SchoolTool

Infobox Software

name = SchoolTool



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released = 2004
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license = GNU GPLv3
website = [http://schooltool.org SchoolTool.org]

SchoolTool is a project to develop a common global school administration infrastructure that is free and open source software.

The three sub-projects of School Tool are as follows:
* The SchoolTool Calendar and SchoolBell are calendar and resource management tools for schools available as part of the Edubuntu Linux distribution. Fact|date=February 2007
* A SchoolTool student information system is being developed and tested in collaboration with schools in Lithuania and Belgium during the 2006 - 2007 school year. Fact|date=February 2007
* CanDo is a SchoolTool-based skills tracking program developed by Virginia students and teachers to track which skills students are acquiring in their classes and at what level of competency. [cite web |title=Cando Student Competency Tracker |url=http://www.apsva.us/15692062517474713/site/default.asp |accessdate=2008-08-03]

References

See also

* Metadata
* Enterprise Application Integration
* Open Knowledge Initiative
* Web services

External links

* [http://www.schooltool.org/ Website]
* [http://launchpad.net/schooltool Launchpad site]