I'm with steve8918 on this --- complaining about your customers not liking tech shows that you missed the point about their technology needs. Like... what if your school ALREADY has a system and you need to live with it? What if graphs aren't necessary, or even helpful? I get graphs that show where my kids grades on a standardized test compare to the scores of other kids in their cohort. These graphs are both trivial to make, and essentially useless at conveying information not contained in the raw numbers.
Also, it's CRITICAL to understand the difference between USERS and CUSTOMERS. If you sell something into schools, the SCHOOL BOARD is your CUSTOMER. The teachers are your USERS. You'd better make sure you can sell to the CUSTOMERS.
If you think about it, this explains why most school software is so astoundingly horrible: the CUSTOMERS don't ever have to use it!
My hat's off to anyone who wants to sell to this market --- I sure don't have the courage or masochism for it.
Also, it's CRITICAL to understand the difference between USERS and CUSTOMERS. If you sell something into schools, the SCHOOL BOARD is your CUSTOMER. The teachers are your USERS. You'd better make sure you can sell to the CUSTOMERS.
If you think about it, this explains why most school software is so astoundingly horrible: the CUSTOMERS don't ever have to use it!
My hat's off to anyone who wants to sell to this market --- I sure don't have the courage or masochism for it.