Blue Angel Technologies Opens the Gateway to the Internet's Educational Treasures.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers VALLEY FORGE Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill River, SE Pa., NW of Philadelphia. There, during the American Revolution, the main camp of the Continental Army was established (Dec., 1777–June, 1778) under the command of Gen. George Washington. , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2000 Blue Angel Technologies Unites MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. WorldCom Foundation's Premier Partner Resources to Bring Educational Excellence to America's Educators Blue Angel Technologies, Inc. understands the promise of the Internet. The Web-based technology company, headquartered in historic Valley Forge, PA, has helped colleges, universities, research institutions, government agencies, and businesses worldwide to harness the tremendous potential of the Web. Now, Blue Angel is playing an integral part in a nationwide public/private educational resource partnership designed to bring the best-on-the-Web to teachers and students throughout America. In 1997, the MCI WorldCom Foundation created a unique collaboration of some of the nation's most prestigious educational organizations. Their collective goal was to offer peer-reviewed educational resources of the highest quality on-line and free of charge to all of the nation's K-12 teachers. They called their partnership the "MarcoPolo" Program. But MarcoPolo needed a way to bring the extensive resources of its seven partners together, intelligently cataloged, attractively presented and intuitively accessible so teachers and students could quickly find the information they needed. The MCI WorldCom Foundation looked for a successful educational consortium model and found a GEM: Syracuse University's Gateway to Educational Materials. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, GEM has been offering teachers (more than 2 million per month) free access to lesson plans and other educational materials provided by its more than 180 members. Blue Angel Technologies' MetaStar(TM) solution is the technological gateway through which these resources can be captured, cataloged and made easily available to our nation's educators. In February of this year, the MCI WorldCom Foundation and GEM collaborated to unite the MarcoPolo sites using Blue Angel Technologies' MetaStar system. The discipline-specific MarcoPolo Web sites brought together with Blue Angel software include the American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), private organization devoted to furthering the work of scientists and improving the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare. , the Council of the Great City Schools, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Huge cultural complex (opened 1971) in Washington, D.C., with a total of six stages, designed by Edward Durell Stone. The complex, surfaced in marble, makes use of the ornamental facade screens for which the architect was known. , the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) was founded in 1920. It has grown to be the world's largest organization concerned with mathematics education, having close to 100,000 members across the USA and Canada, and internationally. , the National Council on Economic Education The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) is a nationwide non-profit organization that leads in promoting economic and financial literacy kindergarten through 12th grade students and their teachers. External links
U.S. independent agency. Founded in 1965, it supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. , and the National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. . President Clinton and Education Secretary Richard Riley Richard Wilson Riley (born January 2, 1933), American politician, was the United States Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton as well as the Governor of South Carolina, as a member of the Democratic Party. are strong supporters of the MarcoPolo collaboration. Mr. Clinton praised the combined effort, saying it offered "unprecedented access to the kind of world-class educational materials that in the past only the wealthiest school districts could afford." The MCI WorldCom Foundation, Syracuse University Syracuse University, main campus at Syracuse, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1871. Syracuse is noted for its research programs in government and industry; facilities include the Center for Science and Technology, the Newhouse Communications Center, and and Blue Angel Technologies have created an outstanding example of collaboration and innovation that is providing the educational community with unsurpassed access to professional resources at http://www.marcopolosearch.org/. The exceptional capabilities offered by MarcoPolo will be rolled out to 10,000 coordinators throughout the country this year About Blue Angel Technologies Blue Angel is supercharging the Internet. It's groundbreaking products use machine-to-machine interactions to dramatically improve the speed and effectiveness of organizations. Because the technology is built on an open, standards-based architecture that is platform, database and browser independent, solutions can be implemented quickly and easily without changing existing environments. Computers conversing intelligently...the new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. revolution. Blue Angel is leading the revolution from historic Valley Forge, PA, a place that knows about revolutions. For more information, visit Blue Angel's World Wide Web site at www.blueangeltech.com or call 610/917-9200. Blue Angel Technologies and MetaStar are trademarks of Blue Angel Technologies, Inc. |
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