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GeoLearning, Inc. recently announced it has been awarded a portion of a seven-year, $980 million program launched by the Department of Transportation under which federal, state and local agencies can turn for help when developing projects involving state-of-the-art technology. The Speciaers to rapidly acquire a wide array of specialized or “niche” information technology services and […]
In the first major primetime restructuring in over a quarter of a century, PBS is announcing a new Fall 2001 lineup based on a successful Pilot Schedule Project aimed at creating a more viewer-friendly program schedule. The announcement was made today by PBS President and CEO Pat Mitchell. The programming experiment was launched last October […]
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and officials from the PBS Ready to Learn Service, WGBH Boston and Mississippi ETV today announced a distinctive year-long project using the Emmy Award-winning PBS Kids program BETWEEN THE LIONS and a variety of related resources and workshops to boost literacy in Indianola, Miss. and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians […]
A potential model for the science museum of the future is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History: As many as 100 audience members collaborate and compete with one another in order to influence the plot of a computerized, fictional drama projected on a high-definition movie screen.
Mentergy, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MNTE), formerly Gilat Communications, a global leader in blended e-Learning techniques and technologies, recently announced the 2001 Online Study Project will reach 1000 students via their TrainNet virtual classroom solution. The Online Study Project is a marathon distance learning class designed to prepare students in remote communities for matriculation examinations in mathematics, English […]
When it comes to computer use, reasonable people disagree.
Learning Network (http://www.learningnetwork.com; America Online Keyword: Learning Network), the Internet’s largest parent, teacher and student network, and Kampgrounds of America (KOA), the largest system of campgrounds worldwide, announce the “KOA Family FunBrain Club” for fun summer learning. Together, Learning Network and KOA now offer a kids book club membership that includes hot new animal books, […]
The Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET) selected THINQ Learning Solutions Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide corporate learning solutions, to power Navy E-Learning for more than 1.2 million members of the Department of the Navy, including: Sailors, Marines, retirees, reservists, family members enrolled in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS), and the […]
AT&T announced that The Art Institute Online has been chosen as a premier course provider for the AT&T Learning Network Virtual Academy. An online centralized resource, the AT&T Learning Network Virtual Academy gives teachers access to web-based professional development opportunities and courses to help them integrate technology into their schools’ curriculum.
While parents might find it alarming that their children can point and click beginning at a very early age, parents should be comforted knowing that kids generally are using computers in the right way and for the right reasons.
