AOL@SCHOOL Reaches More Than 36% of K-12 Schools in Two Years, With Presence in All 50 States.Business Editors DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2002 Premier Online Educational Service Helping to Bridge Digital Divide as Free Usage, Ease-of-Use Drive Adoption in Less Affluent Communities Valuable Reading, Music and Art Resources Expanded through New Alliances with APTE APTE Automatic Programmed Test Equipment APTE Alternating-Projection Timing Estimator , Artsonia, ipicturebooks and Tritone tri·tone n. Music An interval composed of three whole tones. [Medieval Latin tritonus, from Greek tritonos, having three tones : tri-, three; see Music America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today announced that its 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 online learning service has reached more than 36% of K-12 schools just two years after its launch, and that the service is helping to bridge the Digital Divide with schools in less affluent communities most likely to benefit from the free service. Additionally, the company said that its research indicated high levels of product awareness and intention among K-12 educational professionals. Building on this momentum, AOL@SCHOOL also announced new content alliances with APTE, Artsonia, ipicturebooks and Tritone Music and expanded content from TestU that will bring expand the premier reading, music and art resources available on AOL@SCHOOL. Launched in May 2000, AOL@SCHOOL is a free service which harnesses the Internet's power in the classroom by offering six age-appropriate learning areas that feature educational content, communications features and special safety tools. Terry Crane, AOL's VP for Information and Education Products, said: "The 2001-2002 school year was been a great success for AOL@SCHOOL, as we expanded our reach to more than 36% of K-12 schools, representing all 50 states, in just two years. More important, we have enhanced AOL@SCHOOL's value to educators and students on both sides of the Digital Divide, as we harness the best of the Web for maximum educational impact, particularly for the schools that need it most." Ms. Crane continued, "With the new alliances we are announcing today, we are further deepening our music, art and reading content to provide teachers even more ways to use our service as an invaluable part of their classroom instruction." Company Research Underscores Value to Less Affluent Schools, High Product Awareness New company research indicates that the fact the service is free and easy-to-use is driving strong adoption of AOL@SCHOOL. The surveys also revealed: * AOL@SCHOOL is helping to address the digital divide. Schools most likely to use AOL@SCHOOL software were in less affluent communities and smaller parochial schools. * Product awareness is very high among professionals in the K-12 education community. In fact, 84% of non-users were aware of AOL@SCHOOL and nearly half of this group said it's likely they will use it in the future. * Research and age-appropriate content lead the most popular product features, followed by classroom exercises, filtering and lesson plans. Expanded Resources to Include Learning Games, Custom Art Galleries, e-Books and Introductory Music Courses The new offerings that will be added to AOL@SCHOOL's premier educational resources as a result of the alliances announced today include: APTE, Inc. (The Internet Coach): Through APTE, AOL@SCHOOL users will have access to the Internet Coach Puzzle Center to play and create learning puzzles related to AOL@SCHOOL's weekly themes. In addition, teachers and students can enter the Internet Coach clip art A set of canned images used to illustrate word processing and desktop publishing documents. album, glossary and Quick Tips-educational "streaming" movies from the Technology Guru at no cost. Artsonia: Artsonia, the largest online student art museum, will provide a custom art gallery called the "AOL@SCHOOL Art Gallery" exclusively for AOL@SCHOOL users including sub-galleries relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc AOL@SCHOOL weekly themes organized by grade level. AOL@SCHOOL users will have free, unlimited access to Artsonia's content and each student portal will point to the individual galleries according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. age. ipicturebooks/childrenselibrary: The number one source for children's ebooks for schools and libraries, Childrenselibrary.com, powered by ipicturebooks, will provide AOL@SCHOOL exclusively with 1 free e-book every week related to AOL@SCHOOL weekly themes. Childrenselibrary.com features more than 100 titles including many state of the art multimedia features as well as books available in electronic form that have been out of print for years in print form. Tritone Music: Tritone Music will offer AOL@SCHOOL users via the elementary, middle school and teacher portals a free introductory music course aligned with national music education standards that prepare students for band and orchestra entrance covering Keyboard Orientation, Notation/Theory and Rhythm, Music History and Music Appreciation. The Internet Coach (RJ Coleman), said: "Coach software and Web resources are designed to make technology easy and fun to use for all ages," "We at APTE Inc. feel we're a great fit and happy to be a part of the team at AOL@SCHOOL." Kishore Swaminathan, President and co-founder of Artsonia, said: "The partnership with AOL@SCHOOL will enable Artsonia to further its goals of fostering children's creativity and in helping them to develop multi-cultural understanding by exchanging artwork with students from all over the world." Byron Preiss Byron Preiss (born 1953, Brooklyn, New York City; died July 9, 2005, East Hampton, New York) was an American writer, editor and publisher. He founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, and later of iBooks. , President and 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. of ipicturesbooks, said: "Imagine a library where everyone child who wants a title can have it, 24 hours a day therefore expanding a library beyond its walls with the offering of ebook titles from major children's book publishers. It's every librarian's dream. We've developed an easy and inexpensive way for schools and libraries to expand the way they offer the joy of reading to young readers. And through AOL@SCHOOL, we'd like everyone to try it for free." Today's announcements follow the recent launch of a completely new version of AOL@SCHOOL's educational portals. The redesigned portals include a bold, easy-to-use interface and new features such as study kits, expanded teacher and administrator resources and more categories for students. In addition, America Online recently announced an expanded relationship with TestU to offer a direct to consumer product to AOL members through AOL@SCHOOL that will enable parents to directly participate in their child's test preparation and monitor their progress. Currently AOL@SCHOOL exclusively offers TestU's SAT "Crunch Course(TM)", a customized online preparation course based on each student's strengths and weaknesses. The course features four weeks of interactive test preparation, including: a diagnostic test that assesses a student's abilities; a personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. curriculum for each student; learning modules which cover all the essential skills needed to master the SAT; four practice tests (sections of SAT); and a full-length, proctored SAT exam. Other leading education companies providing content for AOL@SCHOOL include 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. , Bartleby.com, Boxer Learning, Inc., BrainPOP, Classroom Connect, 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, Education World, EdVISION, Embark, ePALS Classroom Exchange, GoalView, KidsEdge, Merriam-Webster, PC Teach It, Purdue Pharma Purdue Pharma L.P., is privately-held pharmaceutical company founded by physicians. It is located in Stamford, Connecticut. Purdue is best known for painkillers, but they have also branched into other areas such as oncology and nutraceuticals. , Riverdeep, Standard Deviants/Cerebellum, ThinkWave, TIME For Kids, 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, 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, and Western Governors University. 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 educational experts. The service offers AOL's unique safety controls to protect kids from inappropriate content, optional features such as e-mail and instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or for older students and special resource portals for teachers and administrators. AOL@SCHOOL has been endorsed by the governors of six states including Virginia, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Georgia as the premiere online learning tool for K-12 students, and the program is being widely used in schools across the country. About APTE, Inc. APTE is a multimedia software publisher and Internet company that develops award-winning products. Established in 1989 and affiliated with Northwestern University Northwestern University, mainly at Evanston, Ill.; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1855 by Methodists. In 1873 it absorbed Evanston College for Ladies. , APTE is located on the beautiful Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois Evanston is a city on Lake Michigan in Cook County, Illinois directly north of Chicago, east of Skokie, and south of Wilmette. The city was first settled in 1836, and has a total population of 74,239[1]. Evanston is part of Chicago's affluent North Shore region. , USA. Founded by educators, APTE is dedicated to making computer learning easy, exciting and fun for every age user. APTE produces the #1 selling Web learning software in the world under the brand name Internet Coach(R). First developed for the Executive Office of the President of the United States The Executive Office of the President (EOP) consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. , Internet Coach products are now sold around the world. There is an Internet Coach learning program for every age Web-ster from 3 years to 103. As a commitment to the responsible and ethical use of the Internet, APTE has created a "live and in person" Internet Coach character, who talks with audiences about Web safety. The Internet Coach appears in schools, camps, youth centers; as well as media outlets throughout the world. About Artsonia Artsonia is an educational company founded on a dream - to use the power of the Internet to unleash the creativity of young people all over the world! Artsonia offers schools a unique service that enables them to achieve three important educational goals; Integrate technology into the classroom, develop multicultural understanding and increase parental involvement in their children's education About ipicturebooks/Childrenselibrary.com Childrenselibrary.com is the number one source for children's ebooks from major publishers for schools and libraries. Powered by ipicturebooks.com, an affiliate of the AOL Time Warner Book Group, childrenselibrary is designed to appeal to teachers and librarians seeking in-print, out-of print and original enhanced e-books for use on school and library networked computers. Sold via subscription model, childrenselibrary provides school and library institutions with unlimited access to ebooks for all their patrons and students - even from their homes or any remote location via the Internet. We are dedicated to providing high-quality ebooks based on children's books from major publishers - many including state of the art multimedia features. We are also creating new books and making books available in electronic form that have been out of print for years in print form. About TestU TestU is dedicated to providing high-quality, accessible and affordable assessment and test review solutions for students and schools. TestU was founded in August 1999 by top academics, educational experts, administrators and teachers. The company offers courses for the SAT, PSAT PSAT Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test PSAT Puget Sound Action Team PSAT Particulate Source Apportionment Technology PSAT Predicted Site Acquisition Table PSAT Princeton South Asian Theatrics PSAT Pacific Situation Assessment Team (DoD) , ACT, TAAS n. 1. A heap. See Tas. , MCAS McCune-Albright syndrome (MCAS) A genetic syndrome characterized in girls by the development of ovarian cysts and puberty before the age of 8, together with abnormalities of bone structure and skin pigmentation. Mentioned in: Ovarian Cysts , FCAT FCAT Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (statewide standardized test for Florida school children) , 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 Regents, Ohio Graduation Exam, California High School Exit Exam The California High School Exit Exam (or CAHSEE) is a requirement for high school graduation in the state of California, created by the California Department of Education to improve the academic performance of California high school students, and especially of high school , MEAP MEAP Manning Early Access Program MEAP Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform MEAP Michigan Education Assessment Program MEAP Maryland Energy Assistance Program MEAP Minority Ethnic Achievement Project (UK) and TOEFL TOEFL A trademark for a standardized examination for proficiency in English as a foreign language. . About Tritone Music Tritone Music is a leader in offering a total music education solution - a proven and comprehensive curriculum, assessment and a course management system - via the Internet to schools and distant learning environments. Emerging from a company renown for publishing worldwide leading-edge music education systems, our innovation of integrating technology with music education dates back to 1980 and continues today as we lead the music education technology industry. Our award-winning Tritone Music Series delivers a cost-effective solution to K - 12 and distance learning schools who want to provide a consistent level of music education, assessment and record maintenance. Advanced patented technologies allow for scalability and flexibility in content design making it very attractive and adaptable for the global education market. Tritone Corporation as a company is committed to providing our customers with superior service, leading-edge products and a safe and secure learning environment. Our dedication to music education is strong as we continually strive to achieve high standards and promote life long learning. |
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