Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Collège Central Jounieh Implements Skoolee Tools

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Collège Central Jounieh in Lebanon has chosen Skoolee Tools web-based software from White Mountain Technologies for its school management and student information system.

Reverend Fr. Wadih Al Skayem, Rector of Collège Central Jounieh and author, is an avid supporter of integrating technology into Lebanon’s schools. His school, a private Catholic institution established by the Lebanese Maronite Order (l'Ordre Libanais Maronite) in 1966, enrolls over 2300 students.

Fr. Al Skayem explains, "Skoolee Tools aligns with our vision of how technology should support school administration and parents. We want to use technology to community build, to ensure efficiency, and to enhance the quality of instruction for our students."

Using Skoolee Tools, staff manage all academic, administrative, and extracurricular tasks online or over the school’s local area network (LAN). The school’s I.T. Department generally serves as software administrator.

White Mountain implemented Skoolee Tools at Collège Central Jounieh within one month, working closely with administrators and I.T. to define customization needs, unique business rules, and data requirements.

Ghassan Abboud, Managing Director of White Mountain, describes Skoolee Tools as versatile and rich. "We customize the software with maximum results, so that schools get what they most need. After that, we take a systematic approach to customer support with regular follow ups."

Skoolee Tools is designed to meet the needs of international, private, and progressive public schools in the Arabian Gulf (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen), the Levant (Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria), and North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia).

Interface language options include English, Arabic, and French, as well as customization of other languages.

For additional information or a 20-minute live presentation, contact Romy Haddad at White Mountain Technologies or submit the Request Information form at skooleetools.com.

About Skoolee Tools

Skoolee is an evolving online initiative for the education sector in the Middle East and Africa.

As a first step, Skoolee Tools offers a customizable software solution to manage school and student information: user-friendly registration, fee and payment system; standardization of school processes; sophisticated online grading and exams; teacher and course assessment; SMS messaging capabilities for parents; discussion boards and tutorials; and conduct reporting, among others.
The brand is sometimes referred to as Skool Tools, School Tools, Skooli, Skoolie, Schooli, Skoole, Skooly, Schoolee, or Schooly.

Skoolee Tools complements other White Mountain software products for the global education sector:

UniversiTools (or University Tools) software modules help universities and institutions of higher education manage academic year cycles and services: scheduling of classrooms and exams, career center management, alumni relations management, grants & scholarships management, and resource & facilities allocation.

BaseCamp LMS corporate learning management system is designed for medium to large companies and organizations to manage professional education and training requirements online.


Contact Information
E-mail: info@skooleetools.com
Web: www.skooleetools.com

Lebanon
White Mountain Technologies
Hotel Dieu Street, Al-Mathaf Center, 2nd Floor
Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961-1-422 765
Fax: +961-1-422 765
Web: www.WhiteMountainTechnologies.com

UAE
PO Box 33263
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: + 971-50-302-9336

Qatar
Tel: +974-685-9294

Saudi Arabia
Tel: +966-56-927-9306


Thursday, March 19, 2009

Salem Saab Publishes in IEEE Journal

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White Mountain Technologies developer, Salem Saab, has co-authored an article in the January - March 2009 IEEE Transactions on Services Computing journal, Volume 2, Number 1.

Entitled 'A Distributed System for Consuming Web Services and Caching Their Responses in MANETs', the article was published with Dr. Hassan Artail of the American University of Beirut (AUB) School of Engineering, Department of Computer & Communications Engineering.

Salem joined White Mountain Technologies in July 2007 and has been instrumental in the development of school and university software systems for the Middle East education sector.

Salem is currently developing extensive modules for BaseCamp Learning Management System, to include a 9-country Payroll module and a full Human Resources (HR) Management module.

Salem received his ME degree in Computer & Communications Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 2006 with a focus on mobile computing.

During his undergraduate, he emphasized telecommunications, earning a BE degree from Beirut Arab University in Lebanon in 2004.

Alf mabrouk, Salem!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Antonine Sisters School Ghazir Implements Skoolee Tools

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Antonine Sisters School in Ghazir, Lebanon has implemented Skoolee Tools School Management and Student Information Software. Sister Dominique, Principal, selected Skoolee Tools with a long-term view to elevate education and school administration.

The decision furthers Antonine Sisters School mission of "innovative education". Founded in 1981, the school offers over 2300 students a trilingual Arabic-French-English curriculum, culminating in the Lebanese Baccalaureate. The school is located five kilometers from Jounieh.

“We took one year to prepare for Skoolee,” says Amal Tannous, Program Director. “It was our opportunity to reorganize how we work, to become innovative as we could as a school administration. So we clarified our business processes and restructured our Computer Department as first steps before installing Skoolee Tools.”

Skoolee Tools, developed by White Mountain Technologies, uses a systematic and personalized approach to implement the software. It first aligns with schools’ specific education rules and uses actual data to populate the system. This allows schools to standardize daily activities, making them quicker and more accurate in real time.

Before delivery, the Skoolee team checks data for accuracy, ensuring the software is ready to use when installation is complete. Implementation can take as little one work week.

Skoolee administrators (usually I.T. managers), administrators, teachers and staff then receive customized training, interactive sessions with easy-to-use manuals, on all Skoolee Tools features.

Ghassan Abboud, Managing Director of White Mountain Technologies, explains, “Technology fundamentally helps administrators organize how they want their schools to operate. With Skoolee Tools, they can choose accountability, transparency and communication with all members of the school community.”

For additional information or a 20-minute live presentation, contact Romy Haddad at White Mountain Technologies or submit the Request Information form at skooleetools.com.


About Skoolee Tools

Skoolee is an evolving online initiative for the education sector in the Middle East and Africa.

As a first step, Skoolee Tools offers a customizable software solution, in which a school’s existing data is migrated into the system. It includes functionality critical to school administration: user-friendly registration, fee and payment system; standardization of school processes; consolidation for school management organizations; teacher and course assessment; SMS messaging capabilities for parents; discussion boards for tutorials and creative thinking; sophisticated online exams and grading; and conduct reporting, among others.
The brand is sometimes referred to as Skool Tools, School Tools, Skooli, Skoolie, Schooli, Skoole, Skooly, Schoolee, or Schooly.

Skoolee Tools complements other White Mountain software products for the global education sector:

UniversiTools (or University Tools) software modules help universities and institutions of higher education manage academic year cycles and services: exam scheduling, classroom scheduling, finding common times, alumni management, career placement, grants & scholarships, resource & facilities allocation, and creating academic year calendars.

BaseCamp LMS corporate learning management system helps medium to large companies and organizations manage their executive and professional education and training requirements online.


Contact Information
E-mail: info@skooleetools.com
Web: www.skooleetools.com

Lebanon
White Mountain Technologies
Hotel Dieu Street, Al-Mathaf Center, 2nd Floor
Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961-1-422 765
Fax: +961-1-422 765
Web: www.WhiteMountainTechnologies.com

UAE
PO Box 33263
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: + 971-50-302-9336

Qatar
Tel: +974-685-9294

Saudi Arabia
Tel: +966-56-927-9306