First Virtual Communications' Click to Meet Rich Media Communications Enhances Learning for Language College in the UK.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LONDON & REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2004

Interacting with various schools around the world, the UK's Gaynes

School enhances learning of foreign languages for its 965 students

through Click to Meet(TM) rich media communications

First Virtual Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FVCXE), a premier provider of infrastructure and solutions for real-time, rich media communications, today announced that their Click to Meet(TM) rich media communications is enhancing the learning of foreign languages for the 965 students of the Gaynes School Language College, a specialist language college in the UK for students ages 11-16. Interacting with various schools around the world, Gaynes School is using Click to Meet to change its learning styles of foreign languages by removing geographical limitations.

Barbara Wojewodka, head of languages teacher who uses Click to Meet to enable students to work together on foreign web sites and interact with each other in live lessons commented, "The ethos of Click to Meet has changed the learning style of the students at Gaynes School. Students are working closer together while linked with other schools. Language is now fun to learn and when students have fun, they learn so much more. We recently held a videoconference with the 7th President of Turkey School in Marmaris, Turkey, which was televised live by local television stations in Turkey. This was the first ever videoconference between an English and a Turkish school. We also have plans to implement more interaction with schools in Germany, France and Poland."

After assessing the web conferencing solutions market, Gaynes School selected Click to Meet through First Virtual Communications' reseller Promethean because of Click to Meet's user friendly application, because Click to Meet offers a complete solution, including both point-to-point and multipoint communication and because of the benefits of integrating the Click to Meet solution with other software programs the school had already purchased. Gaynes School has now incorporated the Click to Meet web conferencing solution into the school syllabus and timetable by combining interactive language lessons, school presentations and staff interviews abroad, often used in association with Microsoft PowerPoint and electronic whiteboards.

"Click to Meet has played a tremendously important part in changing the way we conduct our foreign language classes and has helped us to develop lessons in ways that we would have never thought possible," commented Russell Ayling, headmaster at Gaynes School. "Making education a rich, rewarding and memorable experience is the goal of any teacher, and when it's not possible to take the class beyond the walls, Click to Meet makes it possible to give an interactive look at the world outside. This is a huge asset for classes such as language classes that can be linked directly to other foreign schools virtually anywhere in the world."

Click to Meet was acquired by the Gaynes School through a GBP 120,000 Specialist Language Status Award from the UK Government, after the school submitted an award winning language development plan that included the purchase of the Click to Meet solution among other solutions. Specialist language colleges are maintained secondary schools that have a specific focus on the improvement of learning of modern foreign languages. They are funded by the Government and private sector sponsorship. Gaynes School was unusual in its application for the award as it decided to apply for a specialist status in a subject that it did not excel in, but wanted to improve.

Bruce Withington, UK sales director at First Virtual Communications commented, "School to school interaction between students is now easily achieved, and the benefits for both students and teachers is significant, not just for the class as a whole, but for each individual. Click to Meet helps to enhance the time-honored educational tools, by providing them with advanced communications and collaboration opportunities."

Click to Meet is a premier rich media web conferencing solution enabling audio, video and data communication within a single, browser-based user interface, providing affordable communication options for widespread deployment. As a software solution, Click to Meet offers more flexible deployment options, easier upgrades and lower cost processing power than hardware-based solutions. Combining high quality multipoint audio and video with web collaboration tools such as document sharing, presentation, file transfer and whiteboard, Click to Meet provides the expressive and interactive communications that are critical in learning environments.

About First Virtual Communications

First Virtual Communications is a premier provider of infrastructure and solutions for real time rich media communications. The Company's award-winning Click to Meet(TM) product line is enterprise-class software that enables corporate, education, healthcare and government customers worldwide to present, share, sell, train and collaborate. Click to Meet integrates the user's choice of data, audio and multipoint interactive video into existing work environments and into everyday communication tools such as instant messaging, web browsing and e-mail. Click to Meet software solutions are widely deployed in over 1,500 customer locations and excel in challenging environments such as military intelligence, emergency response, disaster recovery, corporate training and geographically dispersed tele-working locations, among others. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, First Virtual Communications has operations in France, United Kingdom, Japan and China. More information about First Virtual Communications can be found at www.fvc.com or by calling 1-800-728-6337 or [phone] outside North America.

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