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Tech Boom Hits Poor Women

On remote heights of the Himalayas, awe-struck women from yak-herding tribes sit in front of computers – for the very first time. In a farming region, poor village women step into video E-mail booths to send messages to their husbands working in faraway cities.

TeleLearning 2000 Showcases Leading Practices and Research Results in Post-Secondary Online Education

VANCOUVER, Nov. 3 /CNW/ – “Nations are finding themselves in a race against time to take advantage of the opportunities resulting from communication infrastructures which allow affordable information sharing in all major fields.

Grades One to Six Students Will Co-present Distinguished Lecture at TeleLearning 2000

VANCOUVER, Nov. 3 /CNW/ – “I have learned a lot about learning this year. There is a difference between what you think and what you know…I have not only brought my knowledge another step further, but I have also expanded my ability to go about learning,” says Amy, a grade six student.

IBM First to Break $1,000 Barrier on Small Business Servers

Two IBM entry servers — designed for small and medium businesses — include the first Intel based server to break the $1,000 barrier.

The VIirtual University Gazette November, 2000

Digest of New Programs & Pressing Issues In the Virtual University Movement

Just in Time for High School Seniors’ Last Chance at the SAT, Kaplan Launches Online College Test Lab

Students explore Kaplan’s test and practice information online at www.kaptest.com

White Pine Offering Virtual School

Wanted: Students. The public school district in White Pine County has begun advertising for high school students in Clark County.

Virtual Study

It shouldn’t be too long in Frederick County’s public schools before the term “virtual school” has a significant meaning in children’s education. Our state Board of Education has given its OK to a plan to help educate students who cannot attend classes. By the school year 2002, it could help home-bound students as well as […]

Blackboard Announces Next Generation ‘Building Blocks’ (B2) Product Strategy at Annual Users Conference — Over 600 Customers Gather to Focus on Advancing Education and Using Technology to Bring Schools, Colleges and Universities Online

WASHINGTON, Nov 3, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –Today Blackboard Inc. opens its second annual Blackboard Users Conference to host more than 600 e-Learning leaders from across the country. The event takes place today and tomorrow, Nov. 3-4, at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel, Washington, DC.

Reaching Out to Spanish Speaking Families: Ensuring Educational Success

Join National PTA President Ginny Markell and U.S. Department of Education Secretary Richard Riley for the interactive teleconference Reaching Out to Spanish-Speaking Families: Ensuring Educational Success. WHEN This live program will air via satellite: December 5, 2000 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time