Last week I went to my first education conference, which was hosted by the NJ School Board Association in Atlantic City, NJ. I didn’t quite know what to expect, but after manning the OnCourse booth for a while I started to notice a trend developing in the visits we were getting:
“We already use OnCourse, and we love it!”
“Hey, we love you guys!”
My favorite quote came after presenting the OnCourse Lesson Planner + Website to a curious administrator. She asked me how much the program costs, and when I told her, she went totally quiet. Then she said, “is that in dollars?”
I nodded, and she almost wrote a check on the spot.
What I’ve learned is that OnCourse has, by far, the most-user friendly and affordable Lesson Planner product of its kind. I did a few live demonstrations of the Planner, and I was met by an astonishing amount of ‘oos and ahs’. Our current customers were very excited to see the first glimpse of our new ‘Power Standards’ feature, which will be released sometime this year and gives administrators the power to ‘flag’ certain standards to help their teachers target lessons to important concepts.
Generally I work behind-the-scenes, so it was a pleasant surprise to see how well-received this program actually is, and it was great to finally meet some of the wonderful people that I converse with over e-mail.
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To be fair, there was one person who came to me with a problem they were having, which I fixed on the spot using the demonstration computer. This particular person didn’t know that any teacher can contact our support team directly. Our technical support team (of which I am a member) is great, so please don’t hesitate to use us!
Thank you to everyone who stopped to say hello, or who took the time to come and watch a demonstration of our software! The OnCourse Lesson Planner + Website is an easy way to start modernizing, and we are excited to welcome all of the new trial schools that we met at the conference!
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