Learning Network's Fact Monster Receives Aquent's New England Web Design Award; Leading Kids' Reference Site Recognized for Creative Content and Exemplary Web Design.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2001 Learning Network (http://www.learningnetwork.com, America Online See AOL. Keyword: Learning Network), the Internet's premier consumer-education source, announced today that FactMonster.com, (http://www.FactMonster.com) its comprehensive kids' reference site, is the recipient of this year's New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Web Design(TM) E-Zine Award for outstanding content and design. The New England Web Design (NEWD NEWD New and Used NEWD Night Exercise Without Darkness NEWD New Design (TM)) awards program was developed by Aquent, a Boston-based talent agency, to recognize the best interactive sites in New England. NEWD Award winners were critically selected from more than 700 applicants, including the region's top corporations and agencies, as well as independents and students, by a panel of industry experts who state: "If the work survives our scrutiny, it is an example of truly excellent design." The NEWD E-Zine Award honors Fact Monster Fact Monster is a website geared towards children. It is owned by Infoplease and, like the Infoplease site, it contains several reference works under one umbrella, including the Columbia Encyclopedia, Random House Dictionary, an atlas and an almanac. as an outstanding, easy-to-use and beautifully designed reference site. Fact Monster, part of Learning Network for Reference, provides kids, parents and teachers with essential reference materials, individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. homework help, fun facts, and games, as well as daily features, including Today in History, Today's Birthday, a Daily Word Quiz, and a brand-new Daily Analogy Quiz. "Fact Monster's combination of information and entertainment is central to our goal of making learning engaging, accessible and dynamic for kids," says Elizabeth Buckley Kubik, senior vice president and general manager, Learning Network for Reference. "Recognition from NEWD is a wonderful testimonial to the outstanding success and response this site has had since we launched last fall." Since its launch, Fact Monster's content and dynamic web design have drawn nearly 3 million page views. Because site editors update Fact Monster daily, information accessed by web visitors is always growing and always current, ensuring continuously updated, comprehensive, and trustworthy content to enhance the learning process. About Learning Network for Reference Learning Network for Reference is a dynamic, award-winning source of facts, features, quizzes, news, articles, and statistical information, updated daily. Infoplease (www.infoplease.com) and Fact Monster (www.factmonster.com), allow users to search a comprehensive database of almanacs Almanacs See also astronomy; calendar almanagist a person who compiles almanacs. ephemeris an astronomical almanac giving, as an aid to the astronomer and navigator, the locations of celestial bodies for each day of the year. , encyclopedia articles, dictionary definitions, an interactive atlas, and daily spotlight features that provide comprehensive interactive reference material. About Learning Network Learning Network, the Internet's premier consumer-education source, currently offers an unmatched array of online educational tools, content, resources, and communities serving the K-12, Professional Development, Lifelong Learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. and Reference markets. Offerings for the College market will roll out later in 2001. Each of the five vertically integrated networks A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. is supported by the Learning Network Store (which hosts both online and offline education products related to Learning Network services). Learning Network is built on a strong foundation of assets from the international media company Pearson plc, as well as educational properties from leading technology companies. Learning Network has business offices in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Boston, Chicago, and Paramus, NJ. For more information, call 1-888-816-1999, or visit www.LearningNetwork.com on the Internet (America Online Keyword: Learning Network). |
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