Computer Curriculum Corporation Offers First Educational Online Tour of the Mediterranean; 10,000-Mile Bicycle Journey Uses the Internet to Teach Students Around the World.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 1997--Computer Curriculum Corporation (CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. ), the leading provider of software and services to the school market and a Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. company, today announced Mediterranean Fieldtrip, the first educational project to take students on a nine-month virtual journey. The free project, accessible both on Simon & Schuster's Edscape web site (www.edscape.com) and on CCC's CCCnet web site (www.cccnet.com), invites students to explore history, language and culture with an interactive Internet trip to the Mediterranean. Mediterranean Fieldtrip, based on national education standards, offers lessons for grades 3-12 in the areas of mathematics, reading/language arts, social studies and science. The project was designed for easy integration into existing instructional materials -- making it ideal for teachers just starting to use the Internet in the classroom -- and is also accessible for home use. The course combines online curriculum with daily reports from "Internet Jockeys" (IJs) traveling throughout the region with project co-sponsor BikeAbout, a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. specializing in educational Internet adventures. BikeAbout's team of IJs includes educators, professional cyclists This is an incomplete list. Please add to this list if you are aware of an omission. This is a list of cyclists by decade. Cyclists by decade Cyclists before the 1880s
Wired with Internet access See how to access the Internet. and laptops donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. by Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , IJs will broadcast daily reports to the Mediterranean Fieldtrip site, including information about the history, people, language, food and climate of each of 21 countries they plan to travel by bicycle. IJs will be visiting local schools to discuss environmental and cultural issues using the Internet. The trip begins today in Morocco Morocco, country, Africa Morocco (mərŏk`ō), officially Kingdom of Morocco, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 32,726,000), 171,834 sq mi (445,050 sq km), NW Africa. and will end 10,000 miles later in Gibraltar next June. Also announced today is the "Web Tech Showcase," a component of Mediterranean Fieldtrip that displays advanced Internet technologies such as 3-D graphics, animation, and streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. . Created by CCC and sponsored by Compaq, Learning Sites and Progressive Networks, this site provides educational experiences such as exploring an archeological site in Greece using a 3-D graphical environment. While the showcase provides material for the most technologically-advanced schools, the core curriculum of Mediterranean Fieldtrip can be used by any school or home with Internet access. "Mediterranean Fieldtrip offers students a unique chance to experience people and places they may not communicate with or see otherwise," said Lori McBride, CCC vice president of new media markets. "Because IJs will be sending reports daily and the curriculum will be updated throughout the year, the project will maintain students' interest in learning about other cultures." Instructional Areas In addition to daily IJ reports and the technology showcase, the project offers three other instructional tools that students can use at any point in the virtual journey. These include "Country Quest," which directs students in researching topics related to individual countries; "Chat 'n Debate," a weekly threaded discussion A running commentary of messages between two or more people in a discussion group. See message thread and discussion group. forum for guided conversation with IJs and other students; and "Challenges & Collaborations," where students can choose a world problem such as endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. or poverty and work with other students around the world to develop solutions. Special Offers for Teachers CCC is sponsoring several promotions in conjunction with Mediterranean Fieldtrip. At the end of the expedition, participating teachers will be eligible to win a new laptop computer A portable computer that has a flat LCD screen and usually weighs less than eight pounds. Often called just a "laptop," it uses batteries for mobile use and AC power for charging the batteries and desktop use. Today's high-end laptops provide all the capabilities of most desktop computers. donated by Compaq. In addition, CCC will be awarding monthly prizes for teachers and students who have actively participated in the project. All participating teachers can register for a free school-year subscription to CCCnet (www.cccnet.com), CCC's education web site. About Edscape Edscape is a premiere education web site for K-12 educators and students delivering interactive curriculum for all grade levels and disciplines, as well as professional development areas for teachers. The site, launched in May 1997, is based on the model created by CCCnet (www.cccnet.com), CCC's award-winning site that is now an Edscape member site. About the Company Computer Curriculum Corporation is the leading provider of educational software and services to the school market and a unit of Simon & Schuster. CCC's software is installed in more than 16,000 schools and has been used by more than 10 million students worldwide. CCC has been delivering education technology solutions for 30 years and is extending its reach to a community of learners by offering educational projects over the World Wide Web via CCCnet, adult education solutions through CCC's Invest Learning division and after school education programs through Score@Kaplan nationwide educational centers. -0- Simon & Schuster, the world's largest educational publisher, is the publishing operation of Viacom Inc. Viacom is one of the world's largest entertainment and publishing companies and a leading force in nearly every segment of the international media marketplace. CONTACT: Computer Curriculum Corp./Simon & Schuster Lorraine Bolster This article is about the pillow called a bolster. For other meanings of the word "bolster", see bolster (disambiguation). A bolster (etymology: Middle English, derived from Old English, and before that the Germanic word bulgstraz , 408/541-3951 lorraine_bolster@cccpp.com or The Weber Weber, river, United States Weber (wē`bər), river, c.125 mi (200 km) long, rising in the Uinta Mts., N central Utah, and flowing north and northwest to join the Ogden River at Ogden. The combined stream flows to the Great Salt Lake. Group Dawn Mortensen, 415/325-8300 dmortensen@ca.webergroup.com |
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