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To: John Rieman who wrote (28087)	1/14/1998 4:18:00 PM
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Kids learn their ABCs via MPEG.......... -SIEMENS GEC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: Tyneside school first to enter EC Telematics Programme Presswire - January 14, 1998 15:53 V%M2 P%M2PR Jump to first matched term M2 PRESSWIRE-14 January 1998-SIEMENS GEC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: Tyneside school first to enter European Community Telematics Programme (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD -- Monkseaton School uses Siemens multimedia technology to support foreign language teaching and communication with schools abroad Siemens GEC Communication Systems Limited has won an order for its latest multimedia communications technology from Monkseaton Community High School. Monkseaton will run Siemens Video on Demand equipment with a high speed Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Local Area Network across its site in North Tyneside. This will enable pupils at the school to be at the forefront of distributed multimedia training. The order also includes ISDN videoconferencing equipment which will enable pupils to practise their foreign language skills and talk with students in schools abroad that are also connected to the new GBP 1 million EC-funded Students Across Europe Language Network (SAELN). Monkseaton Community High School has already established video links with other state schools in Lille, Hamburg and La Corua. The order with Siemens now enables Monkseaton to become the leading school in the European Community's Telematics Programme, which aims to establish an IT and telecoms infrastructure for educational bodies across Europe. "We are seeking to develop an integrated blend of innovative methods, partnerships and technologies that can serve as a model for any school," commented Dr Paul Kelley, Head Teacher of Monkseaton Community High School. "The Siemens solution allows us to create a new learning environment that combines the best of traditional teaching and learning with the appropriate technologies. It is partnerships such as this that the Government is promoting to raise standards." Siemens will supply the school with a REALITIS ATM network supporting Video on Demand software and encoding equipment from project partner, Telemedia Systems Limited. The system will allow the school to create their own MPEG video and store it on the server, using an encoding device on the ATM network. The REALITIS ATM family of products provides easy-to-install and simple-to- operate ATM LAN switching for the multimedia PC workgroup. Siemens 25 Mbps ATM desktop delivery solution provides high-speed data throughput and effective bandwidth management affordable on the desktop, enabling high quality video streaming, desktop video/audio conferencing and complex imaging. Monkseaton Community High School featured in the Excellence in Schools White Paper published in October 1997, which outlines the Government's aims for education over the next five years in England. Monkseaton Community High School is a coeducational, non-selective state school for students aged 13 to 19 traditionally serving Whitley Bay near Newcastle upon Tyne. It is a Local Education Authority designated school for the mainstream education of students with physical special needs. The school has recently become a language college. Siemens GEC Communication Systems Limited is the new force in business communications, offering a full choice of technology solutions from simple telephony through to full network outsourcing. The company operates centres of competence for research, development, manufacturing and support located throughout the UK and in a number of international markets. It has a turnover in excess of GBP 265 million and is part of Siemens Private Communication Systems Group, the world number one PABX supplier. CONTACT: Dr Paul Kelley, Monkseaton Community High School Tel: +44 (0)191 200 8717 e-mail: Paul.Kelley@schools.ncl.ac.uk Tim Thaxter, Siemens GEC Communication Systems Limited Tel: +44 (0)1159 430300 Allyson Poad, Siemens GEC Communication Systems Limited Tel: +44 (0)1908 855238 M2 COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN M2 PRESSWIRE. DATA SUPPLIED BY NAMED PARTY/PARTIES. Headlines Next Story