ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands April 21, 2004 -โ€" The 2005 Tire Tracks Expedition today announced the official launch of its expedition website, http://www.tiretracks.org, which gives the global public access to extensive information about the upcoming two-year, overland African expedition and globally delivered interactive education program. By combining the two-year, 35 country African expedition with their interactive education program, the Tire Tracks team will enable others to learn from their experiences, provide a fresh and unique perspective on issues affecting the African continent, and help people better understand current, global issues affecting them and the world around them.
The Tire Tracks expedition is a two-year, 50,000 mile overland expedition from Casablanca to Cape Town to Cairo, to explore, understand and explain Africa, its natural and cultural treasures, and all of its inhabitants. The knowledge, insight and experience gained from this large-scale experience-based research study of Africa is shared through the public media and their global, interactive educational program.
Expedition and Company Information
The Tire Tracks expedition is an initiative of Living Footsteps, an organization that aims to โ€œmake the world a smaller placeโ€, by creating a deeper understanding of countries and cultures around the globe. By setting up projects that research and explore regions in the world in a unique way, we and those following us, develop a true understanding of the regions we cover. The combination of a unique travel experience and deep understanding of the countries we visit, allows us to not just explain countries and cultures, but do so in a vivid and relevant way. We focus our business on four forms of knowledge transfer: sharing through media, sharing through education, sharing through advice, and sharing through experience.
Further details about Living Footsteps is at www.livingfootsteps.com.
Map and route plan of the expedition as well as the Tire Tracks brochure, are available at www.tiretracks.org.
Reports, and photos of the Tire Tracks vehicle preparations will be available at www.tiretracks.org in fall 2004, and expedition reports and photos will be available in early 2005. Upon request, expedition-related articles will also be available. Arrangements for interviews, as well as requests for articles or high resolution photo material, should be addressed to the Media Contact.
Media Contact:
Corinne Overman
Hondiusstraat 50-B
3021NM Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Phone/Netherlands: +31.10.276.3784
Efax/USA: +707.516.0367
Email: press@tiretracks.org Website: www.tiretracks.org
Pre-school years are a fun time in your child's life. At this age they begin to develop and learn the skills needed for their future. It's a phase that passes quite quickly yet it is at this time that they exhibit a lot of potential. Nowadays early childhood education programs are available for children at this age. Parents are now willing to give their children a head start in life. By going through an early childhood education program a child can have a decent grasp of the situation when they enter their kindergarten years.
It would be wise to consider an early childhood program for your pre-school children. It can be an important part of your child's intellectual growth. The earlier a child is taught the brighter the future for that child will be. It prepares the child for the learning process and the curriculum that are offered in public schools. Many children experience problems as they adjust to the public school environment.
The adjustment difficulty may be due to the sudden change of environment. Children who have been cooped-up with their parents at home can be shocked to an environment dominated by the teacher and the presence of other children. An early childhood education program may be able to help your children cope with the sudden change in the environment and may help them have a greater learning success rate. Another way that you may consider to prepare your children for education and learning is through the Internet.
The World-Wide-Web is packed with children's games that can enhance their learning capacity in a fun filled environment. In the process of having fun, they begin to develop and learn useful skills they need for their education. Online games can stimulate children from four up to seven years old. This inventive technology can help your child develop learning and understanding skills.
If you are planning early childhood program for your child, then you should consider trying the Internet for games that can help your child. Browse through a number of sites to discover that ideal early childhood program for your pre-school darling. Give them an early head start for their future.
Are you one of those who are looking forward developing or improve classroom skills and follow a career as a curriculum supervisor or become an educational leader with the instruction as your main focus. If your answer is yes then making a career as an instructional leader can be the best option. Though, it is very important to comprehend that the role of an instructional leader differs from the traditional school administrator in a number of ways.
Basically, a conventional principal usually spends most of his/her time dealing with administrative duties, but a principal who is an instructional leader is primarily charged with redefining his or her role to become the primary learner in a community striving for excellence in education. As a result, it definitely becomes the principal's accountability to work with teachers to identify and classify different educational objectives and set school-wide or district wide goals. In addition to this, he or she must provide the essential resources for learning, and generate new learning opportunities for students and staff. Ultimately, ability to follow this responsibility requires deep understanding of leadership qualities. Fortunately, today there are number of colleges and universities that offer programs like instructional leadership that primarily focus on this objective. This education specialist program in instructional leadership principally emphasizes the core skills including comprehensive planning and implementation, curriculum theory and design.
The typical coursework of this program includes: curriculum development, educational topics and trends, and cultural diversity. In addition to this, the program endeavors to promote the values, knowledge, and skills needed to renew and improve education across the state, region, and nation. Once you complete the program, you will be able to:
Analyze and classify the uniqueness of an effective and successful leader
Study leadership attributes, styles and their significance for leaders to be successful
Express strategies for facilitating teams competently and managing clashes
Implement and facilitate collaborative professional development activities including team learning communities
The course enables you to learn many characteristics that can be very beneficial to your school and communities. You learn to exhibit a clear sense of direction for your schools and prioritize attention on the things that really matter in terms of the work of students. The program helps you identify your leadership strengths and gain knowledge of strategies that may engage students in the classroom using a team based learning.The program even enables you to discuss your role as a catalyst leader inspiring others to act; develop your personal leadership development plan and discuss methods for similar types of plans in the classroom.
Today instructional leadership can be broadly considered as a thoughtful journey that builds a learning culture. The program is a specialization that emphasizes leadership and managing other teachers with an eye towards a move into school administration. In recent years, this education program has gained enough popularity and expected to earn more recognition in next few years.
Want to start your career as instruction leader? Find complete information on top instructional leadership education programs and top education colleges that offer hat Offer Instructional Leadership Courses at EducationMajorsU.com. Choose the best teaching majors for you and start your career now.
RESINATE LAUNCHES EDUCATOR PROGRAM FOR RESINATE MATERIAL ADVISOR
Students Gain Critical Skills for Professional Life in Manufacturing Industry
ANDOVER, MA, April 1, 2003 โ€" Resinateโ„ข Corporation, a leader in Automated Materials Management for discrete manufacturers, today announced the Educator Program for the Resinate Material Advisorโ„ข (RMA) software suite. RMA by Resinate streamlines the plastic material selection process for manufacturers by integrating extensive databases of materials with leading MCAD applications.
Resinate is advancing student education with its RMA software package by combining Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks and PTC Pro/ENGINEER software products with its patent-pending RMA material selection software. Junior, senior and graduate students, who previously only used CAD software for 3D design concepts, can now use the RMA software to further their skills.
โ€œRMA software offers students many advantages including the ability to locate appropriate materials that satisfy the fit, form and function of designed products,โ€ said Michael Haley, VP Technology and Alliances, Resinate Corporation. โ€œThe ease of use and the step-by-step methodology provided by RMA is ideal within the learning environment; even users with only fundamental knowledge can evaluate and select real world materials from the database.โ€
The Resinate Educator Program supplies educational institutions with an enterprise license for their on-site CAD labs along with training manuals and course information. Single-seat student editions are also available to students enrolled in an approved course. Enterprise licenses are $1,500 per site, and Student Editions are $99 per year or $149 for a two-year license.
For more information about Resinate's Educator Program, and to view a free Web cast, go to www.resinatecorp.com, or contact Michael Haley, VP of Technology & Alliances at (978) 824-1664 or mhaley@resinatecorp.com
About Resinate
Resinate is a leading provider of Automated Materials Management software for the discrete manufacturing sector. Resinate applications help leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and design professional to effectively and efficiently analyze the design of their products and identify optimal plastic materials. Resinate Material Advisor (RMA), is the first software application available worldwide that automates plastic material selection directly into leading MCAD environments including Solidworksยฎ, Pro/ENGINEERยฎ and Autodesk Inventor. The RMA products enable OEMs to compress time-to-market for new products, reduce costs associated with direct materials and dramatically increase productivity throughout the product lifecycle.
For more information about Resinate's products and services, visit www.resinatecorp.com, email info@resinatecorp.com or call (978) 824-1669
Resinate and RMA are trademarks of Resinate Corporation. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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Strategic Reach PR
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April 23, 2004 -- Educational Program featuring five core subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, Geography, and History.
Genesis Software announces the release of version 2.1 of Academia โ€" an educational program designed for Windows 9x, Me, 2000, NT, XP.
Academia is an educational program designed for people interested in self-education, and also as a supplement for high school and college students. The program's primary goal is to test a person's skills in these five subjects: English, mathematics, science, geography, and history. The tests encompasses most of the topics that are introduced in high schools and colleges in the five subjects mentioned above.
This version of Academia features updated material in most of the tests, and the entire program itself has been completely revised and edited. Of notable mention is Books Central, which is an online manual that has reference material and step-by-step examples on the subjects. The program also features an updated custom dictionary and a timer that you can use to time each test.
With these updated tests and features at your fingertips, you have a program that can help you to set and reach your educational goals. For example, because each subject starts in the basic level, you have an opportunity to know right away where your strengths and weaknesses are. You may then decide to spend more time in the basic level or register the program and start the next level.
Academia 2.1 costs US$16.95 for a single-user license.
For more information, and to download an evaluation copy, visit our Web site at: http://www.genesis-softwareonline.com
Evaluation key available on request
For more information contact:
Dunstan Joseph, Genesis Software
P.O. Box 181696, Casselberry, Fl, 32718-1696
Tel/Fax: 407.834.2871
E-mail: info@genesis-softwareonline.com
Internet: http://www.genesis-softwareonline.com
e-Health Quality Partners Named Exclusive Education and Outreach Affiliate of the Internet Healthcare Coalition
Diverse Educational Programs and Consulting Services Offered to e-Businesses and Consumer Groups under Auspices of Internet Healthcare Coalition
Contacts:
John Mack, President, Internet Healthcare Coalition
Phone: (215) 504-4164
e-mail: ihc-president@ihealthcoalition.org
Lois C. Ambash, Principal, e-Health Quality Partners
Phone: (212) 675-9934
e-mail: lcambash@e-hqp.com
Ahmad Risk, Chairman, Internet Healthcare Coalition
Phone (England): 44 (1273) 724866
e-mail: risk@cybermedic.org
Washington, D.C., April 24, 2002 -- The Internet Healthcare Coalition (โ€œthe Coalition,โ€ www.ihealthcoalition.org) and e-Health Quality Partners (e-HQP; www.e-hqp.com), announced today that they have entered into an exclusive alliance to develop and deliver educational programs bearing the Coalition's brand.
Under the agreement, e-HQP will offer educational and consulting programs, research services, conferences, publications, executive workshops, employee training, meeting facilitation and strategic planning activities. These products and services will be designed to meet the diverse needs of e-health and other businesses, healthcare providers, not-for-profits, and consumers. The Coalition will provide expert editorial oversight of program and service content to ensure that it conforms to the Coalition's mission and to the highest standards of balance and quality.
โ€œThis is an important strategic business relationship that will help the Coalition revitalize its educational mission,โ€ stated John Mack, President of the Internet Healthcare Coalition and a principal of e-HQP. โ€œUp until now, the Coalition has depended exclusively on small grants and volunteer efforts to roll out educational programs. e-HQP will provide the necessary business acumen, financial resources, and organizational development expertise to market, launch, and manage many projects that the Coalition could not otherwise undertake.โ€
โ€œOver one hundred million American adults, and a growing number of others worldwide, regularly use the Internet to seek health-related information,โ€ said Lois Ambash, Coalition board member and e-HQP principal. โ€œe-HQP will partner with the Coalition to improve the quality of e-health information and services available on the Internet, help e-health businesses build trusted brands, and assist consumers in making informed choices among the many e-health products and services available to them.โ€
The key provision of the Coalition/e-HQP alliance is an exclusive licensing agreement covering educational products and services that will bear the Coalition's imprimatur and logo. e-HQP's demonstrated commitment to the mission of the Coalition and its business expertise make it an ideal โ€œtrusted partnerโ€ to advance the Coalition's interests in a manner that is both ethically sound and fiscally advantageous to the Coalition.
โ€œThe Coalition has a broad base of stakeholders and a reputation for being unbiased,โ€ said Ahmad Risk, Coalition Board chairman. โ€œAs demonstrated by our critical role in developing the international e-Health Code of Ethics, the Coalition also has strong relationships with many opinion leaders eager to collaborate under our auspices. Now, with e-HQP's help, we hope to bring these qualities and experts together to offer programs and services that allow other organizations to develop best practices for interactive healthcare.โ€
A critical goal of the strategic alliance is to help organizations conform to the e-Health Code of Ethics, a product of the Coalition's international โ€œeHealth Ethics Initiative.โ€ In addition, e-HQP will establish and manage a Coalition Speakers Bureau and form educational partnerships with a variety of businesses and organizations.
About e-Health Quality Partners
e-Health Quality Partners is a strategic business alliance between VirSci Corporation (John J. Mack, President), a firm dedicated to developing and applying best practices in privacy, usability, and quality to online pharmaceutical and health marketing, and Metaforix Incorporated (Lois C. Ambash, President), whose purpose is to help businesses and organizations adapt to the changing business environments and customer expectations of the Information Age through organizational planning, learning, and communications. The mission of e-Health Quality Partners is to offer educational programs and e-health communications that conform to the highest standards of ethics and quality to e-health businesses, healthcare organizations, consumers, and other interested groups, and to help organizations integrate those high standards into everyday business practices.
About the Internet Healthcare Coalition
The Coalition is an international, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to identifying and promoting quality healthcare resources on the Internet. Founded in 1997 and based in Washington, D.C., the Coalition's membership represents every sector of the Internet health space, including consumers, commercial developers of health information, medical libraries, special-interest societies, and manufacturers of regulated drugs and medical devices. The goal of the Coalition is to educate healthcare consumers and professionals about the evolving issues relating to the quality of Internet health resources and information. In October 1999, the Coalition launched its ongoing "eHealth Ethics Initiative" to provide a forum for the development of a universal set of ethical principles for health-related Web sites.
Homeownership education programs and housing counseling can address the homeownership questions and preserve the personality and integrity of the real estate business.
It should be noted that homeownership has become a valuable factor that helps stabilize families and communities. It is also an important contributor to a nation's economy through the housing sector. Homeownership education programs are most useful in taking the stress out of the process of buying a home, especially for the minority and/or immigrant home buyers, by providing them accessible information on homeownership. A well-documented homebuyer education can demystify the confusing process for first time homebuyers and can give them the confidence by helping them understand common homebuyer terminologies and in making the right decisions about home choice and loan products.
Recent studies show that homeownership education programs can help lessen the "gap" between individuals and homeownership. They effectively address not only the obvious lack of understanding and information about the home-buying process, but it also tries to overcome the language and cultural barriers that usually mislead the interested buyer to misconceptions in the mortgage finance system. It likewise gives a better understanding of the regulatory burdens imposed on the production of housing that drive up costs. Homeownership education programs are also an effective means to inform buyers of their rights, and help them find affordable houses, lower interest rate offers, and assistance in mortgage, down payment and closing costs and standard procedures.
Effective counseling on housing is a key area that increases minority homeownership and that serves to eliminate illegal discrimination and cut the closing costs through federal regulatory reforms. Immigrants who bother to go through the training and education provided by these homeownership education programs enjoy the benefit of getting familiar with a country's home-buying process, recognize opportunities for financing by making them aware of the benefits of buying a house with a loan offered by commercial lenders (i.e. banks, lending institutions, mortgage houses), how to pre-qualify for these available loans or, better still, how to reach a deal directly with a seller who offers owner-financing. This latter option is a safe way of veering away from banks and/or other instituted lenders who sometimes make things really sound more complicated than they are. Homeownership education programs show the buyer some useful tools to place homeownership easily within reach. Many state and local public agencies, non-profits and local lending institutions now offer free or low-cost homeownership plans that assist people in learning about becoming successful homeowners. It is always smart to educate oneself before going into a new venture as big as buying a place of his own.
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