CyberEd, Inc. Wins Prestigious EDDIE Award; Educational Multimedia Company Claims Coveted Award for Third Year in a Row.Business Editors PARADISE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2000 CyberEd, Inc., a PLATO Learning company, has received the ComputEd Learning Lab Education Software Review Award (EDDIE EDDIE Environmental Data Dynamic Information Exchange (Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado) ) for 2000. This marks the third year in a row that the educational multimedia company has claimed the award. The company's new series, Cyber Ed(R) Interactive Chemistry, was selected as the "best 2000 post-secondary science software" for its academic content, technical merit, subject approach and quality of management system. "We offer an exceptional product, and it's very rewarding to have that publicly recognized" said Tim Calhoon, vice president of operations at CyberEd, Inc. "Moving forward, we will continue to offer the best possible product choices for science instruction. We're currently developing new multimedia chemistry titles so that classrooms investing in our software today will have more multimedia choices in the future." The company was also the recipient of the EDDIE award in 1998 and 1999 for its Cyber Ed(R) Interactive Biology Multimedia Courseware Series. The series offers the largest selection of multimedia biology software titles in the education market. Currently, there are 35 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). titles in the series, with new titles and subjects to be introduced annually. The company's recent acquisition by PLATO Learning will provide the resources to continue in-house production of its award-winning software. G. Thomas Ahern, senior vice president of sales and marketing for PLATO Learning, commented, "This award underscores the quality of the CyberEd organization and its products, reinforcing the strengths of this acquisition for PLATO Learning." About CyberEd, Inc. CyberEd, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of PLATO Learning and an award-winning publisher of interactive multimedia science courseware used by thousands of schools, colleges, and universities worldwide. Since 1995, the company has developed 35 titles for the Cyber Ed(R) Interactive Biology series and 9 titles for the Cyber Ed(R) Interactive Chemistry series. Founded in Paradise in 1994 and incorporated in 1995, CyberEd, Inc. has become a national leader in science education technology, marketing its products via a Web site, direct-mail catalogs and a network of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. and international resellers. The company's Web address is www.cyber-ed.com About PLATO Learning PLATO Learning, Inc. is a leading provider of computer-based and e-learning instruction, offering basic to advanced level courseware in reading, writing, math, science, and life and job skills. The PLATO(R) Learning System and PLATO(R) Web Learning Network provide more than 2000 hours of objective-based, problem-solving courseware and include assessment, alignment and management tools to facilitate the learning process. With revenues of over $52 million, PLATO Learning, Inc. is a publicly held company traded as TUTR on the NASDAQ-NMS. PLATO(R) educational software is marketed to middle and high schools, colleges, job training programs, correctional institutions, military education programs, corporations and consumers. PLATO software is delivered via networks, CD-ROM, the Internet and private intranets. It is available for immediate purchase and electronic download on the company's Web site. PLATO Learning is headquartered at 10801 Nesbitt Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and a southern suburb of Minneapolis. As of 2005, it had a population of 84,347, making it the largest Twin Cities suburb, and the fifth largest city in the state[1]. 55437, (952) 832-1000 or (800) 869-2000. The company has domestic offices throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and international offices in the United Kingdom and Canada. International distributors are located in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , Singapore, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. and the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. . The company's Web address is www.plato.com This press release contains forward-looking information regarding future prospects. There can be no assurance that the company will be able to achieve any particular result in future periods due to uncertainties such as timing of receipt of product orders, delivery to customers and other matters relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc revenue recognition accounting principles. (R)Cyber Ed is a registered trademark of CyberEd, Inc. PLATO is a registered trademark of The Roach Organization, Inc. and TRO TRO - tail recursion optimisation Learning, Inc. |
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