Educate.ie vs VSware

Educate.ie – A Small Publisher with Big Ideas Educate.ie is Irelands' newest educational publishing company, established in 2010 and based in Castleisland, Co. Kerry. With a range of primary and post-primary solutions that is growing rapidly, we aim to help students learn and achieve success at a price that is affordable. The Best of Both Worlds – Textbooks and eTextbooks In this transitional phase between textbooks and eTextbooks, educate.ie wants to make life as easy and affordable as possible for the student. With the launch of our new and exciting eTextbook range in 2012, we have a special offer for anyone who purchases one of our textbooks – they also get the eTextbook at no extra cost! This means that all user-generated content is saved to the cloud, ensuring that notes, bookmarks, highlights, etc. can be accessed from any location by logging into an educate.ie application or through a web browser. You can expect an excellent eTextbook experience with smooth performance, reliability and high-quality graphics. Please visit Educate.ie for further information and support-related questions.

The VSware app is now available for teachers and parents and students For teachers: MANAGE - Mark attendance for your classes using your device - anywhere, anytime - View all of your upcoming classes for the day on the home page at a glance - Upcoming classes colour coded to help you identify when you’ve taken attendance and when attendance is due - Know when you’ve been assigned a class to cover - Add behaviour incidents to your student’s record - Upload student profile pictures on the spot using your device’s camera MONITOR - Have instant access to your student’s behaviour incidents - View student’s attendance overview - View a list of all your students and search within this list - View a list of all your teaching groups and search within this list PLAN AHEAD - Use the new calendar feature to view your past and future classes - Take attendance for past classes if attendance was missed For parents: STAY IN THE KNOW - Easy to use interface - Dashboard to keep track of your child’s info - View your child’s timetable - Keep up to date with their attendance/assessment/behaviour - Keep track of and pay fees online - Submit subject preferences For students: STAY CONNECTED - Updated design - Check your timetable - View your attendance record - Access term reports - Send messages to teachers, staff, other students