Children Now Stake Their Claim on the World Wide Web with Net Explorations with Web Workshop Software from Sunburst Communications; New web page software lets children design personal websites and develop their creativity with point-and-click ease.PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1996--Creating personalized web pages for the World Wide Web just became easy enough for a 10-year-old, thanks to Sunburst Communications' Net Explorations with Web Workshop. Net Explorations with Web Workshop is the first CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). that lets children quickly and easily create content-rich personal websites for the Internet, without knowledge of HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. or other Internet programming languages. Using familiar computer drawing tools and a rich library of thematic backgrounds combined with point-and-click simplicity, kids can use Net Explorations with Web Workshop to design web pages, with graphics, sound and even include hypertext links to other websites. To enhance the web development experience and to make it more educational, Sunburst also has included five exploration themes to help children become more creative, learn how to create meaningful web content and learn about new subjects as they explore other websites for information and ideas. The five exploration themes are Out of this World, Cool School Stuff, Around the World, Just for Fun and Online Press. "The Internet today touches many aspects of children's lives at school and at home," said Warren Schloat, Chief Executive Officer of Sunburst Communications. "Net Explorations with Web Workshop now enables kids to become active participants in the information age by giving them the opportunity to develop their own personalized websites." Sunburst Communications contributes the thematic net explorations component, an extensive library of original artwork, and comprehensive child activity and parent guides, all of which are integrated with the Web Workshop design tool licensed from Vividus Corporation. To help build community among users, Sunburst will host children's websites on its server to showcase how other children are using Net Explorations with Web Workshop. Children can create links to other children's websites and exchange e-mail. Sunburst will host the websites at no cost for 30 days, then for a minimal cost thereafter, if so desired. "It's really cool to be part of cyberspace," said 10 year old Lisbeth Castelli of Mamaroneck, NY. "I like that there are so many things you can do -- no one's pages will be alike. It's fun and easy to use." Lisbeth's home page is found at: http://www.nysunburst.com/sites.html. For parents who want their children to build their own website but do not already subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; a commercial online service or have an Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , Net Explorations with Web Workshop also includes EarthLink Total Access software and a 10-day free trial period for Internet access See how to access the Internet. . EarthLink Total Access software includes an e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address , Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. 2.0 software, and SurfWatch, parental control software A special browser or filtering program designed to reject Web sites not suited for children. Such programs may screen pages by word content, site rating or by URL, using an updated database of objectionable sites, or any combination of these techniques. See PICS and ICRA. for Internet browsers that allows parents to block access to unwanted or inappropriate websites. Net Explorations with Web Workshop not only gives children a presence on the web, it provides new learning experiences in creative writing, communications and desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, . Sunburst's web exploration themes also encourage children to explore what the web has to offer and creates opportunity for incidental learning. For example, exercises and activities in the Around the World exploration teach children concepts in geography, transportation, cartography cartography: see map. cartography or mapmaking Art and science of representing a geographic area graphically, usually by means of a map or chart. Political, cultural, or other nongeographic features may be superimposed. , and world flag identification. Net Explorations with Web Workshop will be distributed by RandomSoft and will be available through a wide range of retail and national accounts, including retailers such as CompUSA, Computer City, Software Etc., Circuit City, Office Depot Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is one of the world's leading suppliers of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, , Price/Costco, and others, wholesalers such as Ingram Micro, Navarre, Merisel and Beamscope, and catalogers such as Multiple Zones, Inc. About Sunburst Communications From its inception, Sunburst Communications has held a vision of helping teachers and students with an open-ended, creative approach to learning. Founded in 1972 as an educational filmstrip film·strip n. A length of film containing a series of photographs, diagrams, or other graphic matter prepared for still projection. filmstrip n → tira de diapositivas and supplementary print materials company, Sunburst was an early player in the educational computer arena. Since 1982 the company has been consistently setting standards in the educational technology industry. Sunburst has published over 250 titles for the K-12 market in mathematics, science, language arts, early elementary education and problem-solving. Sunburst software is used in over 70% of US schools. To meet the increasing consumer demand of their product, Sunburst has teamed with RandomSoft, the multimedia product sales and marketing division of Random House, to broadly distribute their titles to mass consumer audiences. Sunburst and RandomSoft will bring four home/retail products, A to Zap!, Type to Learn, Book Workshop and Net Explorations with Web Workshop, to market in September, 1996. Sunburst Communications is headquartered in Pleasantville, 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 , and maintains software development offices in Pleasantville and in Los Altos, California Los Altos (IPA: [lɔs ɑltos]) is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. . About Vividus Corporation Founded in 1990, Vividus Corporation, based in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , is an award-winning developer and publisher of creativity software for the family. The Vividus product line includes Amazing Animation, Cinemation, and Web Workshop. Vividus has signed licensing agreements with Apple, Sunburst and Soleil Software. Vividus can be contacted at www.vividus.com. Product Availability and System Requirements The suggested retail price for Net Explorations with Web Workshop is $39.95. Net Explorations with Web Workshop runs on Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and Macintosh 7.1 systems. CONTACT: Alexander Communications, Inc. Kate O'Sullivan, 415/923-1660 kosulliv@alexander-pr.com http://www.alexander-pr.com or Sunburst Communications Claire Kubasik, 800/338-3457 ext. 2175 ckubasik@nysunburst.com http://www.nysunburst.com |
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