Teachers and administrators attending the summit toured and spoke with
suburban Atlanta Forsyth County School District elementary, middle and high
school principals, teachers and students to see firsthand how this innovative
district is using interactive learning technology to benefit both teachers and
students.

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Ron Elliott, Excelligence's Chief Executive Officer, commented,
"We thank Al for his valuable contributions to the Company as a member
of its Board of Directors since April 2001. Through its Elementary School
segment, the Company sells school supplies and other products
specifically targeted for use by children in kindergarten through
sixth grade to elementary schools, teachers and other education
organizations.
Faced with engaging the attention of today's tech-savvy students, Forsyth
chose to fight technology with technology by installing the latest interactive
learning equipment in all of its 1,500 classrooms district-wide .
Bailey Mitchell, Forsyth's chief technology and information officer, said,
"The results and response from teachers and students so far has been most
encouraging. The simultaneous implementation , District and school-wide, has moved
through three distinct phases:
-- First three months: establishment of initial interactive
whiteboard technical and instructional ability among teachers
-- Second three months: increased teacher proficiency with
interactive whiteboards; student acceptance and support of
interactive lessons and formative assessment tools
-- Third three months: most unexpectedly, students have embraced the
interactive whiteboard so well that they are creating their own
interactive lesson plans to teach other students
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Mr. David Thornburg, a Senior Fellow of the Congressional Institute
for the Future, author and monthly PBS commentator on technology and learning. "Collaborative
classroom technology solutions such as interactive whiteboards and handheld
assessment devices are shifting the teaching model from the 'presentation
mode' to a democratized approach where teachers and students function as co-
learners in a constructivist environment," he said.

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Excelligence Learning Corporation Announces Director Al Noyes Will Not Seek Re-Election to the Board

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"The real power of technology comes when it is used to do different
things , not just do old things differently," said Thornburg.

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The district single-sourced Promethean Activstudio and
Activprimary lesson development software, Activboards, Activslate tablets for
in-classroom mobility and Activote handheld assessment devices for its
classrooms following an intensive selection process. For more information,
please visit http://www.

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The Board's other Class I directors, Dr. Excelligence Learning
Corporation's headquarters is in Monterey, California and its website
is www.

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Noyes will remain on the Board of
Directors for the remainder of his current term, which ends on May 10,
2005, the date of the Company's 2005 annual meeting of stockholders. These products are then resold as a fundraising device
for the benefit of a particular school.excelligencelearning. Education Summit here Feb.

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Mitchell, along with other district officials, presented best practices
and some preliminary findings from this cutting-edge, district-wide
implementation.
He
believes that students learn best when they interact and collaborate in their
search for knowledge .
Promethean Activclassroom solutions are helping educators teach and
students learn worldwide .

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About Excelligence Learning Corporation

Excelligence Learning Corporation is a developer , manufacturer and
retailer of educational products which are sold to child care
programs, preschools , elementary schools and consumers.
Thornburg discussed ways that established and emerging technologies will
change the landscape of learning, both at home and in the classroom.

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District representatives included Paula Gault, Forsyth
superintendent; Terri North, principal, Riverwatch Middle School; and Alyssa
Degliumberto, instructional technology specialist.

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March 13, 2005, Mr. The Company is composed of
two business segments, Early Childhood and Elementary School.
Last summer, Forsyth installed the Promethean Activclassroom consisting of
projectors, and integrated sound and video in all of its 25 schools serving
25,700 students.prometheanworld.

The group is headquartered in Blackburn, UK, and has overseas offices in
the USA (Atlanta, Ga.

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About Promethean
Promethean is a global leader in interactive learning technology helping
to empower teachers to engage, educate, assess and motivate students.

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Noyes verbally notified the Board of Directors of
his decision not to seek re-election in order to focus his time and
energies on other commitments. We wish him only the best
in his future endeavors.com/n-america .

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Learning Corporation (Nasdaq:LRNS), a leader in developing,
manufacturing and distributing educational products to the early
childhood and elementary school markets, today announced that its
Class I director , Al Noyes, will not seek re-election to the Company's
Board of Directors at the 2005 annual meeting of stockholders. State testing will be conducted
in spring, with results available next summer .

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Developed by and for educators, Promethean's curriculum delivery and
assessment technologies enable teachers to create, customize and integrate
texts, Web, video and audio content to interactively capture students'
attention and accommodate their different learning styles.

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We are already seeing teachers designing higher quality work for
students, greater student engagement, improved scholastic performance and
increased teacher satisfaction.)
7. Interactive whiteboards have effectively eliminated the need for
overhead projectors, globes and pull-down maps, resulting in future
savings to the district

In addition to releasing Forsyth's findings, the summit featured keynote
speaker Dr. To
further increase class interactivity and formatively assess individual student
or group progress, students can use the wireless Activote device. Beyond the
classroom , Promethean offers comprehensive training and support services to
ensure maximum results and realization on investment.

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Through
its Early Childhood segment, the Company develops, markets and sells
educational products through multiple distribution channels to early
childhood professionals and parents. Few
districts have elected to take this electronic deep dive district-wide, let
alone in this many classrooms at once. Standards-based instruction provides a sound foundation on which to
integrate interactive whiteboards into the classroom
2. Interactive whiteboards are accelerating instructional goals including
project-based learning
4. Local standards assessments confirm improved scholastic performance
(ITB tests were administered in the fall, too early for the
implementation to yet have an impact."
Topics covered at the summit included accommodating different learning
styles with interactive educational technology; turning failing schools around
in urban, suburban and rural settings; integrating technology in the classroom
and curriculum; the impact of technology on formative assessment and national
educational standards; the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; and how educators
can involve parents, legislators and governmental agencies in their efforts to
integrate technology into the classroom.), France, Germany and China.

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By closely
collaborating with educators worldwide in the development of new pedagogy-
based technologies , Promethean supports local curriculum standards while
providing tools to formatively assess student performance instantly and ensure
their success. Collaboration is enhanced through
the wireless Activslate which permits instructional mobility in the classroom
while enhancing student engagement and reducing disciplinary issues.

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Graves, will stand for re-election at the Company's 2005 annual
meeting of stockholders.

Educators Learn Preliminary Findings of Nation 's Largest District-Wide Interactive Learning Technology Implementation; Share Best Practices at Promethean Educa


Best practices and preliminary findings included:

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The Board does not currently know when it will consider candidates
to fill the vacancy that will be left by the departure of Mr. With proprietary product offerings and a
multi-channel distribution strategy, the Company helps to further
children's education and to reinforce the connection between
children's learning at school and at home. Thornburg's keynote
presentation was made at the new Georgia Aquarium, the world's largest.
Debbie Barrett, principal of Laura Bush Elementary School outside of
Houston and summit attendee said, "It is clear we have witnessed the modeling
of incredible teaching strategies that we will be emulating in our
professional development this fall. From Activstudio and Activprimary software that
helps teachers prepare lessons from multiple media sources and interactively
present on Activboard, the industry's most durable interactive whiteboard,
Promethean's solutions are class-leading.

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The Company
serves early childhood professionals, educators, and parents by
providing quality educational products and programs for children from
infancy to 12 years of age. ATLANTA, Educators from around the country
observed firsthand the preliminary results of the nation's largest district-
wide interactive learning technology implementation and shared best practices
during the First Annual Promethean U. Forsyth's proprietary Technology Integration for Performance Standards
(TIPS) program with standards-based unit design instruction helped
teachers maximize use of the district's existing curriculum resources ,
implement classroom management strategies and hone professional
productivity skills while providing technology training
3. Interactive whiteboard training and use increases collaboration between
teachers, subjects and grade levels within a school
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