• POW-PAK makes it easy to increase communication with students, parents, and community.
• POW-PAK gives the ability to create full-featured web sites with no HTML or web design knowledge.
• POW-PAK is designed with education in mind, allowing teachers to easily create such pages as:
  • A welcome page.
  • A links page for connecting student to valuable education web sites that can enhance time spent in school and extend the learning beyond the classroom.
  • A files page where students can get study guides, needed forms, instructional presentations, and more.
  • A pictures page for displaying class activities and curricular-related images.
  • Several types of calendars for posting homework, due dates, birthdays, and special events.
  • A WebQuest page for designing their own online learning activities.
  • A lesson plan page to share their best lessons quickly and easily.
  • A word search creator.
  • A school-safe blog to provide an interactive experience for your students
  • A full-featured podcast page to share podcasts created by you or your students
  • And much more.
• In addition, POW-PAK is integrated with the Ohio Treasure Chest of Tech Resources, a free online collection of thousands of great educational web sites aligned to the Ohio Academic Content Standards. With the click of your mouse, resources from the Treasure Chest can be added to your links page.
• With a built-in 175,000 word spell checker, POW-PAK helps to keep their pages professional.
• Since POW-PAK is web-based, teachers can work on their web site from any computer with Internet access, including school, home, and elsewhere.
• With POW-PAK there is no delay in getting their ideas online. Web pages they create are instantly on the web, rather than having to go to a tech person for later uploading.

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• Students can learn more about their teachers.
• They can check on homework assignments, due dates, and other important events from the online calendars.
• They can get study guides, needed forms, instructional presentations, and more from the files page.
• They can get access to great educational web sites through the links page. This can help them when they are at home to complete assignments, get extra practice, and extend their learning outside of the classroom.
• Students can use the WebQuests page to complete exciting online lessons.
• The word search page lets older students review vocabulary in a fun way, while helping younger students practice their spelling words.
• The school-safe blog allows students to contribute to the class web site through teacher-approved comments.

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• Parents can learn about their children's teachers.
• They can check on homework assignments, due dates, and other important events from the online calendars.
• They can get needed forms, such as supply lists and permission slips, from the files page.
• They can get access to great educational web sites through the links page. With these links they can help their children study and learn at home.
• Parents can easily communicate with teachers through email links on the web sites.
• Parents can see pictures of classroom activities and field trips through the pictures page.
• Parents can be sure to never miss anything new by subscribing to the classroom blog or podcast. Once subscribed, any new content will come to them automatically.

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• POW-PAK is installed on your own web server, so you have total control over it.
• POW-PAK is easy for staff members to use, so there is very little training or support needed. Plus, POW-PAK comes with over 60 online help pages. These help guides provide users with easy-to-understand assistance on every aspect of the program.
• As staff members create their web pages, they go online immediately. You are not required to take time debugging and uploading their work.
• POW-PAK comes with a built-in account creator through the easy-to-use administration screen to add and manage your staff members.

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• POW-PAK provides excellent communication between your schools and the parents and community.
• POW-PAK is easy for your staff to use and your techies to manage, so time is not wasted. Your staff can spend their time doing what is most important - educating children.
• POW-PAK can be used to increase student achievement through online lessons (WebQuests), study guides, links to education web sites, and more.
• POW-PAK is free, so it is not a strain on your budget.

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• POW-PAK is not just for teachers, but is designed to be used by all members of the school staff, again with no knowledge of HTML or web design needed. Some examples are below:
• Coaches and advisors can create web sites for their teams and clubs with all the normal tools and features specifically geared toward them including:
  • A competition calendar for displaying the team schedule and record for as many seasons as you want.
  • An activity calendar for all your meetings or performances.
  • A roster page to list all team or club members and their stats.
  • A records page to list all the current records held by members of your teams.
• Secretaries can use the files page to make common forms available online to staff members, students, and parents.

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