About Schoolcandy Online Education: Free Web-Based Testing, Lessons and Crossword Puzzles!

Schoolcandy Online Education started in 1999 by Jodie Haraga. The initial system was designed to improve education in Ms. Haraga's classroom. Soon other teachers noticed the benefits and the system was modified to accept more users. The system evolved based on teachers' real classroom needs: Simplicity, Ease of use, Time savings, Security, Reliability, Flexibility and the ability to Collaborate.

Schoolcandy Online Assignments and a Crossword Puzzle Generator were added in 2003.

Schoolcandy operates as a not-for-profit. It serves teachers and students in countries around the world.

Free Services
Schoolcandy is dedicated to helping improve education.

The majority of Schoolcandy's online services are free for teachers and students. Schoolcandy also provides various services to support online education: Seminars, conferences, training sessions, and consulting services.

Areas of expertise include:

Online Education Portals
Online Assessment Security
How to use Web-based Assessment Effectively
Integrating Online Assignments

Ms. Haraga has worked with hundreds of other teachers to study the effects of these technologies in different teaching environments. Haraga consults in educational technology in the public and private sectors and continues to teach business technology education in public high schools. She is always available to help other teachers experience the benefits technology can bring to students, teachers, administrators and parents!

Technical Information
Schoolcandy is a PHP based system designed to handle over 10,000 teacher accounts per server. While the public version of Schoolcandy operates on a Linux server a Windows version is also available. Schoolcandy web pages require Internet Explorer 4+, Netscape 7+ or other Java and CSS compatible browsers. Schoolcandy offers dedicated, customer-branded, customized servers operating on or off customer's sites.