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There seems to be a nice step away from the static "office" style UI in products, towards a more freeflowing, visual, interactive way of manipulating, extracting, and displaying vast amounts of data quickly. At a glance get an overall picture/trends, then drill down to the detail if/when required. Microsoft have a research project called Pivot: Learn More about Pivot | Live Labs Pivot

Yes, we noticed the same issue here when testing Winfolder on Windows 7 x64. The pin input box of the Projector mode seems to only allow 3 digits not 4.

Thanks duncane, really helpful information. Interesting you mention staff are very postive on using SIMS alongside Frog. Probably helped if that is what they are used to using. Our teaching staff haven't had much exposure to SIMS in the classroom.

I know Bromcom will come in and do a presentation about it, but has anyone seen it in action or even got it? Has it even been rolled out to any schools yet?! Bromcom's website hasn't got much on it, no screenshots or videos on it. Although I understand it is based on their mychildaschool product and should link in well with their other products.

Do you also use SIMS with Frog for everything else, attendance, assessment, behaviour? If so, are you just linking from Frog to a local install of SIMS.net, SIMS terminal server, SIMS web parts?

Looks to be an additional purchase, a web based frontend to SIMS data-entry I think. An alternative to using SIMS.net, Bromcom Win/Webfolder, etc. Would seem you still need additional software with Frog as well, but guess you add them as icons in the VLE so all in one place. Easy of use and reduced workload are concerns of ours too for staff. Currently they are having to logon and learn several different products to do everything. The likes of SIMS.net, SLN2, etc all look a bit too office/admin in design with too much clutter. Not sure of PARS, but some staff like the look of the new Bromcom Webfolder; seems to do attendance, assessment and behaviour all within one website/logon. Bromcom also seem to do a parental portal and VLE, but cannot find much information on their VLE (not released yet?).

Notice Frog promote TASC Software PARS, for SIMS read/write access.

Sorry for hijacking your thread (seems a waste to start another frog topic), but I am interested to know how those using Frog have found it too. Any issues or considerations worth noting when going with Frog? Would be interested to know what software you are using alongside Frog, for attendance, assessment, behaviour, etc. If Frog integrates well with them, (ie SIMS, Lesson monitor, bromcom, etc)? Parent reporting and assessment modules fully working? thanks.