"Classroom Connect's
custom professional development platform and services will allow us to reach
an unlimited number of teachers for a relatively low one-time investment.com.
The eMINTS National Center serves as a resource base for Missouri schools
and districts as well as for other states that wish to collaborate with eMINTS
staff and with one another to replicate the eMINTS instructional model (high
quality teaching powered by technology) within their educational systems.org or 573-884-7202. "Onvoy exists , in large part, in order to ensure that rural communities
reap the benefits of advanced communications technologies. Onvoy is a
privately-held corporation with headquarters in Minneapolis.

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The eight part series will make
eMINTS face-to-face training workshops available in an online, video-based and
interactive format for teachers across the country.
"For years eMINTS has been providing our highly effective face-to-face
training workshops to teachers, but a national expansion effort has been
hampered by high implementation costs and a myriad of logistical issues," said
Monica Beglau, the eMINTS National Center Director."

About Classroom Connect
Classroom Connect is an award-winning provider of professional development
programs and online instructional materials for K-12 education and is focused
on two core areas: Technology Integration and Customized Professional
Development. The eMINTS project will use Classroom Connect's Customized
Professional Development solution that also includes face-to-face workshops
and made-to-order conferences for K-12 educators. Harcourt Education
is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www."
Onvoy's expertise will help ensure that the aggressive installation
schedule is met, which means that service and equipment will be ready to go in
all participating SOCRATES locations prior to students returning to class in
August."
Onvoy will be partnering with local rural telephone companies throughout
the SOCRATES service area to ensure the fastest possible installation and
support of this advanced educational tool. Onvoy offers network services, voice,
videoconferencing, data and Internet solutions to wholesale and retail market
segments serving more than 350 communities in Minnesota and beyond.

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We're using those
technologies to create synergies among institutions that are vital to those
communities -- and the prospect of helping to improve the education of
thousands of students make us particularly proud of both our mission and this
opportunity. "The students -- and many other people --
in the SOCRATES region will be well served by Onvoy.com .

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BRISBANE, Calif.com), a world-leading
publisher and information provider.

About eMINTS
The eMINTS National Center is a collaborative education program sponsored
by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the
University of Missouri System Office of Academic Affairs.

SOCRATES Likes Onvoy's Videoconferencing Philosophy

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Onvoy was established in 1988 as a collaborative effort of independent
local telephone companies whose mission was to provide a wide range of leading
edge telecommunications services.

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, Classroom Connect, an
educational technology division of Harcourt Inc. The remaining six modules will be produced
subsequently and become two or three part series featuring other existing
eMINTS instructional units.
"Onvoy brings a depth of telecommunications services that provide core
instructional and information access support services for schools and public
libraries in South Central Minnesota, based on leading-edge technology," said
Dale Carrison , Director of SOCRATES.

About SOCRATES
SOCRATES (South Central Regional Area Telecommunications System) provides
data and video connectivity to schools and libraries in South Central
Minnesota . For more information, please visit
http://mnscsc.

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to create a multi-subject
professional development program for teachers. The
first two modules will revolve around key Special Education topics with
production to begin immediately. For more information,
contact Classroom Connect by calling 800-638-1639 or visit http://www.
Headquartered in Brisbane, CA, Classroom Connect is part of Harcourt
Education , a global education provider serving students and teachers in PreK
through grade 12, adult learners , and readers of all ages.reedelsevier.
Learn more about eMINTS at http://www.emints., a Minneapolis -based telecommunications company, is announcing
today a three-year deal worth more than $3. Libraries will also offer electronic
reference and research services.

About Onvoy, Inc. For more
information, visit http://www.

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, announced today an agreement
with the eMINTS (enhancing Missouri 's Instructional Networked Teaching
Strategies) National Center in Columbia, Mo."
The agreement calls for eight modules to be created using Classroom
Connect's eSchool(R) Online platform and content production services.
"Our customized professional development solutions allow educational
organizations like eMINTS and school districts to reach more teachers with
cost-effective, consistent training that boosts student achievement," said Jim
Bowler, President and CEO of Classroom Connect. "Given eMINTS' reputation as
one of the preeminent professional development programs in the country,
Classroom Connect is excited to be its partner in creating a customized online
version of their award-winning content.

South Central Regional Area Telecommunications System will Connect 67 Schools
and Libraries with Minneapolis Firm's Help

MINNEAPOLIS, Can you tell if a student is chewing
gum 50 miles away? Members of the South Central Regional Area
Telecommunications System (SOCRATES) can.
Onvoy, Inc.5 million in which educational
institutions and libraries in a variety of south central Minnesota communities
will be linked via high-speed data lines -- carrying Internet information and
high quality video.
Schools and public libraries throughout southern Minnesota will use
Onvoy's network to access online curriculum resources, online classes, and
professional development opportunities.
"Onvoy's participation in distance learning with SOCRATES goes right to
the core of our company's mission," said Janice Aune, Chairman and CEO of
Onvoy. It allows new ways of instruction and educational experience for
students and teachers, enables interactive and distance education
opportunities, gives access to world-wide information resources and services ,
and permits creative alternatives to classroom instruction techniques now
utilized in K-12 education and to reference and research services now offered
by public libraries.html .

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