Classroom Connect Launches First Internet Education Hub; A Home Base for Teachers and Students on the Internet.FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999-- Classroom Connect (www.classroom.com), the leader in Internet-based curriculum and training for K-12 classrooms, today announced the launch of the first comprehensive education hub on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . This hub is designed to be the home base on the Internet for educators, students and parents in a learning community that will support the increasingly complex needs of today's educational landscape. Classroom Connect's mission is to support educators in transforming the classroom learning experience into one that is dynamic, enriching and engaging for students. Classroom Connect's education hub will serve as a backdrop Backdrop may refer to:
The initial launch of the hub, featuring the educators' community component, will occur on June 22, 1999, at the National Educational Computing computing - computer Conference (NECC NECC National Educational Computing Conference NECC Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (Norfolk, VA) NECC Net-Enabled Command Capability NECC Northeast Mississippi Community College NECC North Equatorial Counter Current ) in Atlantic City Atlantic City, city (1990 pop. 37,986), Atlantic co., SE N.J., an Atlantic resort and convention center; settled c.1790, inc. 1854. Situated on Absecon Island, a barrier island 10 mi (16. , N.J. Free resources on the site will include thousands of valuable Web links that are pre-researched by Classroom Connect's cybrarians for their educational value, browsable by curriculum topic and grade level. Other resources include lesson plans for math, science, social studies and language arts language arts pl.n. The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. ; surveys and posting of educator feedback on key classroom and industry issues; Classroom Connect Newsletter extracts; a calendar of daily educational activities; a teacher contact database; teacher message boards and discussion groups with best practices topics; teaching tips; an Internet glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. of terms; and fun activities including contests. Classroom Connect's education hub will provide a central meeting place where educators can network, collaborate, obtain assistance in meeting evolving technology standards and find professional development resources and creative solutions to address the increasing demands being placed upon them in the new Digital Age. Future plans for the education hub include free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. accounts for teachers, chat rooms, links to state standards sites/databases and a classroom-based area for students with a different curriculum topic delivered each week. "The launch of our education hub is a landmark event for our company and the education marketplace," said Classroom Connect CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Judith Hamilton Hamilton, city, Bermuda Hamilton, city (1990 est. pop. 3,100), capital of Bermuda, on Bermuda Island. It is a port at the head of Great Sound, a huge lagoon and deepwater harbor protected by coral reefs. . "Classroom Connect has always supported the educator and now will be able to do so even more comprehensively. With the curriculum, resources, training materials and mechanism for educator feedback that are available in our hub, we can quite literally `give a voice to the educator online,' and thereby help teachers change the face of K-12 education in the U.S." Classroom Connect will offer a wide range of incentives encouraging educators to visit the hub over the "100 Days of Summer." These include, for every educator who registers on the site, a gift certificate for the purchase of Classroom Connect products and automatic entry into 500 prize drawings to take place between June 22 and Sept. 30. Prizes will include free subscriptions to the upcoming AsiaQuest adventure learning expedition, free Internet literacy and curriculum products and free admissions to Classroom Connect's Internet/technology training conferences and Connected University, the company's revolutionary new online staff development solution for K-12 educators. Classroom Connect is an Internet company focused on K-12 education. Classroom Connect provides an integrated array of products and services to the education space, including professional development services, Internet-based curriculum materials, adventure learning expeditions, educational resources and the easiest way to find the best educational materials on the Web. |
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