ALFY.com Introduces New TEACHER Section; Educators and Parents Get New Online Tools.Business/Education Editors & Internet Writers/Reporters NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2000 ALFY.com, the web site, and Kids' Portal Playground, today unveiled its new TEACHER section. The special section is accessible from the site's homepage; educators simply click on the Teacher icon, and they are exposed to online, hands-on, easy-to-use lesson plans and teaching solutions. Totally free of charge, the section is designed to be an invaluable, one-stop resource that will make teachers' jobs easier. "We are delighted to be providing this service for educators," says Jeff Moss
Jeff Moss (June 19, 1942 - September 24, 1998) helped to create the children's television series Sesame Street. , Education Director at ALFY.com. "The current trend in education is curriculum integration, and we at ALFY, through our TEACHER section, are helping teachers effectively integrate computers into their teaching. We are providing tools, ideas, and cybersolutions all to help teachers to use technology and the Internet to meet curriculum needs." The TEACHER section features a bright, colorful, easy-to-navigate interface. The area consists of three channels - TEACH, LEARN, AND COMMUNICATE. The TEACH area is comprised of curriculum-based thematic the·mat·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or being a theme: a scene of thematic importance. 2. units, lesson plans, and lesson builders. Also featured is the ALFY Library, where recommended books per grade level and literature based activities can be found. The LEARN area includes curriculum-based hyperlinks to pre-approved web sites as well as the selected "Site of the Week" and the "What's New" section. Finally, this section includes "Brain Teasers This article is about the roller coaster. For the British game show, see BrainTeaser. Brain Teaser is a steel family roller coaster manufactured by Zierer of Germany. The coaster is currently located at Darien Lake in New York. ," which can be used as quick "filler fill·er 1 n. One that fills, as: a. Something added to augment weight or size or fill space. b. A composition, especially a semisolid that hardens on drying, used to fill pores, cracks, or holes in wood, plaster, " ideas. The COMMUNICATE area features a Home Page Builder, allowing classes to create their own home pages, and an "Award Maker," where teachers can create student awards online, and print them from their computers. Moss concludes: "There is so much information available for teachers on the web, and we have done all the work for educators. By simply logging onto ALFY.com, teachers have the best of the web at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. , and most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , in their classrooms." The TEACHER section also showcases certain ALFY.com school partnerships, as well as information on how schools can get involved. Schools that actually partner with ALFY can even receive free school supplies and materials. Founded in 1998 and based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , ALFY, Inc. is a privately held Internet Media company and web portal See portal. for kids that provides comprehensive online entertainment and educational solutions for young children. HYPERLINK A predefined linkage between one object and another. See hypertext. hyperlink - anchor "http://www.alfy.com/" ALFY.com, The Kids' Portal Playground, features the breakthrough concept of organizing the Internet via pictures and audio instead of words and offers a safe, controlled Internet experience to children. ALFY encourages children to explore, learn, and play online through its original content and unique activities. The site is produced and guided by a group of leading educators and child development specialists, and is the first portal designed entirely from a kid's perspective. |
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