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High
school. What can we say about it? Originally, the
whole concept of the Zipper local news and local gossip
app came from idea of a better way to communicate within
a high school with smart phones. LIke all ideas, the
Zipper sprang from a lack of something out there in the
real world which we felt was needed. High school
websites are all sponsored by the school systems
themselves and they're great for the "business" of high
school such as schedules, phone numbers, faculty names,
etc but they do nothing for the "life" of high school.
The fun stuff that actually makes high school the event
that it is. We wanted something to capture that part of
high school. You can always go on the schools site or
check their twitter feed (if your high school's a little
more sophisticated) for the attendance line but what
about the real grist of high school. Parties, gossip,
events, sports....parties. Where can you get a
lifeline on the pulse of high school life? Glad you
asked.
The
easiest way to get all this info and give as well is
with the Zipper App on ITunes or Droid markets. It's
free and there are two ways to narrow or filter the
posts you see. Under the Location button, you will see
"High School" as a location. This is it. This is what
we've been looking for all this time. When you hit the
Location button, a flywheel will pop up with all the
available locations. The default setting is "All" but
you can quickly switch it to High School. The smart app
phone will automatically filter for your particular high
school in your area. The high school location may
actually require a pass code to access this Location
since we don't people outside the high school
eavesdropping. This partially depends on how you set it
up. Once you're tied up into the system, you will have
access to Zips or posts from all and to all high school
members within that school. The basic function of the
posts and the use of Channels (including gossip) will be
the same but the High School filter will apply it to
only items within High School. If someone posts Zips
which are not appropriate to your High School, they can
be flagged and also, the Thumbs (specifically the Thumbs
down) mechanism will quickly drop the message into
Zipper oblivion. So what kind of Zip posts are relevant
to the High School location?
Basically, anything that pertains to your High School
life. It could be events such as where the game is,
directions, carpooling, assemblies, menus, senior trips,
class pranks, parties on the weekend, you name it. It
might even be if someone has Mr. Hand's notes from
English. That's relevant if you suddenly can't find
your copy (and you happen to be Jeff Spicolli). You can
switch the Channel to sports and keep the Location at
High School to get up to date stats, scores, etc on your
high school's sports teams. Maybe you have an up and
coming high school band that's destined for stardom and
they're still playing someone's back yard. Coo. You
can post or find out about it on the Zipper. Sky's the
limit and we probably haven't even though of how high
schooler's will use the Zipper and High School
location. Yes, it's a little scary but the benefits are
huge in the ability to find out what's going on in your
high school instantly through your smart phone ZIpper
app. So....where is the party tonight?
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