LanSchool

LanSchool
Developer(s) Stoneware, Inc.
Initial release February 9, 1986 (1986-02-09) (as LanFan Technologies)
April 2001 (2001-04) (as LanSchool Technologies, LLC)
Type Classroom management
License Proprietary
Website www.lanschool.com

LanSchool is a classroom management program owned by Stoneware, Inc., a Lenovo Company. It is used by schools to monitor students' activity and improve learning in a digital classroom. It includes a screen monitor, keystroke monitor, teacher-to-student chat feature, URL monitor, and various other features. Both the LanSchool keystroke monitor and URL monitor can store data for later collection.[1] LanSchool can also be configured to remotely monitor students in realtime while they are outside of school.[2]

Technology

LanSchool products use a proprietary remote desktop protocol that communicates via TCP and UDP. A console application is installed on the Teacher’s computer which communicates peer-to-peer with a software agent running on the student computers. The software is available in a 'Teacher' and 'Student' edition. The Teacher edition allows the user to access and control the computers with the Student edition installed on them. Meaning for LanSchool to work ('correctly'), someone must install the software on each 'Student' computer.

Platforms

The LanSchool software is available for many well known platforms such as Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux.

History

Originally named LanFan Technologies, the company was founded in February 1986[3] when Dana Doggett began exploring the concept of a software application that would allow an instructor to leverage a local area network to teach using technology.

Dana developed a software tool called PC Chalkboard that was immediately implemented by Novell. PC Chalkboard allowed Novell lab instructors to broadcast their screens to each PC in the lab. LanSchool was licensed by both Intel and IBM and actively marketed through each company’s education sales channel. The IBM relationship is still active today. In April 2001, Dana left Intel and formed a new company, LanSchool Technologies, LLC where he could work on LanSchool full-time. The new company’s mission is to improve education worldwide through the use of innovative technological solutions.

Acquisitions

LanSchool was acquired by Stoneware in 2011. In September 2012 Lenovo announced the acquisition of Stoneware and the acquisition was completed on December 26, 2012.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Monitor Students". Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  2. ↑ "Classroom Management in the Cloud". Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  3. ↑ "Press Releases - LanSchool". LanSchool Press. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  4. ↑ "Lenovo To Acquire U.S. Cloud Company". UBM Channel. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
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