K-12 Education
New Opportunities for E-Learning Networks

New Challenges for E-Learning

The special requirements of a modern classroom make the conventional challenges of web content delivery even more important to overcome.  Because e-Learning curriculum has grown, network congestion and slow Internet access can interfere with the educational process of these web-based learning tools, rendering them ineffective.

Integrating with the Community

Growing demands of the community frequently compound inherent challenges of the classroom.  The web permits parental involvement and oversight of daily school life as never before.  Communities now expect online access to teachers, grades, schedules, and assignments, as well as extracurricular activities.  This places new burdens on IT staff to provide round-the-clock network access with limited budgets and personnel.  The demand is extensive and resources are constrained.

CIPA-compliance

Effective educational networks must be more than just responsive.  Public schools must comply with the Children’s Internet Protection Act for content filtering of Internet access. The circumvention of legal liability against damaging and costly lawsuits over accessibility to inappropriate web sites is a growing concern for schools everywhere.

The Warp Solution

Warp Solutions is an industry-leading provider of web application acceleration and bandwidth optimization solutions for K-12 education.  Warp technologies solve the latency problems that can plague your institution - comprehensively. 

Static and Dynamic Caching

Warp technology allows you to cache educational content locally, on school premises, ensuring that repeated student access won’t entirely consume your network bandwidth.  Warp’s content management capabilities allow pre-population of educational content within your school’s network. Students enjoy nearly instant response from any access point, while teachers discover new possibilities for the use of electronic media.  Additionally, with the ability to cache dynamic content, you can further enhance access to dynamic learning forums, and increase the speed of student and staff web portals.

Streaming Media

Students live in a world inundated by rich media.  Why should these experiences be absent from the classroom?  Warp provides instructors with assurance that their rich media content will not overburden existing network infrastructure capacity. The promise of compelling multimedia as a teaching aid can finally be realized on a comprehensive, realistic basis without the need for expensive bandwidth expansion.  And Warp supports a full spectrum of rich media technologies, including Windows Media, QuickTime, and Real Networks.

CIPA-Compliance Filtering and Virus Scanning

Warp permits fine-grained control of Internet access with sophisticated content filtering solutions that prevent the appearance of unsuitable content.  Sophisticated virus-detection technology helps ensure that educational networks remain benign. Warp employs industry-leading content filtering and virus-detection technology from partners such as N2H2, Secure Computing, WebSense, and Xstop – all 100% CIPA-compliant.

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