In light of the quagmire that embroiled T & ATHM, rather then being great news and good PR, the Open Access Coalition will probably ask the government to investigate T and ATHM for trying to hook under-age Americans into their product and file suit like they did against the tobacco industry. <g> :-)
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AT&T Cable Services Offers Local Education Day on Cable in the Classroom
Local Teachers are Invited to Participate in Training
MT. PROSPECT, Ill., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Cable Services will host
a free education day for local teachers on Monday, October 18 at the Arlington
Heights Hilton, located at 3400 W. Euclid Rd. in Arlington Heights from
7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For information about the workshop, please call
847-375-3119.
Local teachers will participate in educational training on Cable in the
Classroom lesson plans, and how to incorporate the material into their
existing lesson plans. Cable programmers such as Court TV, Discovery Channel
and A&E will feature their education programs during breakout sessions. The
workshop is free, and teachers will receive complimentary education materials
for use in the classroom.
"We are thrilled to be working with our local teachers to bring Cable in
the Classroom into our schools," said Mike Lovett, AT&T Cable Services vice-
president. "AT&T Cable Services is committed to education, and is proud to
provide Cable in the Classroom to our local schools and educators through
enhanced cable services."
AT&T's commitment to Chicago area schools through the Cable In The
Classroom program has resulted in over 2,000 Chicago area schools wired for
cable access. AT&T also offers new and enhanced cable services to schools
using broadband technology by enabling Chicago area schools to receive AT&T
Digital Cable and AT&T@Home cable internet access free of charge.
Cable In The Classroom reaches 43 million American students in over 80,000
schools. AT&T Cable Services provides free cable service to schools in the
Chicago area and delivers more than 500 hours each month of commercial-free,
educational programming from 41 cable networks for teachers to integrate into
their lesson plans. Chicago area educators are also provided with Cable in
the Classroom programming guides and other resources.
AT&T's local Cable in the Classroom programming offers Chicago area
schools something no other teaching tool can match: it expands students'
learning experience beyond the four walls of the classroom into the world.
AT&T Broadband & Internet Services (AT&T BIS) (formerly known as
Tele-Communications, Inc.) is one of the nation's leading providers of video
and broadband services. AT&T Broadband & Internet Services provides cable
television entertainment and information programming services to more than 10
million customers across the country. The Company also provides a host of
advanced services including Digital Cable services, high-speed cable internet
access via @Home, telephony services via cable lines.
AT&T Broadband & Internet Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T
Corp. (NYSE: T), the world's leader in telecommunications services and
technology.
SOURCE AT&T Broadband & Internet Services |
