Apogee Interactive's `Kid's Korner' Reaches 200th Utility Web Sites; Interactive Web Content Boosts School Energy Education.ATLANTA -- More than 200 electric and gas utilities now offer Apogee apogee (ăp`əjē), point farthest from the earth in the orbit of a body about the earth. See apsis. The farthest point. Interactive Inc.'s Kid's Korner energy education application on their Web sites -collectively bringing this critical energy efficiency, safety, and technology information to the 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. of more than one million school children. With gas and oil prices at record highs, new energy sources and energy efficiency are hot topics in the new school year. Kid's Korner brings energy education to life for students, schools and community groups through its more than 100 pages of interactive games, puzzles, experiments, activities, and animations. Topics include energy sources, energy conservation, power generation and energy delivery concepts, careers in energy, new energy sources like wind and fuel cells, and the history of the utility industry. "More utilities are leveraging Internet technology to stretch limited energy education dollars," said Susan Gilbert, president of Apogee Interactive Inc. "Unlike printed materials, Kid's Korner provides immediate feedback to the utilities on usage. They can view online how many times the various activities are performed, how often the worksheets are downloaded, and what topics are most popular. This helps them better target their educational efforts." First developed by Apogee in 1996, Kid's Korner is refreshed re·fresh v. re·freshed, re·fresh·ing, re·fresh·es v.tr. 1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to. 2. on an ongoing basis by tapping ideas generated by an active user group comprised of utility company employees responsible for community and school outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. programs. In addition, revisions and expansion of the site are also directed in part by a group of volunteer teacher advisors who test new activities and assure the materials help them meet state curriculum objectives. Margaret Aderholdt, a teacher at Wellborn well·born adj. Of good lineage or stock. Adj. 1. wellborn - of good or upper-class lineage; "a rich and wellborn husband" upper-class - occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society Elementary in Anniston, AL, directs the Kid's Korner Teacher Advisory Group. "My first task as the site's advisor was to perform an exhaustive search of what else is offered on the Internet," said Aderholdt. "I found that Kid's Korner is the most comprehensive, useful and fun site available. Now we're developing and testing new lesson plans and activity sheets for teachers to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. , copy and let students use at computer workstations in the classroom or at home for extra credit." Utilities, teachers and reporters are invited to learn more about Kids Korner during a Web demo demo - /de'moh/ 1. A demonstration of a product, often of an early version or prototype. A demo is a far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest themselves than any number of test runs, especially when important people are watching. 2. demo version. 3. on August 24, 2005 at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Visit www.apogee.net/events for details and registration. About APOGEE Interactive, Inc. Apogee Interactive Inc. (www.apogee.net) is a leading provider of online solutions for the energy industry. Founded in 1994, Apogee has developed a full suite of Web-based content and intelligent software tools that reach millions of electricity consumers daily. The company also provides eLearning systems, call center programs and load management platforms to utilities and their trade associations throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . |
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