Phone Messaging Services

With the storms that hit the Philadelphia area this past week, I wanted to take a look at some of the phone messaging programs that are available to school districts to get the word out to the various stakeholders (Parents, Students, Staff, etc.).  Below are the links to three websites of company's that provide this service, this is not an endorsement of any kind,  just simply a place to start your search if you are looking for such a system.  The nice thing about using a service, is the fact that you no longer have to make the phone tree to get word out to staff, and every household in the district will be contacted so no more time spent listening to the radio for those magical numbers.  Please let me know if you know of other providers so that I can add them to this list.

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School Messenger
http://www.schoolmessenger.com

Global Connect

http://www.gc1.com/industries/education.jsp

Database Systems Corp.

http://www.databasesystemscorp.com/psschool.htm

My first post

Welcome to my blog.  Over the course of this semester, I plan to use this blog as a resource to others who are looking for ways to incorporate technology into education.  I know that right now there is not much to look at, but please check back and see what I can find.