TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING's Teacher of the Year 2000 Program Now Open For Nominations; Netschools and The Learning Company to Sponsor ProgramPRNewswire TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING magazine is pleased to announce the 2000 Teacher of the Year Award Program. The program recognizes and honors K-12 teachers who use technology in innovative ways to motivate students and enrich learning. The NetSchools Corporation will be the primary sponsor of this year's program and The Learning Company will continue its support as a contributing sponsor. Entry nominations are solicited via a direct mail campaign and online at http://www.techlearning.com/. Teachers can fill out the entry form and submit a three-page write up detailing how they integrate technology into the K-12 curriculum, providing examples of student work or other sample activity materials. This information can also be presented by an administrator, colleague or parent nominating a technology-savvy educator. The application must be received by Friday, September 22, 2000. "Each year TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING honors those educators committed to fostering growth and integration of technology in the classroom," said Judy Salpeter, editor-in-chief, TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING. There are so many teachers who use technology to inspire their students and this program allows these educators to be awarded for their efforts. A panel of experienced judges, coordinated by TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING, will select state winners. Out of this group, four Regional Winners (East, West, Central, and South) will be chosen-one of whom will be selected as the National Teacher of the Year. All winners will be notified by October 13, 2000. All State winners will receive recognition in TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING's November 2000 issue along with a one-year subscription to the magazine. They will also receive from The Learning Company a Carmen Sandiego's ThinkQuick Challenge and KidPix Studio 3rd Edition. In addition, Regional Winners will receive all of the above prizes plus two state-of-the-art multimedia computers (one for the educators' personal use and one for their school), attendance (including travel costs) at the NSBA T + L Conference, an invitation to serve on TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING's Editorial Advisory Board, coverage in a spotlight article in the November 2000 issue of the magazine and a choice of one software product from The Learning Company. The National Teacher of the Year winner will receive all of the above plus the following products from The Learning Company: the complete NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Living Books Library, Stagecast Creator and The Complete CornerStone Reading Strand. NetSchools Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is the leading one-to-one e-learning company focused on transforming K-12 education through technology integration. The company offers NetSchools Constellation™, a complete Internet-based learning system that fosters focused interaction between students, teachers and families by providing every student with a rugged wireless laptop computer, a local area infrared network allowing high speed system connectivity for every student, proprietary curriculum software, and technical and long-term instructional support. NetSchools has installed its comprehensive Constellation product in 36 schools for approximately 14,000 students in Texas, California, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi, Connecticut, Georgia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Colorado, Massachusetts, Idaho and New Jersey. The Internet-based curriculum, assessment and community-building components of NetSchools Constellation™ are also separately available to schools nationwide on the company's new web service, NetSchools.com. For more information about NetSchools Corporation, please visit http://www.netschools.com/. The Learning Company is an industry leader in providing educators with innovative software tools and support materials that effectively integrate technology into the classroom and promote the development of successful learners. Comprehensive School Editions of its award-winning titles are sold through its Authorized Education Resellers and by direct sales to schools at (800) 825-4420. The web site for educators is located at http://www.learningcompanyschool.com/. TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING is a national publication for teachers and school administrators. Published by CMP Media, Inc., San Francisco, now celebrating its 20th anniversary -- it is the leading magazine for educators using technology. TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING has a circulation of more than 80,000. For more information, visit TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING'S Web site at http://www.techlearning.com/. CMP Media Inc. is the leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.cmpnet.com/. SOURCE: CMP Media Inc. Contact: Wendy Farrell of CMP Media Inc., 415-905-2620, or Website: http://www.learningcompanyschool.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html or fax, |