Instant Messaging on a Secure Network
Meg McCaffrey -- School Library Journal, 2/1/2003
E/pop, for example, can replace a public- address system, providing emergency notifications that pop up on the computer screens of teachers and others on the network. The software also allows users to designate one person to be in charge of emergency notifications.
"Many of our school customers were seeking a desktop alternative to a traditional public address system and found that e/pop can be used to disseminate critical information as well as daily memorandum related to school events and procedures," says Allen Drennan, WiredRed's president and chief executive officer.
Jo Ellen Hays, a librarian at Kirksville (IL) High School, says the software allows her to send mass messages to the entire district or to one specific staff member. "Teachers use it to send me reference questions and to request certain titles," she says. The school also uses e/pop to verify student absentees. For pricing, see www.wiredred.com.
