Award Winning Publisher Launches High-tech Education Magazine.SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 1998--The publishers of Government Technology, the award-winning, top-ranked Information Technology publication for state and local government, announced the launch of a new high-tech education magazine --- CONVERGE con·verge v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es v.intr. 1. a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge. b. . The new magazine takes its title from the convergence of education and technology. Launching monthly, starting in September 1998, CONVERGE will reach a controlled circulation of over 50,000 qualified readers including: deans, presidents, chancellors, chief information officers, superintendents, principals, business officers, teachers, librarians This is a list of people who have practised as a librarian and are well-known, either for their contributions to the library profession or primarily in some other field. , federal, state and county department of education executives and elected officials. "Our experience and research pointed to a clear demand by educators at all levels for a publication with a fresh approach to covering the role of technology in education. These are unsettled times in education, and CONVERGE will be a catalyst for positive changes enabled by technology solutions for teaching, learning and managing," said Sherese Graves, publisher of the new magazine. CONVERGE is the only magazine in the market devoted to covering the entire spectrum of education at all levels: K-12, community college, university, corporate university and corporate training. It is unique in that it covers the entire scope of the role of digital technology in lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. . Bernard Ber·nard , Claude 1813-1878. French physiologist noted for his study of the digestive and nervous systems. Percy, the Editor-in-Chief of CONVERGE adds, "Our goal is to present in an easy to read format workable solutions regarding education and technology for the student, parent, teacher, administrator or manager." CONVERGE is a sister publication to Government Technology which recently won the prestigious Folio (1) Text management software for the professional reference publishing market from Fast Search & Transfer, Oslo, Norway and Boston, MA (www.fastsearch.com). Known as FAST Folio since its acquisition in 2004 from NextPage, Inc. : Editorial Excellence Award for the second consecutive year. Government Technology is the leading Information Technology magazine for executives in state and local government. Published since 1987, Government Technology has a circulation of 65,000. In addition to Government Technology the company also produces over 12 trade shows and executive events each year for the $47 billion state and local and education Information Technology market. With over 15 years experience in public sector industry market development, including the successful launch of two information technology start-up companies start-up company A new business. that became leaders in their fields, Sherese Graves leads the management team as Publisher of CONVERGE. Bernard Percy joins CONVERGE as Editor in Chief with over 30 years of experience in education in public, private and corporate environments, including 14 years in the 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. and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. public school systems. To receive a copy of CONVERGE e-mail ljessup@convergemag.com. For publication use, 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. a high resolution electronic file of the mag cover at www.convergemag.com/media.shtm.
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