Press Release:
Wednesday September 3 10:39 AM EDT
Company Press Release
ACTV Sells eSchool Online to Three Nebraska School Districts
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1997--
$70,000 Contract Marks Second eSchool Online Sale
ACTV Net Inc., the education division of ACTV Inc. (NASDAQ:IATV) has announced an agreement to license eSchool Online to three Nebraska school districts, which are cooperating with ``The Community Discovered,'' an educational project that employs technology to provide students across Nebraska with better access to the arts. The value of this agreement is $70,000.
After ACTV Net Inc.'s recent sale of eSchool Online to Philadelphia schools, the present contract marks the second major sale of the company's new eSchool Online service.
This agreement marries the vast educational resources of the Web to educational video, and thus enables teachers to create aptly targeted and efficiently administered educational materials.
``In addition to combining the Web with educational video, eSchool Online will merge education with the information age,'' said Bruce J. Crowley, president of ACTV Net Inc. ``eSchool Online offers educators and students a broader array of information and learning tools than are possible in traditional educational settings.''
Dr. Ken Bird, superintendent of Omaha's Westside School District, said: ``This partnership will help students and teachers in Grand Island, Lexington and Westside Community Schools achieve better and more meaningful access to the extensive and complex resources offered through the World Wide Web. We are excited at the opportunity to create quality and cost-effective means of developing and sharing curriculum content through eSchool Online.''
The Director of the Community Discovered Project, Dr. Kathy Coufal, added: ``eSchool will advance the goals of The Community Discovered in four important ways: 1) by providing access to the arts for a broader audience of students and teachers; 2) by promoting the centrality of the arts across the curriculum from kindergarten through twelfth grade; 3) by using technology to advance the development of constructivist educational environments; and 4) by connecting students, teachers and artists across the global network to create an expanded community of learners.''
This eSchool application will enable educators to effectively use appropriate Internet technologies and World Wide Web content for constructivist teaching and learning. Secondly, the eSchool service will be used to stimulate discussion among a national network of educators to support the development and implementation of appropriate learning strategies integrating technology and the arts with other subject areas.
The eSchool programming developed under this agreement will be accessible to students and teachers throughout Nebraska, provided they have an Internet connection, a Java-enabled Web browser and a video source such as a TV.
The Community Discovered is a five-year project that links technology and the arts with other subject areas to transform the education of K-12 students. The focus of this project is to develop constructivist curriculum models of engaged student learning, using technology and the resources of the Internet. Conducted by the Westside Community Schools in Omaha, Neb., The Community Discovered Project builds upon and extends the impact of the Art and Technology Integration (ATI) Project, conducted by Westside and Grand Island public schools. The ATI project received a two-year grant from the Excellence in Education Council, funded by Nebraska state lottery proceeds.
Based in New York City, ACTV Inc. enhances the power and quality of the television viewing experience by offering both live and pre-recorded individualized entertainment and educational programming.
Contact:
Mallory Factory Inc.
Lee S. Isgur, 212/350-0000
or
ACTV Inc.
Daniel F. Mahony, Jr., 212/262-2570
dan_mahony@actv.com |
