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--- news:201601 [2016/01/19 13:11] – [Parent Web Connect Access] gregor
+++ news:201601 [2016/01/26 10:42] – [iPhone App] gregor
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 ===== January 2016 =====
 ==== iPhone App ====
-The anxiously awaited <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/silent-dismissal/id1050691346?mt=8" target="_blank">iPhone version of the Silent Dismissal Parent Connect app</a> is now available in the Apple App Store.
+The anxiously awaited [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/silent-dismissal/id1050691346?mt=8|iPhone version of the Silent Dismissal Parent Connect app]] is now available in the Apple App Store.
-It offers all of the same features as the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sdcsinc.silentdismissal&hl=en" target="_blnak">Android Parent Connect app</a>, including:
+It offers all of the same features as the [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sdcsinc.silentdismissal&hl=en|Android Parent Connect app]], including:
 **Basic Features**
   * View Student Profile including name spelling, classroom assignment, grade level
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 What was previously a very time consuming condition for the staff now becomes almost effortless.
-Consider another situation in which an after school group needs to be cancelled. I
+Consider another situation in which an after school club needs to be cancelled. Without App Alerts, this process would probably go something like this:
+  * Club leader contacts the school informing of necessity to cancel meeting today
+  * Front office makes announcement to entire school instructing students in club to come to the front office
+  * Each child in the club calls a parent to find out what to do at the end of school because the club was cancelled
+    * Not every student can reach a parent at that exact moment
+This process can take a substantial amount of time and effort by school staff and keeps some children out of the classroom for a protracted period of time.
+With App Alerts the process goes like this:
+  * Club leader contacts school
+  * Front office types message into Silent Dismissal and all parents are notified via the App Alert
+  * Parent uses Silent Dismissal Parent Connect App to set the explicit method for the day
+Done. That's it. Children do not need to be disturbed in the classroom.