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MEDIA ADVISORY
| Contact: | John Lawson Chair, Media Relations and Networking Committee National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training Office (703) 548-0010 x 11, mobile (703) 928-0726 Jlawson@convg.com |
"E-learning" Community to Host Inaugural Gala
WASHINGTON, January 11, 2001 — Educators, corporate leaders, and policymakers will gather at an inaugural gala at the Folger Shakespeare Library to honor the new president, vice president, and Congress and to celebrate the power of technology to transform learning. The gala, hosted by the National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET), will be attended by public and private decision-makers in the education technology field.
"This is a night to celebrate the positive impact that technology is already having on teaching and learning and to reaffirm its potential to do even more," said NCTET president Richard Methia. The gala, which follows a similar event four years ago, is also a way to thank policymakers who have supported educational technology and to raise the profile of ed-tech issues for the new administration and Congress, Methia added.
| WHAT: WHEN: WHERE: WHO: |
Black-tie,
Invitation only, Inaugural Gala January 20, 2001, 7 p.m. - Midnight Folger Shakespeare Library 201 East Capitol Street, S.E. National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the integration of advanced technologies to improve teaching andlearning. NCTET is comprised of business, education, professional association, and government participants. |
The following leading e-learning and other high-tech companies that support the use of technology for teaching and learning are sponsors of the event:
| •AT&T | •Bigchalk.com |
| •Classroom Connect | •Dell Computer |
| •Education Testing Service (ETS) | •EdVision Corporation |
| •Ignite | •iMIND Education Systems |
| •LINK AMERICAS Foundation | •Manugistics |
| •NetSchools Corporation | •Palm, Inc. |
| •Power School | •Riverdeep Interactive Learning |
| •Scientific Learning | •Sun Microsystems |
| •Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. | •Teacher Universe, Inc. |
| •TIME for Kids | •Turner Learning |
| •Verizon | •VTEL Corporation |
The following individuals are current members of the NCTET Board of Directors:
Richard A. Methia
(president of NCTET)
EFS Foundation & Discovery Lab
E-mail: RMETHIA@aol.com
Office: (703) 690-3220
Rick Cimerman (immediate
past president of NCTET)
National Cable Television Association
Barbara J. Yentzer
(past president of NCTET)
National Education Association
Keith R. Krueger
Consortium for School Networking
Donelle Blubaugh
Cable in the Classroom
Stephen Kohn
VERIZON
Ilene G. Rosenthal
New Image Media, LLC
John M. Lawson
Convergence Services, Inc.
Mark Schneiderman
Software and Information Industry Association
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