{"id":74,"date":"2017-02-01T02:06:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T02:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toolpot.co.uk\/toolpot\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:38:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T14:38:21","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.toolpot.co.uk\/toolpot\/index.php\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toolpot is constantly in a state of growth and we like to keep everyone up-to-date with new developments within our company. Our most recent news will appear at the top of this page and then step backwards in time as you scroll down the page.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toolpot.co.uk\/toolpot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/eziCohortLogo_large_hand.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-337 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.toolpot.co.uk\/toolpot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/eziCohortLogo_large_hand-300x54.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.toolpot.co.uk\/toolpot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/eziCohortLogo_large_hand-300x54.png 300w, http:\/\/www.toolpot.co.uk\/toolpot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/eziCohortLogo_large_hand.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Childcare Edition<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"color: red;\">News Update:<\/strong>\u00a0As of the 12\/04\/2017 we are now proud to announce that the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiddycarenurseries.co.uk\/\">KiddyCare Nurseries<\/a>\u00a0have become our most recent BETA testers for our new\u00a0<strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cohort<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9 <\/strong>software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nadine Burrell, Operations Manger, Kiddycare Nurseries<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<em>Kiddycare Nurseries highly recommends the <\/em><strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cohort<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9<\/strong><em> software application for many reasons. Its so simple and very user friendly, and has reduced both paperwork and key person administration time considerably. At the click of a mouse we can now produce accurate and very up-to-date trackers and Cohort reports instantly, which allows us to effectively plan next steps of learning for individual children, key persons key groups, different age groups and each\u00a0nursery as a whole.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Managers are now able to effectively moderate key groups of children and ensure baselines and trackers are completed in time and every time. The PDF reports are presented professionally and are easy to understand together with being a wonderful tool to present to parents, local authorities and <strong>OFSTED<\/strong>. We have found that the <\/em><strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cohort<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9<\/strong><em> software suite is an amazing and vital tool for the effective management of any childcare setting, either small or large.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"color: red;\">Get Involved:<\/strong> If you would like to get involved with our BETA testing program then <strong><a style=\"color: red;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toolpot.co.uk\/toolpot\/index.php\/contact-us\/\">get in touch<\/a><\/strong> today. We are particularly interested in independent registered Childminders who look after children from 0-5 years. This could possibly be a village\u00a0hall playgroup or someone who works from home as a Childminder.<\/p>\n<p>For the more advanced features of our\u00a0<strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cohort<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9 <\/strong>software, we are interested in Childcare nurseries with 30+ children who\u00a0have Key People assigned to them in different rooms.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We are now working on our next software project, <strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cohort<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9<\/strong>. This is initially aimed at the child care sector but later versions will cater for other sectors too.<\/p>\n<p>The first version of the <strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cohort<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9<\/strong> application will initially only run on a windows PC (Windows 7,8 and 10) but development for other platforms are\u00a0being planned for later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Below is an overview of the software features but you can find more details and screen shots by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toolpot.co.uk\/toolpot\/index.php\/ezicohort\/\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"color: red;\">Detailed Feature Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full child registration (This includes\u00a0<strong>SEN<\/strong>, Early Years Pupil Premium (<strong>EYPP<\/strong>) and Free Early Years\u00a0(<strong>FEE<\/strong>) for 2 year old and 3-4 year old funding which is used in the\u00a0<strong>COHORT<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>auditing feature.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Dynamic individual child <strong>Tracker\u00a0Assessments<\/strong> with key learning age expectation level indicators<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tracker\u00a0Assessments <\/strong>are <strong>time stamped to the second<\/strong>\u00a0allowing for very accurate <strong>COHORT reports<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>EYFS<\/strong>, <strong>Early Years Outcomes<\/strong> and <strong>Development Matters<\/strong> data support<\/li>\n<li>Time stamped<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>detailed<strong> PDF progress report<\/strong> <strong>creation,<\/strong> which gives you\u00a0an electronic printable record of your children&#8217;s progress<\/li>\n<li>Interactive <strong>Tracker Assessment Progress Charts<\/strong>, which give an overview of a child&#8217;s learning journey by analysing all <strong>Tracker Assessments<\/strong> made, for that child<\/li>\n<li>Full user control; Add users with <strong>different levels of access permission<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Add <strong>Key People<\/strong> who can only see, register, track and assess the children assigned to them or their rooms<\/li>\n<li><strong>COHORT<\/strong> reports filtered by <strong>Registration<\/strong>, <strong>Room<\/strong>, <strong>Key People<\/strong>, <strong>SEN<\/strong>, <strong>EYPP<\/strong>, <strong>FEE<\/strong>, <strong>Behind Age Band<\/strong>, <strong>At Age Band<\/strong>, <strong>Ahead of Age Band indicators<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>COHORT report feature<\/strong> allows you to see a\u00a0detailed overview of how your children are progressing<\/li>\n<li>Complete time stamped <strong>COHORT PDF report creation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Full online video tutorial support which cover all the software features<\/li>\n<li>All data is fully encrypted on your local machine.<\/li>\n<li>The only time our software will make a connection to the internet is to verify your software license details. And even then, this is done over a <strong>SSL<\/strong> (Secure Socket Layer) and <strong>fully encrypted<\/strong>, which is the same tech used when you log into your online bank account, so <strong>VERY secure indeed<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>You will be allocated a\u00a0&#8220;point of contact&#8221; expert who will answer all your questions and if they don&#8217;t know the answer to your question, they will find the answer for you. No more being passed from person to person.\u00a0One person, all the answers. Simple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"color: red;\">Future Bolt On Software:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full evidence creation bolt on using the\u00a0<strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Evidence<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9<\/strong> tablet software (IPAD)<\/li>\n<li>Take photos and videos of individual or groups of children, to support all COHORT reports made with\u00a0the <strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cohort<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9<\/strong> tracking software<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Show<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9<\/strong> tablet software (IPAD) allows for quick and easy video recall and playback through the use of augmented tracking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further information on the\u00a0<strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Evidence<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Show<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9\u00a0<\/strong>software will be made available at key development stages.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>We Need a Little Help with Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have been in development with the\u00a0<strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cohort<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9<\/strong> software for a while now and there is only so much testing which can be done here in the development studios. We now need nursery Practitioners and Child Minders to use and test our\u00a0EziCohort\u00a9 software.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in becoming a BETA tester then please <strong><a style=\"color: red;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toolpot.co.uk\/toolpot\/index.php\/contact-us\/\">get in touch<\/a><\/strong> today. We are only looking for a few independent child care businesses to help with testing and in return, you will receive our very first\u00a0version of\u00a0\u00a0<strong style=\"color: red;\">Ezi<\/strong><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cohort<\/strong><strong style=\"color: red;\">\u00a9<\/strong> \u00a0to use for free with no license fee to pay. If you have looked into this type of similar software, you will see that this could save you thousands over a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toolpot is constantly in a state of growth and we like to keep everyone up-to-date with new developments within our company. 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