3Com's "Cyberblitz Challenge" Tests Internet Savvy of San Francisco and Washington, D.C. High School Students.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 1996--3Com Corporation, sponsor of San Francisco's 3Com Park, will host an online Internet competition known as the "CyberBlitz Challenge" on Thursday, November 21, 10:00 AM Pacific. High school students from San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Washington, D.C. will compete cross-country over the Internet in hopes of winning the CyberBlitz Challenge, which coincides with the Forty-Niners versus Redskins Redskins can refer to:
In the CyberBlitz Challenge -- designed to encourage online learning and friendly fan competition in the two NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga cities -- students use the World Wide Web to cooperatively answer a series of questions. Using a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , students log-on to the 3Com Park Home Page, where they find questions on geography, science, art, technology and football history. The answers can be found somewhere on the Web. For example, where would you go online to find the answers to questions such as: - Ancient Egyptian doctors learned about the anatomy of the human body by what practice? - How long is the Florida shoreline? - What two teams played in Super Bowl I, and which was the winner? The Challenge will pair a Bay Area high school with its counterpart in the Washington area. That team will compete against a second Bay Area/Washington combination. Schools teaming together for this round of the CyberBlitz Challenge are San Francisco's Mission High School and St. Albans School St. Albans School may refer to:
The first team to answer the most questions correctly wins. The winning class in each city receives an autographed football from their local pro football club -- delivered personally by a team representative -- logo baseball hats or t-shirts, and $1,500 in 3Com networking products, which will further enable each school to link classrooms and connect to the Internet. "3Com's CyberBlitz Challenge provided our students with an educational experience that was cooperative, informative and fun," said Oreen C. Gernreich, principal at San Jose's Lincoln High School Lincoln High School may refer to:
How To Register To Play Schools may register for the CyberBlitz Challenge by contacting 3Com via email at Webmaster@3Mail.3Com.com. For more information, visit the 3Com CyberBlitz Challenge Web site at: http://www.3com.com/3compark/blitz. 3Com Corporation has helped more than 42 million people gain access to critical information through high-speed networks. Designed to serve large enterprises, service providers, small offices and homes, 3Com products provide a scaleable architecture to meet the present and future connectivity needs of today's users. With research and development on three continents, 3Com is one of the data networking industry's largest and fastest growing companies. 3Com's innovative marketing, manufacturing, engineering, sales and support simplify communication, optimize network reliability and protect customer investments. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at www.3Com.com. -0- Note to Editors: 3Com is a registered trademark of 3Com Corporation. All names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: 3Com Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. David Abramson, 408/764-6621 David_Abramson @ 3mail.3com.com Peter Ruzicka Peter Ruzicka (born July 3, 1948) is a German composer of classical music. Ruzicka was born in post-war Düsseldorf, and studied music at the Hamburg Conservatory. In 1969, his cantata, Esta Noche, won a prize, and in 1972, he won the Bach Prize Scholarship. , 408/764-5852 Peter_Ruzicka @ 3mail.3com.com |
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