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News : March 6, 2002
America Online and Learning Tools International Launch AOL@SCHOOL Version 2.0
Dulles, VA -- March 6, 2002 America Online, Inc., the world's
leading interactive services company, today announced the launch
of AOL@SCHOOL Version 2.0, enhancing the educational value of
the revolutionary teaching tool with a "study kit" for students, a
faster, more relevant educational search tool and easier
navigation, as well as a customized look-and-feel for each of its
six portals -- each designed for a specific grade level.
Launched in May 2000, AOL@SCHOOL is a free online service
which harnesses the Internet's power in the classroom by offering
six age-appropriate learning portals featuring educational content,
communications features and special safety tools. AOL@SCHOOL
Version 2.0 is now available at www.aolatschool.com. In addition,
schools can order the AOL@SCHOOL software with free
communication tools including E-mail and content filtering by
calling 888-339-0767.
The company also announced new content alliances with three
leading online education companies that will enrich
AOL@SCHOOL's educational offerings. Apex Learning, a leading
provider of online courses and resources to high schools,
GoalView, a leading provider of achievement tracking solutions for
K-12, Special Education and Title 1, and Tom Snyder Productions,
a leading developer and publisher of educational software and
Internet services for K-12 classrooms, will provide content that
builds upon AOL@SCHOOL's premier educational resources.
GoalView -- AOL@SCHOOL users will have access to nationwide
Internet-based achievement tracking services for K-12, ESEA Title
1 and Special Education through GoalView, the premier
Achievement Tracking System for K-12, Title 1 and Special
Education. GoalView sets goals and tracks progress for students,
staff, classes, schools and districts and focuses everyone on
achievement. The GoalView@School Classroom Edition will be
provided free to all AOL@School users to create individual
Learning Plans, IDEA Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and
Standards Report Cards for all students.
Dr. Kirk Wilson, GoalView CEO, states "Our partnership with
AOL@SCHOOL helps enable Sam Walton's vision --- 'high
expectations are the key to everything' --- by providing teachers,
administrators and parents easy access to quality tools designed
to improve achievement for all students."
About AOL@SCHOOL
AOL@SCHOOL is a free online learning service that America Online
launched in May 2000. Designed to help schools make the
interactive medium a more effective part of the classroom
experience, AOL@SCHOOL provides safe, age-appropriate
learning portals with the leading online educational material
selected by educational experts. The service offers AOL's unique
safety controls to protect kids from inappropriate content, optional
features such as e-mail and instant messaging for older students
and special resource portals for teachers and administrators.
AOL@SCHOOL has been endorsed by the governors of six states
including Virginia, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Colorado and
Georgia as the premier online learning tool for K-12 students, and
the program is being widely used in schools across the country.
About GoalView
GoalView(tm) has been providing administrative software to
educators for over 24 years and is led by a team of educators and
technology industry leaders. The GoalView(tm) solutions provide
an achievement tracking system with over 250,000 State
Standards and Benchmarks for use with K-12 students and 10,000
goals and objectives in English and Spanish designed specifically
for use with Special Education, 504, Title I and other special
student groups. GoalView also provides on-line development of
student intervention and Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
and maintains state and federal IDEA compliance requirements
for over 1100 sites in the United States and the Virgin Islands.
For more information see: AOL Time Warner - Press Release.
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