School Loop
Encyclopedia
School Loop is an online application for Elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...

, middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...

 and high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 students to view their grades online and communicate with teachers. It allows staff to upload a student's grades onto the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 for immediate viewing. Current assignments and files may also be posted on School Loop, and a feature known as "drop box" allows students to electronically submit their work.

History

School Loop was created by Mark Gross, a school teacher and parent, together with Tom Burns, an engineer,
as a tool used for grades and to check homework

Features

Teachers can post homework
Homework
Homework, or homework assignment, refers to tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class. Common homework assignments may include a quantity or period of reading to be performed, writing or typing to be completed, problems to be solved, a school project to be built...

for students, school announcements, and downloads. Class-specific information can be provided in a teacher's personal School Loop webpage. Students can see their homework assignments, school announcements and group discussions on School Loop. Both teachers and students can e-mail teachers through a site email system known as LoopMail. The system provides a calendar system for assignment due-dates. Students can also store files in a digital locker for later use. Groups can be formed by students with the permission of a teacher or a staff member. Parents can sign up to keep track of their child's progress and check homework, assignments and grades. Students can also discuss assignments with other students and teachers through assignment discussions.

Email

School Loop maintains an internal email system, "LoopMail". Users can send e-mail only to other School Loop users. If a user LoopMails another user, the LoopMail is sent to both the LoopMail inbox and the recipient's regular e-mail inbox.

Participating Schools

Approximately 1400 schools in 100 districts use School Loop as their homework-online service.

External links

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