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Living Room / Re: Surfulater 3 - huge price hike (166%) + where is the Firefox add-on?
« on: December 11, 2008, 04:00 PM »
I replied to Avi the day after I received his reply, and I did check all SPAM filters for several days after that.
After the post on Donation Coder this morning, I purchased the Upgrade to Surfulater 3 (because I convinced myself of my need for the product).
I assumed that, because Avi took 9 days to respond to my original message, that he just hadn't gotten around to my reply, especially since I placed a timeline for being able to review the product for my November Newsletter. I also had a number of suggestions.
Besides suggesting that Surfulater offer educational discounts, I also pointed out the benefit for developing a server version of the program since this would be a selling point to school district IT professionals. (Stand alone applications on individual desktops basically get installed when the system are re-imaged. School districts seldom have the staff for machine-by-machine software installs. School districts represent a huge, untapped market, and teachers require real tools to integrate technology into their lesson planning and lesson delivery.
I also asked about site licensing for school campuses, and about reselling the product.
I still have these interests, although the review will have to wait until the January 31, 2009 issue of my newsletter.
I continue believe that the product is a "must have" for teachers, even if few of them will be able to spring for the cost of a personal copy. This is where a USB port of the program would be viable. Teachers conduct the majority of their research and lesson planning at home, then carry their work in to school. Or, they E-mail their work to themselves. Of course, saving a lot of Web page graphics on the USB drive might present storage issues, but I am sure that there is a work around. USB drives continue to fall in price, and the cost of the drive might be bundled with the application.
Thanks for your interest and concern.
After the post on Donation Coder this morning, I purchased the Upgrade to Surfulater 3 (because I convinced myself of my need for the product).
I assumed that, because Avi took 9 days to respond to my original message, that he just hadn't gotten around to my reply, especially since I placed a timeline for being able to review the product for my November Newsletter. I also had a number of suggestions.
Besides suggesting that Surfulater offer educational discounts, I also pointed out the benefit for developing a server version of the program since this would be a selling point to school district IT professionals. (Stand alone applications on individual desktops basically get installed when the system are re-imaged. School districts seldom have the staff for machine-by-machine software installs. School districts represent a huge, untapped market, and teachers require real tools to integrate technology into their lesson planning and lesson delivery.
I also asked about site licensing for school campuses, and about reselling the product.
I still have these interests, although the review will have to wait until the January 31, 2009 issue of my newsletter.
I continue believe that the product is a "must have" for teachers, even if few of them will be able to spring for the cost of a personal copy. This is where a USB port of the program would be viable. Teachers conduct the majority of their research and lesson planning at home, then carry their work in to school. Or, they E-mail their work to themselves. Of course, saving a lot of Web page graphics on the USB drive might present storage issues, but I am sure that there is a work around. USB drives continue to fall in price, and the cost of the drive might be bundled with the application.
Thanks for your interest and concern.