Carnegie Learning, Inc. and Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency Partner to Host Technology and Learning Conference.

PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Learning, Inc.(TM) an education technology company that created the Cognitive Tutor(R), a family of fully integrated mathematics curricula, will co-host a conference with the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency's "Enhancing Education Through Technology (E2T2)" Consortium on technology and learning on February 2nd, 2005, in their Conference Center in Bettendorf, Iowa. Through a federal grant, the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency's E2T2 Consortium purchased Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor Algebra I curriculum to open the gateway to advanced math courses and improve student mathematics comprehension and skills.

The primary goal of the conference is to share the AEA's successful implementation of technology in the mathematics classroom with regional school districts, administrators and math teachers. The keynote speaker will be Ken Koedinger PhD, one of the nation's top cognitive scientists, who has devoted his life to cognitive research and development. Koedinger currently co-directs Carnegie Mellon University's Pittsburgh Advanced Cognitive Tutor Center (PACT) and is a co-founder of Carnegie Learning, Inc. Dr. Koedinger's website: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~pact/koedinger.html provides additional information about his research work. He and John Anderson were reviewers for the National Research Council's new mathematics publication, "Adding It up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics."

"This conference will be an excellent opportunity for educators to meet and share student success stories that result from the successful integration of technology and learning," commented Ingrid Ellerbe, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Carnegie Learning, Inc. "We look forward to working with the Mississippi Bend AEA and are honored to have Ken Koedinger share his expertise to make this event a success."

Iowa's E2T2 grant (http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/nclb/doc/consapp.pdf) is federally funded and supports the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation (Title II, D). The grant, aimed at improving student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary schools and secondary schools, enabled the Mississippi Bend AEA 9 Consortium to purchase Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor curriculum to improve student achievement in mathematics. The Cognitive Tutor family of curricula includes Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Integrated Mathematics.

For reservations or more information on the February conference, please contact Cheryl Oake (563)-344-6319 or [e-mail]

About the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency (AEA)

Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency is one of 15 AEAs across the state of Iowa created by the 1974 Iowa Legislature. It provides educational services, media services and special education services to approximately 55,000 students in twenty-two public school districts and twenty-two approved non-public schools in Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Louisa, Muscatine and Scott Counties.

The Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, color, gender, national origin, creed, age, marital status or disability in its educational programs, services or employment practices. Inquiries concerning application of this statement should be addressed to Tom Wirtz, Equity Coordinator, 729 - 21st Street, Bettendorf, IA 52722. Telephone number [phone].

About Carnegie Learning

Carnegie Learning is the developer of the Cognitive Tutor(R) comprehensive curricula for secondary mathematics. Established in 1998 by researchers, teachers and scholars from Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Learning was founded to apply and extend more than 20 years of award-winning research in cognitive science to mathematics instruction. Headquartered in Pittsburgh and operating with a full-time staff of more than 50 educators, researchers, management, technical, marketing and support staff members, Carnegie Learning's mathematics courses now serve more than 150,000 students in 46 of the nation's largest school districts, including Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami-Dade, New York City, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco and the Department of Defense Education Activity. Available courses currently include Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Integrated Math.