners will be announced during a special awards dinner at the nation’s leading education technology conference, the Ed Tech Industry Summit, in San Francisco on May 6.

“We’re pleased with the innovative educational technology products that made it to this stage. All of this year’s finalists show great promise, and they should be proud of their finalist status,” said Karen Billings, vice president of the SIIA Education Division. “I look forward to seeing them all in May at the Ed Tech Industry Summit.”

Details about each finalist are listed at http://siia.net/codies/2013/finalists.asp

About Stoneware

Established in 2000, and acquired by Lenovo in 2012, Stoneware is a manufacturer of cloud computing and classroom management software. Stoneware’s Unified Cloud Platform allows IT to provide users with access to their files, applications, and reports from a universal webDesktop. With the acquisition of LanSchool Technologies, LLC. in 2011, Stoneware provides award-winning classroom management and monitoring software known for being reliable, simple, and easy-to-use.

Stoneware is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Stoneware serves clients in public, commercial, manufacturing, and health care.

With this release, LanSchool can manage students running Windows 8 in both Metro and Desktop interfaces, making it one of the first Classroom management solutions to have that capability.

“Adding Windows 8 support, as well as improving iOS and Linux support shows our continued commitment to maintaining a strong cross-platform solution.” said Rick German, CEO of Stoneware. “We understand that most computer environments contain a variety of devices and operating systems, and we support that by allowing our customers to purchase just one license to use on all platforms.”

Improved iPhone and iPad Features

LanSchool 7.7.2 contains a number of enhancements to the iOS Student app to allow iPads and iPhones to participate in Distance Teaching. Other improvements include iPhone 5 support, the ability to load class lists, and support for testing on iPads, iPhones and iPods.

• Group Chat

  LanSchool now includes the ability for a teacher to start and maintain a group chat. This aids with collaboration among students.

• Ubuntu 12 Support

  LanSchool 7.7.2 contains Ubuntu 12 support, making our most popular features available on this Linux platform.

Pricing and Availability

LanSchool 7.7.2. is a free upgrade for customers under a current maintenance agreement. LanSchool educational pricing starts at USD$599 per classroom. Volume and educational discounts are available for the product.

About Stoneware

Headquartered in Indianapolis and established in 2000, Stoneware is the leading manufacturer of Unified Cloud computing and Classroom Management software. Stoneware’s webNetwork software platform enables organizations to create a Unified Cloud, which delivers private cloud, public cloud and local device resources through a common webDesktop with a single password. LanSchool Classroom Management software is an award-winning product that helps teachers monitor their classes, remove distractions, and teach and assess student progress in a computer-based classroom. Visit www.stone-ware.com to learn more.

Stoneware is proud to be the first classroom management vendor to provide Distance Teaching over the Internet.  With this release, classroom management is no longer bound to an internal school network. Teachers have the same ability to help students learn no matter where they are located.

Distance Teaching is made possible by combining LanSchool with the webRelay technology inside Stoneware’s webNetwork 6.1.  

Other key features include:

Classroom Management from the Cloud
Because LanSchool 7.7 now integrates with webNetwork, districts can manage classrooms where students connect to the Cloud in a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) setting.  Students and teachers no longer have to install a LanSchool agent. They can authenticate to the webNetwork Unified Cloud, and the LanSchool On-demand agent runs on the device.

iOS Teacher Assistant
The Remote Control Student feature in LanSchool 7.7 allows teachers to be mobile in the classroom while still having access to remotely use the mouse and keyboard on a selected student’s machine. Remote Control Teacher allows teachers to use all the features of the LanSchool Teacher Console remotely.

iOS Student
LanSchool is the first classroom management vendor to monitor, limit and track web browsing on an iPad through the new integrated web browser. The  iOS Student app also includes the ability to receive “Show Teacher” and “Show Student” screen broadcasts

Android Support
LanSchool 7.7 supports Android smartphones and tablets so teachers can view student thumbnails, receive “Show Teacher” screen broadcasts, administer tests, send messages, receive voting results and reply to questions from students who are using Android devices in the classroom.

Pricing and Availability
LanSchool 7.7. is a free upgrade for customers under a current maintenance agreement.  LanSchool educational pricing starts at USD$599 per classroom. Volume and educational discounts are available for the product.

Android Student is a free app available from Google Play.

LanSchool Tech Console v7.7 allows techs to monitor security risks, keep everything up-to-date, provide support, save power and report on technology utilization.

The Tech Console will make your life easier by making hard tasks simple.

• View and enable security profiles
• View hardware and software inventory
• View and enable patch management for the OS
• Distribute software over the network
• Control Windows™ SteadyState® disk protection remotely
• Provide support through Remote Control and Chat
• Save power by viewing and setting power profiles
• Report on technology usage (web and applications)
• Prevent cyber-bullying and monitor computer use
• Send out school-wide emergency messages
• Receive support requests
• Send and retrieve files
• Remotely login computers
• Remotely update the LanSchool Teacher software

Note:The LanSchool Tech Console client is the same client used for the LanSchool v7.7 student software. So if you are implementing both LanSchool v7.7 and LanSchool Tech Console v7.7 you only need to deploy the student client once!

LanSchool recognized in Best Classroom Management System Category; webNetwork honored in Best Cloud Application/Service Category.

Indianapolis, IN, March 22, 2012 – Stoneware, Inc., the leading provider of web-based IT delivery solutions, announced today that its products, LanSchool and webNetwork, are finalist in the prestigious 27th Annual Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards. LanSchool is honored in the Best Classroom Management System Category, while webNetwork is honored in the Best Cloud Application/Service Category.

The SIIA CODiE Awards recognize excellence in the business software, digital content, and education technology industries. All nominated products and services receive a thorough review from seasoned industry experts who can identify strengths and give significant insights for improvements. In 27 years, SIIA has recognized more than 1,000 companies for achieving greatness in industries that expect innovative thinking and demand market validation.

“Stoneware is proud to be recognized by the SIIA,” said Rick German, CEO of Stoneware. “Having two products honored as finalists validates our cloud vision, and spurs our continued efforts to deliver the best possible solutions to our customers.”

Stoneware’s unified cloud platform allows users to access files, applications and reports that exist on local devices, public and private clouds. With Stoneware’s webNetwork, IT can retain security and control while providing users with quick, single sign-on access to resources and the freedom to choose their own device. More than 10,000 corporations and schools trust Stoneware to make their users happy, simplify IT and decrease technology costs in their organizations.

Stoneware’s LanSchool software manages and monitors school computing environments and is known worldwide for improving learning in 21st century classrooms.

About LanSchool Technologies, LLC

LanSchool Technologies is a leading provider of classroom and device management solutions for K12, higher education, government and corporate training markets. For 25 years, LanSchool has enabled tens of thousands of teachers, professors and trainers to improve the learning in their classrooms. Headquartered in Orem, Utah, LanSchool has customers and resellers located across the world. LanSchool can be found on the Web at www.lanschool.com or by calling 877-370-5546.

Stoneware, the leader in Unified Cloud computing, announced the upcoming availability of LanSchool 7.7. This release includes many new features but remains simple and easy-to-use, as teachers and tech coordinators have come to expect. LanSchool v7.7 includes the ability to provide Distance Teaching, expanded iOS Teacher Assistant, iOS Student and Android Student support.

“With this release, classroom management is no longer bound to an internal school network. Teachers have the same ability to help students learn wherever they are located.”

“We are proud to be the first classroom management vendor to provide Distance Teaching over the Internet,” said Rick German, CEO of Stoneware. “With this release, classroom management is no longer bound to an internal school network. Teachers have the same ability to help students learn wherever they are located.”

Distance Teaching is made possible by combining LanSchool with the webRelay technology inside Stoneware’s webNetwork 6.1.

Classroom Management from the Cloud

Because LanSchool 7.7 now integrates with webNetwork, districts can manage classrooms where students connect to the Cloud in a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) setting. Students and teachers no longer have to install a LanSchool agent. They can authenticate to the webNetwork Unified Cloud, and the LanSchool On-demand agent runs on the device.

iOS Teacher Assistant

The Remote Control Student feature in LanSchool 7.7 allows teachers to be mobile in the classroom while still having access to remotely use the mouse and keyboard on a selected student’s machine. Remote Control Teacher allows teachers to use all the features of the LanSchool Teacher Console remotely.

iOS Student

LanSchool is the first classroom management vendor to monitor, limit and track web browsing on an iPad through the new integrated web browser. The iOS Student app also includes the ability to receive “Show Teacher” and “Show Student” screen broadcasts.

Android Support

LanSchool 7.7 supports Android smartphones and tablets so teachers can view student thumbnails, receive “Show Teacher” screen broadcasts, administer tests, send messages, receive voting results and reply to questions from students who are using Android devices in the classroom.

Pricing and Availability

LanSchool 7.7. is a free upgrade for customers under a current maintenance agreement. LanSchool educational pricing starts at USD$599 per classroom. Volume and educational discounts are available for the product.