AOL@SCHOOL Expands Its Free Online Learning Service with New Alliances and Expanded Relationships with Industry Leaders.Business Editors/Education Writers/High-Tech Writers DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2003 Discovery Channel School and Career Corner TV Join Best-of-Breed Content Providers; BrainPOP and Tom Snyder Tom Snyder (May 12, 1936 - July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows The Tomorrow Show, on the NBC television network in the late 1970s and '80s, and The Late Late Show Productions Expand Content Offerings on AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. @SCHOOL America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today announced two new alliances for AOL@SCHOOL, the company's free online learning service. Students and teachers now have access to customized content and special features from Discovery Channel School, the education service of Discovery Communications, Inc., and Virtual Job Shadow.com, the online service of Career Corner TV, a leading provider of multimedia career exploration tools for students, educators and employees. AOL@SCHOOL also announced expanded agreements with BrainPOP, the leading producer of educational animated movies for K-12 students and Tom Snyder Productions, a Scholastic company and a leading developer and publisher of educational software for K-12 classrooms, that offer AOL@SCHOOL users access to additional content and features from these existing partners. These new features broaden AOL@SCHOOL's best-of-breed education offerings and improve AOL@SCHOOL's mission to help students, teachers and parents more effectively harness the power of the Internet in the classroom and at home. Among the new offerings: -- A customized online puzzle center from Discovery Channel School -- Exclusive advance access to video profiles from Virtual Job Shadow.com -- Access to special historical timelines from Tom Snyder Productions -- More entertaining and educational movies from BrainPOP on the topics of language arts language arts pl.n. The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. , math as Mathematics courses named Math A, Maths A, and similar are found in:
Malcolm Bird, Senior Vice President, Kids and Teens, America Online, said: "The all-new exclusive co-branded online puzzle center from industry leader Discovery Channel School and the Virtual Job Shadow video profiles from Career Corner TV really showcase the breadth and depth of content and features we offer across the AOL@SCHOOL service. In addition, we are 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 expand our alliances with industry leaders BrainPOP and Tom Snyder Productions. AOL@SCHOOL continues to deliver on its mission to offer students and teachers free access to the highest quality educational resources on the Web." Discovery Channel School - AOL@SCHOOL users can access more than 500 exclusive, co-branded puzzles and worksheets from Discovery Channel School that address K-8 curriculum topics such as math, language arts and science. In addition, Discovery Channel School will offer users special puzzles that will relate to AOL@SCHOOL's monthly themes. Virtual Job Shadow.com - Students exploring their career options can get the inside look at life on the job in a wide range of industries through access to new video career profiles from Virtual Job Shadow.com. AOL@SCHOOL users will have exclusive advance access to new award-winning "day in the life" videos, which feature real people discussing their jobs in a wide range of industries including Education, Engineering, Information Technology and Public Service. BrainPOP - AOL@SCHOOL has expanded its alliance with BrainPOP. AOL@SCHOOL users now have access to select, age-appropriate educational movies and quizzes covering math and English, as well as the science topics that BrainPOP is known for. Tom Snyder Productions - Tom Snyder Productions is offering AOL@SCHOOL users access to special historical timelines, related to AOL@SCHOOL's monthly themes, from the TimeLiner product. The TimeLiner tool helps teachers and students tackle challenging content and concepts by visually organizing information on a time line or number line. Teachers will also have the ability to download a free trial of the TimeLiner product. AOL@SCHOOL provides valuable, and in many cases exclusive, educational content for free from Apex Learning Apex Learning, Inc. is a privately-held provider of e-Learning solutions for K-12 education, offering online courses in mathematics, science, English studies, social studies, Romance languages, and Advanced Placement. , APTE APTE Automatic Programmed Test Equipment APTE Alternating-Projection Timing Estimator , Inc. (The Internet Coach), Bill Cosby's Picture Pages, BrainPOP, Childrenselibrary.com, CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. Student News, CountryWatch.com, Dell, GoalView, Headsprout, iknowthat.com, KidsEdge, Merriam-Webster, Ocean Challenge, Inc., PC Teach It, Peterson's, ReadNet Systems, Riverdeep, Scantron Corp., Standard Deviants/Cerebellum, Systems80.com, Test University, TIME For Kids, Tom Snyder Productions, Tritone tri·tone n. Music An interval composed of three whole tones. [Medieval Latin tritonus, from Greek tritonos, having three tones : tri-, three; see Corporation, United Nations Association of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. of America/Model UN, Warner Brothers Warner Brothers (b. Eichelbaums) movie executives; Harry (Morris) (1881–1958), born in Krasnashiltz, Poland; Albert (1884–1967), born in Baltimore, Md.; Samuel (1887–1927), born in Baltimore, Md. Publications, Western Governors University and WGBH. About AOL@SCHOOL AOL@SCHOOL is a free online learning service that America Online launched in May 2000. Designed to help schools make the interactive medium a more effective part of the classroom experience, AOL@SCHOOL provides safe, age-appropriate learning portals with the leading online educational material selected by education experts. All of the content can be accessed at www.aolatschool.com. The AOL@SCHOOL software offers AOL's unique safety controls to protect kids from inappropriate content, optional features such as controllable e-mail and appropriate access levels. More than 14,000 schools nationwide are using the software. AOL@SCHOOL has secured partnerships with more than 30 leading educational content providers and has been endorsed by seven states and the City of Detroit. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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