EdTech and Personalized Support

EdTech created a personal connection by providing a lot of support. The personal attention was unbelievable, saying, ‘don’t worry, we’ll take care of it’.

Beverly Zima, Auxiliary Book Clerk

EdTech makes it easy and simple for schools and students to manage and access individualized digital content using one platform, from any device.

School Success Story: Benedictine High School

While students and teachers of Benedictine High School were busy making summer plans, Beverly Zima, Auxiliary Book Clerk, found her first summer with the school consumed by one project: setting up the next calendar year’s e-reader access for each student. She quickly realized how daunting the task was. Every publisher had its own login, and sometimes each book from the same publisher even had a separate login.

Even with the help of school guidance counselors, providing online access to 360 students proved to be hundreds of hours of work. “After spending my entire summer organizing 360 students’ ebooks and lists of passwords, I then went to each class and instructed the students and teachers,” she said. “They had to go to the publisher’s website, find their book and bookmark the page. They could have five different websites and five different passwords. I did this for every student, freshmen to seniors.”

With her summer gone and the beginning of the year’s e-reader instruction completed, the headaches still didn’t stop. Students came to her with password issues and teachers weren’t able to access the websites, also coming to Beverly for help.

After the “not so smooth” transition to ebooks in the classroom, the school was determined to find a solution and searched for a company that could streamline the process for them. With this goal in mind, members of the school’s technology department researched companies and found EdTech Software’s website. A meeting was quickly set up between the school’s principal, IT personnel, Beverly and the Operations Manager at EdTech.

The first summer with EdTech took some work getting all the grade levels started and organized, but EdTech made it much easier by contacting the publishers to get the school’s ebook licenses and codes. Beverly said with a sigh of relief, “I didn’t have to do that heavy lifting and now all the kids have to do is get on the dashboard and all their books are in one place.”

References

Here are some of the schools using our services.

  1. Alverno Heights Academy, Sierra Madre, CA
    (All girls, K-12th grade, Catholic, 177 students)
    Contact: Hoku Janbazian, (626) 355-3463 x224

  2. Benedictine H.S., Cleveland, OH
    (All boys, K-12th grade, Catholic, 419 students)
    Contact: Richard Salem, (216) 421-2080

  3. Bishop Moore Catholic H.S., Orlando, FL
    (Coed, K-12th grade, Catholic, 1500 students)
    Contact: Mrs. Funston, (407) 293-7561 x299

  4. Cantwell Sacred Heart of Mary, Montebello, CA
    (Coed, 9-12th grade, Catholic, 500 students)
    Contact: Robert Fraley, (323) 887-2066

  5. Cathedral High School, Los Angeles, CA
    (Coed, 9–12th grade, Catholic, 734 students)
    Contact: Sulema Modesto, (562) 920-1734

  6. Central Catholic High School, Modesto, CA
    (Coed, 9-12th grade, Catholic, 375 students)
    Contact: Theresa Hubert (209) 524-9611

  7. Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, FL
    (Coed, 9-12th grade, Catholic, 1400 students)
    Contact: Pedro Garcia-Casals, (305) 223-5650

  8. Donovan Catholic, Toms River, NJ
    (Coed, 9-12th grade, Catholic, 685 students)
    Contact: Karin Krenek, (732) 349-8801

  9. Faith Lutheran M.S. & H.S., Las Vegas, NV
    (Coed, K-12th grade, Lutheran, 2058 students)
    Contact: Scott Fogo, (702) 802-4400

  10. Father Ryan High School, Nashville, TN
    (Coed, 9–12th grade, Catholic, 928 students)
    Contact: Andrew Cupit, (615) 383-4200

  11. King’s Way Christian Schools, Vancouver, WA
    (Coed, K-12th grade, Christian, 902 students)
    Contact: Valerie Coval, (306) 816-1223

  12. Mary Star of the Sea High School, San Pedro, CA
    (Coed, 9-12th grade, Catholic, 523 students)
    Contact: Michael Marinkovich, (310) 547-1138

  13. Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, NC
    (Coed, K–12th grade, Independent, 1165 students)
    Contact: Maria Ramusevic, (919) 847-0900

  14. St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, NJ
    (Coed, 9–12th grade, Catholic, 1008 students)
    Contact: Susan Conrad, (732) 739-0800

  15. St. Francis High School, Wheaton, IL
    (Coed, 9-12th grade, Catholic, 808 students)
    Contact: Cindy Johnson, (630) 668-5800 x1100

  16. Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CA
    (Coed, K-12th grade, Christian, 1600 students)
    Contact: Linda Brogden, (408) 517-2427