1) SocialNZone is a social network designed specifically for schools to allow customized communication while also generating additional funding through methods like banner ads, avatars, and electronic forms.
2) It emphasizes safety and control by schools while allowing communication and connection between current and former students, teachers, and the broader community.
3) Additional features include an online health research center, interactive media sharing, and tools to assist students' learning and achievement.
9. Simple, Effective, and Customizable schools can promote in-house programs or local businesses
10. SAFETY The safety and welfare of the school's community and its students are insured when schools have the ability to control their own social network. Other national social networks expose users to individuals with possible poor intentions A high school spirit social network enables administrative controls to help protect young people *Opposed to problems in the past, our system eliminates users with bad intentions from accessing personnel's data stored on a hard drive.
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14. Provides ability to make payments anytime, anywhere there is Internet access.
22. For example, universities across the country rely on social media outlets to dispense class notes, allow for student collaboration and discussions, and even used to retain the current student body.
23. NPR Article: Can Social Networking Keep Students In School?Http://www.npr.org/2011/02/09/133598049/can-social-networking-keep-students-in- school
24. Online Health Search Engine We share our passion for health information and technology by extending our virtual research center to users of SocialNZone.
25. ONLINE HEALTH RESEARCH Research Center includes a Drug Encyclopedia, Merriam Webster's Healthcare Medical Dictionary, FastNurse Research Assistant, and a Health Search Engine Physician FastConnect allows SocialNZone users to contact associated area Physician Practices in the community. Builds greater loyalty to your network through interactive healthcare and research. The school receives exposure upon each visit. Email capabilities to multiple people, click directly back to your school website, or connect to a Dr, all while branding your school, the local hospitals, the teachers and physicians, etc.
26. PROMOTING GOOD CHARACTER Promotion of good values and morals are embedded at an early age of a child's developmental process. The famous African Proverb "It takes a village to raise a child", extends to the digitalized world we have all become acclimated with. SocialNZone ensures a safe, practical, and innovative way to provide your community a safe virtual village.
27. When Bad Apples Fall We host and your school's social network on our servers. This allows us to control and monitor user activity. Offering a safe social network we allow teachers to get back to their passion, TEACHING. Administrative controls are in-forced with built in scrubbers to eliminate any inappropriate verbiage.
28. Exposure For Your Students Profile - users can post their stories and include links to various resources. Interactive Media Gallery - Allowing users to display achievements they are most proud of documents, audio, photos, video....... Communicate in real time Publish notes, memos, and other works Increase the SEO and SMO with a creditable, organic system the school can be proud of.
29. Interactive Features Parents or tutors can access data and additional links provided by instructors to help students master the material. - ( Quizzes, Exams, SATs, End of Course Exams..) SocialNZone works with users to obtain personal goals and limiting distractions - This allows the national outlets such as Facebook and Twitter to be utilized for the intended reason, socialization. The system also saves schools additional time and resources with the use of paperless applications.