``Your Own World'' Keeps Children Current with TIME For Kids; Passport New Media's Internet-based Kids Service Offers TIME's Classroom Editions.Business Editors/Education &Internet Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2000 Passport New Media and www.timeforkids.com, the Web site of TIME For Kids -- the classroom arm of TIME magazine, today announced a partnership to include TIME For Kids content in Passport's new children's service, Your Own World(TM) -- or YOW(TM) for short, the first `virtual Internet' experience for children ages 2 to 12. Set to launch officially nationwide Feb. 14, and offered free of any charges, YOW provides children with content from numerous leading children's Web sites through YOW's closed offline environment. YOW brings the best of the Web to families' home PC desktops. YOW will include two TIME For Kids channels based upon its online editions: one targeted at early readers and another targeted at more advanced readers. Because YOW automatically segments the content delivered to its audience, children will always receive the edition appropriate for their reading ability. Kids experience the content through YOW's unique high-performance offline environment, free of any bandwidth constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. . &uot;TIME For Kids is thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. to be associated with this innovative service for children,&uot; said Nanette Zabala, Director of New Media, TIME For Kids. &uot;YOW presents a wonderful opportunity to extend the reach of our online editorial content, while demonstrating our continued support of the Internet as an effective medium for informing and educating our children.&uot; &uot;We are proud to offer high quality editorial content from TIME For Kids,&uot; said Brian Pass, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Co-founder of Passport. &uot;TIME For Kids' weekly coverage of the current events that shape children's lives fits perfectly with YOW's mission both to educate and entertain children, while improving the Internet experience.&uot; YOW provides children with an easy-to-use, dynamically updated and content-rich experience, featuring real-time multimedia and unparalleled performance with no bandwidth constraints. For parents, YOW is completely free-of-charge and safe -- kids can use YOW without their parents' constant supervision. Parents follow a simple point-and-click installation process from a free CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . After that, children launch the service from their PC desktop without ever going online. YOW's software uses the Internet to automatically update content in the background at any time a parent selects. timeforkids.com joins YOW channels from The Learning Company's best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best children's software, such as &uot;Kid Pix&uot; and &uot;Reader Rabbit&uot;; Hiyah.com, a Web site inspired by the popular public television series &uot;Adventures With Kanga Kanga may refer to: Places
Additional new channels from major children's Web sites will be announced shortly. About TIME For Kids TIME For Kids is a weekly news magazine designed and written for children, and published during the school year. It reaches 2.7 million students nationwide through its two editions: The World Report for 4th through 6th graders (ages 9 to 12) and News Scoop for 2nd to 3rd graders (ages 7 to 8). timeforkids.com (www.timeforkids.com) is the premier news and information destination site for kids on the Internet. The online sibling sibling /sib·ling/ (sib´ling) any of two or more offspring of the same parents; a brother or sister. sib·ling n. of TIME magazine's classroom arm, TIME For Kids, timeforkids.com puts kids inside the news with interactive headlines, features, games, tools and activities designed to expose them to national and global issues, and empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems them to express themselves and their views in creative and meaningful ways. Utilizing the vast resources of both TIME For Kids and TIME magazines, timeforkids.com is also a well-developed resource tool for both teachers and parents. About Passport New Media Inc. Based in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Passport New Media was founded in January 1999 to address the performance and safety issues that children and their parents face when using the Internet. Passport's team -- composed of leading interactive digital video and children's content executives -- has developed the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Your Own World, or YOW for short, a free service that allows children to experience premium interactive content in a closed environment that may be carefully controlled by parents and educators. Without the need for constant parental supervision Parental supervision is a parenting technique that involves looking after, or monitoring a child's activities. Young children are generally incapable of looking after themselves, and incompetent in making informed decisions for their own well-being. , children can experience the wonders of the Web through YOW in a manner that is fast, focused, easy-to-use and, most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , fun. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.yourownworld.com. Note To Editors: Your Own World and YOW are trademarks of Passport New Media Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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