ADVISORY/At New York SchoolTech Expo Lightspan Helps Teachers, Parents and Students Tune in to the Internet and to the World.Business Editors & Education Writers ADVISORY...for Sunday-Tuesday (April 30-May 2) --(BUSINESS WIRE) When it comes to the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and education, getting hooked up is not nearly as important as getting tuned in -- to the right content on the right channel that is. To provide the best learning experience on the Internet for teachers, parents and students, Lightspan.com offers three "channels" to specifically address the needs of each audience. The free Web site from Lightspan Inc. is a one-stop one-stop adj. Relating to or providing a comprehensive selection of goods or services at a single location: one-stop shopping; a one-stop health-care center. , K-12 education portal that delivers previewed content and resources for the classroom and the home, from homework help to lesson plans, current events to learning activities. Lightspan.com is also the destination for worldwide adventures and online learning expeditions with Global Schoolhouse (GSH GSH reduced glutathione. GSH reduced glutathione. ). Lightspan's Global Schoolhouse creates an international forum for teachers and students to collaborate, communicate and celebrate shared learning experiences. During a live Webcast in May, GSH will announce the winners of its fifth annual CyberFair program, the only contest that encourages educators and their students to "share and unite" by researching their communities and showcasing them on the World Wide Web. At the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Hilton Hotel & Towers, on Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. from 1 to 4 PM, one CyberFair finalist -- Christa McAuliffe Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe (September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher from Concord, New Hampshire who was selected from among more than 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space. She died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Intermediate School in Brooklyn, NY -- will demonstrate students' learning experiences using technology. The students wrote, "CyberFair had us look at our community and pinpoint people who show leadership qualities and have added to our community. As a class we learned to work as a small community where each student had a responsibility and we relied on each other to get tasks done." At the conference, Global Schoolhouse will also demonstrate Online Expeditions, a program that takes students, parents and teachers on virtual learning adventures as they accompany a group of professional explorers on real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. expeditions to exotic locales around the world. The team sends frequent reports and images from the field to support cross-curriculum and cross-cultural learning. For seven weeks, beginning May 1, students will be able to participate in live chats with Global Learn's South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. expedition explorers.
WHO: Yvonne Andres, Vice President of Lightspan, and co-founder of
Global Schoolhouse
WHAT: One-stop education portal that offers relevant content and
resources to parents, teachers and students, and opportunities
for worldwide collaborative learning
WHERE: SchoolTech Expo & Conference, Booth #106
New York Hilton Hotel & Towers, 1335 Avenue of the Americas
WHEN: Sunday, April 30, and Monday, May 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and
Tuesday, May 2, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
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