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"Dreamland was in many ways our attempt to experiment with a completely
different 'take' on education reform," said Kim Mulkey, technology director,
BellSouth Foundation.
- Innovative platforms and applications must provide equal accessibility
for all users, be safe and secure and be available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
- A number of cultural issues will require exploration and research in
order to make transformational changes in education. "We are
like most other school districts, but participating in Dreamland caused us to
move beyond the normal crutches we get used to and explore ways to engage
students in learning that don't involve the traditional paper format.
BellSouth believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive environment
are critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global
marketplace .S. "One of the greatest things we can
do is arm young adults with the skills necessary for a financially fit life.
A fiscally smart young adult becomes a savvy consumer -- and that is good for
business , the economy, and for personal growth and success. For more information about Visa,
please visit http://www.

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Jersey Cow Software, a leading international developer of interactive
learning applications, and Davis Publications, the leading U.
The good news is, this 2005 Innovation Summer Camp was to the full
satisfaction of the teachers, the students and the principals.
"While most children get the majority of their personal finance lessons at
home, we need to ensure that personal finance education also extends to the
classroom," Jones added.

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* A program that bridges the digital divide by donating computer
equipment to schools in need and providing training for teachers. Visa
is continuing this program in 2005 by donating computer labs to 10 high
schools across the United States.1 trillion in annual transaction volume.

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- Applications need to have built-in diagnostics that automatically
generate data needed to fuel ongoing decision making and idea
generation. The
curriculum currently reaches 2.practicalmoneyskills.

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Across the Southeast, the BellSouth Foundation engaged educational
leaders --superintendents, chief technology and financial officers, principals,
curriculum specialists, local board members and teachers-to participate in a
six-month simulation called Dreamland. More information about BellSouth can be found
at http://www. Blackboard's
clients include colleges, universities , schools and other education providers,
as well as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that serve
education providers and their students. The camp enables students and teachers
from Beijing and Guangzhou to participate in international collaborative
learning workshops that foster innovative thinking and problem-solving within
a creative environment.com or phone 732-422-0101.

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- Educators want to drive partnerships which help them engage students. Nearly 100 percent of teachers who reviewed
the website approved of it; 98 percent said they would recommend the site to
other educators; and 94 percent gave the program a "B" or better.
Consumers in more than 150 countries carry more than 1 billion Visa-branded
cards, accepted at millions of locations worldwide .

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And,
what we found were students who were more caught up in learning.

About Blackboard
Blackboard is a leading provider of enterprise software applications and
related services to the education industry. On-going
collaborative exchanges of art shows and digital exhibitions will be
established between schools in China and the United States through Jersey Cow
and Davis Publications.
Following the first camp in 2005, Richard Xiang of GKE Beijing II and
organizer of the China aspects of the camps said: "I am sure the innovation
'seeds' we have planted in the minds of teachers and students will grow, and
the movement here will one day see its breakthrough . Visa offers a
trusted, reliable and convenient way to access and mobilize financial
resources -- anytime, anywhere, any way.

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com(R) and The Real
Yellow Pages(R).

The GKE
Innovation Camp is sponsored by the elite Peking University's Allied
Elementary School (AESPU) in conjunction with The Guangzhou Children's Palace
and Guangzhou Children 's Museum. Proven Money Management Curriculum Moves the Needle on Student Literacy

SAN FRANCISCO , As part of its ongoing commitment
to provide much needed money management and financial literacy tools to the
public, Visa USA is marking April as "Financial Literacy Month" with a re-
launch of its award-winning website, Practical Money Skills for Life.
Recognizing that learning does not stop once the last school bell rings,
Practical Money Skills for Life includes materials to help parents work with
their children to develop strong financial skills at home.

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For more information about BellSouth's Project: Dreamland,
visit http://bellsouthfoundation. The team also will conduct presentations in both
Beijing and Guangzhou on the theoretical side of project-based learning and
the role of play and gaming in a modern innovative technology-assisted
learning curriculum.

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"It forced us to ask whether we
were really doing anything differently in our district," said Wright .
-- Jersey Cow Software President Robert Wickenden and his 14-year-old son,
Robert Wickenden, a GKE intern and facilitator in past innovation camps
and seminars.


Hands-on, project-based learning activities from an innovative Davis
Publications curriculum have been adapted, localized and translated for use in
both China and the United States. This contest awards teachers who creatively incorporate
money management education in the classroom.

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- Electronic forms of communication are a must., with offices and staff in North America, Europe and Asia. art educators, Nancy Walkup, educator, author and editor
of SchoolArts magazine , the leading U. To date, Visa has donated more than
45 computer labs nationwide.

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ATLANTA , Education with less paper? An
imaginative idea for some, but for 13 districts in BellSouth's territory
(NYSE: BLS), such a Dreamland became a reality. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long
distance voice and data networking solutions. and China that will continue throughout 2006 to
lay the foundation for long-term international learning collaborations. At the 2001 National Education Association Expo, teachers
graded and evaluated the program.

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Educators were asked to download assignments, post their activities, and
communicate with fellow participants from other districts through an online
virtual learning platform provided by Blackboard, a national leader in e-
education.

Eddy Wright, director of instructional technology at Graves County Schools
in Mayfield, Ky.

About BellSouth Corporation
BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business
customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and
high -speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless
service. BellSouth also offers online and
directory advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages. The camp is part of a pilot project
involving schools in the U. Combining a deep understanding of interactive gaming and learning
with industry best practices for software engineering, Jersey Cow works both
domestically and internationally with clients ranging from educational
publishers to entertainment media companies .jerseycow.
When students are taught money management lessons, they become more
financially literate. The findings revealed
that after only one day of testing, the students personal finance grades
improved overall by 13%, going from a "D" to a "B" average. Nearly 21,000 financial institutions
worldwide rely on Visa's processing system, VisaNet, to facilitate $2.

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-- Jianping Xu, CTO of Jersey Cow, and Maura Carey, Jersey Cow's lead
interactive designer, will provide the technical and technology-based
instructional foundations. This is the day you, I,
and all the people in this cross-Pacific community are looking forward to. Teachers who integrate lessons on
financial management into the classroom are making a significant contribution
toward their students' futures .

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"Our main goal was to create a somewhat realistic
situation, such as paper reduction, and allow participants to imagine ways to
address such a challenge. The camp also provides professional development
presentations that concentrate on helping teachers understand and teach
innovative skills so they can apply the principles gained within the camp in
their classroom lessons.

Visa USA Marks 'Financial Literacy Month' With Re-Launch of Practical Money Skills for Life

Visa USA conducted a study of college-bound seniors
last summer, testing their knowledge both before and after receiving lessons
from the Practical Money Skills for Life curriculum. With worksheets on
setting an allowance and curbing their teens spending habits, children can
enter the world prepared to make the most of their financial situation.

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org ., Jersey Cow(R) Software and
Davis Publications will lead the second Global Knowledge Exchange (GKE)
Innovation Camp in Beijing and Guangzhou, China, in January 2006 . art textbook
publisher, along with AESPU and the Children's Palace and Children's Museum of
Guangzhou , are coordinating with world-renowned museums in both countries to
make the GKE Innovation Camp possible .S."
Practical Money Skills for Life gives educators the tools they need to
teach practical money management lessons in their classrooms. With complete
lesson plans, the curriculum includes presentation materials, in-class
activities, quizzes and more. "Research shows that personal finance curriculums
improve the financial literacy of students. Winners will be announced
later this month.5
trillion in annual transaction volume with virtually 100-percent reliability.

For more information, please visit http://www.

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BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent
ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data
provider with more than 50 million customers.com . The Company's product line
consists of five software applications bundled in two suites, the Blackboard
Academic Suite (TM) and the Blackboard Commerce Suite (TM).J.J."
Additional components of Visa's ongoing campaign to enhance personal
financial literacy include:

* An effort to increase the financial literacy of America's youth by
sponsoring the third annual Practical Money Skills for Life Educator
Challenge.

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Project Dreamland Reveals Less Can Be More in the Classroom

Blackboard is headquartered in
Washington, D.

Jersey Cow Software and Davis Publications to Lead Second International Global Knowledge Exchange Innovation Camp in China

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Bill Walkup, art specialist and regular presenter at state and national
art education association conferences.com.

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Within the United States,
nearly 14,000 financial institutions issue 429 million Visa cards, accounting
for more than $1.

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Key facilitators in the workshops include:

-- Leading U. This will
definitely pave the way for future GKE movement in China."

JERSEY COW SOFTWARE
Jersey Cow(R) Software is an interactive learning consulting company that
designs and implements learning environments, web communities and CD-ROM based
products.

It's also mapped to state educational standards
ensuring that activities not only teach important life skills but also keep
classes on target to meet state requirements.com.

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, thought those participating in their district would get a
day without paper, but they got much more.
"When it comes to financial literacy, knowledge is truly power ," said
Rosetta Jones, vice president, Visa USA.visa.

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Dreamland challenged leaders to reduce
their school and district paper consumption by as much as 50 percent.C. FRANKLIN PARK, N. For more information, visit
http://www. Additionally, this program won the National Association of
Consumer Agency Administrators 2002 Achievement in Consumer Education Award
(ACE) for the best innovative program for the private sector, and was named an
"Honorable Mention" by the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial
Literacy's 2002 Soaring$tar Award.

About Visa
Visa is the world's leading payment brand and largest consumer payment
system, enabling banks to provide their consumer and merchant customers with a
wide variety of payment alternatives.

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Through their experience in Dreamland, educators cited several realities
that may prove insightful to the education community.
Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most
comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in
the market. The company was founded in 1983
and is headquartered in Franklin Park, N.

About Practical Money Skills for Life
The Practical Money Skills for Life curriculum is teacher tested and
teacher approved .

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bellsouth. Similar pilots will be conducted in inner-
city schools in the United States throughout the winter and spring.5 million teachers, 37 million students, and
100,000 schools.

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