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Except for historical information contained herein, the matters
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and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The
Company anticipates that subsequent events and
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This action will bring the Official CIW
Curriculum into about 200 of the state's public secondary
schools
beginning in the 2006-2007 academic year. We're also pleased that
the state values the
positive impact that CIW can have on the future
of its youth, who will be able to transition successfully
from the
classroom to the workplace. Prosoft is a leader
in the work force development arena,
working with state and local
governments and school districts to provide ICT education solutions
for high school and community college students.
-- Online Course Creation Site: a free hosted
platform where instructors
can quickly and easily develop courses online to be available for
one year. Blackboard is
headquartered in Washington, D.C.classroom compromise
The three courses that high schools
will teach are Web
Site-Foundations, Web Page Design-Site Designer and Web Page
Design-E-Commerce
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Blackboard is a leading provider of enterprise software applications and
related services
to the education industry.
Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans
and
prospects for Blackboard and other statements containing the words
"believes," "anticipates
," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar
expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within
the meaning of
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.absolute gathering
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Benjamin Fink, president
and CEO of Prosoft, said, "The
integration of Prosoft's CIW program into the statewide public
education
system definitely serves as a model for all states to
emulate. "These e-Learning resources will
assist teachers and students in minimizing time lost to the disaster.
For more information
about support efforts Blackboard is offering related
to Hurricane Katrina, please call 1-800-424
-9299 ext.advance venus
Prosoft distributes its content through its ComputerPREP
division to individuals, schools
, colleges, commercial training
centers and corporations worldwide.
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The
Tennessee Department
of Education examined all available industry
certifications and chose CIW based on industry support
.
Students earn four college credits for each CIW certification exam
they pass, giving them the
potential to start college with 12 credits.CTPcertified.
"We hope these efforts help make education
accessible to the people of this
region as quickly as possible," said Todd Gibby, Executive Vice
President
of Operations at Blackboard., with offices and staff in North America,
Europe and Asia
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risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the company's
dependence
on the timely development, introduction and acceptance of
courses, proprietary certifications and
other products; the acceptance
of ICT certifications in general; and the other risks and
uncertainties
outlined in the company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including, but not
limited to, the company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K/A. Initiatives include:
-- The Blackboard
Katrina Relief Community Site
(http://katrina.finding larger
The agreement also stipulates that educators
teaching the CIW
curriculum and administering the certification exam in Tennessee high
schools
must be CIW-certified.
Teachers can sign up at http://katrina.blackboard.compromise educators
PRESS RELEASE Blackboard
Supports Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
The latest initiatives will leverage the power of the
Blackboard
community -- made up of millions of educators and students -- enabling
those in need
to access materials and training and bring education back to
the region as soon as possible.dishonesty intellectually
Those
who choose not to take a
CIW exam at their high schools may take it at a professional
third-party
testing center that administers CIW exams, such as Thomson
Prometric or Pearson VUE. Prosoft owns
the CIW job-role
certification program for Internet technologies and the CCNT
(Certified in Convergent
Network Technologies) certification, and
manages the CTP (Convergence Technologies Professional)
vendor-neutral
certification for telecommunications. The company undertakes no obligation to
update
this forward-looking information.com): a central online hub where people can
share resources
and information related to restoring teaching and learning
in the Gulf Coast. The Company's
product line
consists of five software applications bundled in two suites, the
Blackboard Academic
Suite and the Blackboard Commerce Suite .weblogs everyone
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and www.administrators educators
These courses, which correlate 100 percent
to CIW
certification standards, will provide students with an advanced skill
set when entering
post-secondary education or the work force. The site includes Katrina-related discussion boards, RSS
feeds on e-Learning news, an adopt-a-school section and an e-Learning
exchange to submit
and post requests for assistance/support.mars maintaining
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PHOENIX----Prosoft Learning Corp. Prosoft has created
and distributes a complete library of
classroom and e-learning
courses.
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-- No-cost Hosting Program: Blackboard
academic institutions impacted by
Hurricane Katrina are eligible to have their e-Learning programs
hosted by
Blackboard for the fall semester at no cost.
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.obstacles wants
"The quality of the CIW curriculum
is impressive.
Students who pass a CIW certification exam in class will earn an
industry-recognized
CIW certification.
Blackboard Inc. However, while the
Company may elect to update these forward
-looking statements at some point
in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation
to do so.intellectually administrators
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The Official CIW Curriculum helps prepare students for today's
highly competitive technology
-driven job economy. offers content and certifications to enable
individuals to develop and validate
critical Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) work force skills.humane gathering
(Nasdaq: POSO), a
technology learning solutions provider, today
announced that the state of Tennessee Department of
Education will
integrate Prosoft's CIW certification skills objectives into its
redesigned Web
design classes.gathering intellectually
"All of our schools will be aligned with each other, teaching the same
curriculum
to the same professional standards, and measuring
achievement through the same assessment methodology
.This category is dedicated resources for educators, that is, teachers in public and private schools
, college and university educators, instructors in language and vocational schools, and to some extent
administrators.
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We're excited that Tennessee is on the cutting edge of
providing Internet curriculum
to its students. Jim Bruns, vice president of academic
and student affairs at Pellissippi State Technical
Community College.
Prosoft Learning Corp."
A number of academic institutions across the
Gulf Coast region rely on
Blackboard for their e-Learning initiatives, including New Orleans Public
Schools, Mississippi's State Department of Education, The Louisiana Virtual
School, Alabama Online
Virtual School, Tulane University, Louisiana State
University and New Orleans University, among others
.
Delgado Community College in New Orleans is in the process of restoring its
educational offerings
and plans to have as many as 80 online courses
available by October 1st. 2594 or email
katrinarelief@blackboard
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"We're proud that everyone --
from administrators to educators to the Prosoft team -- came
together
to make this implementation a success. The
articulation agreement now enables high school
students to earn
college credits toward an associate degree of applied science; those
credits
can then be transferred toward a bachelor's degree. As the world's
largest industry-recognized job
-readiness certification, CIW validates
skills and knowledge proficiencies in a variety of IT disciplines
,
including Web site design, network administration, security and Web
languages. (NASDAQ: BBBB
), a leading
provider of e-Learning software and campus commerce systems, announced
several initiatives
to support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts aimed at
restoring education to people from the Gulf
Coast region of the United
States.intellectually compromise
Prosoft Announces Integration of CIW Curriculum Throughout Tennessee
Public Education System; Schools Will Get Standardized Curriculum in 2006-2007 Academic Ye
"This
articulation agreement acts to unify the statewide
educational system," said Dr. To learn more, visit
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-- Blackboard License Expansion: Blackboard academic institutions can add
new Blackboard accounts beyond the license bandwidth agreement, at no
additional cost, for newly
enrolled students and faculty who have been
displaced by Hurricane Katrina.com.
About
Blackboard Inc. In addition, the forward-looking statements
included in this press release represent
the Company's views as of
September 13, 2005.finding instructors
We are thrilled
to incorporate it into our high
schools' Web-design curriculum," said
Will Lewis, director of curriculum and instructional improvement
for
the Tennessee Department of Education.
About Prosoft Learning Corp. Actual results may
differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
as a result of various
important factors, including the factors discussed
in the "Risk Factors" section of our Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed on
August 3, 2005 with the SEC.administrators intellectually
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The integration of CIW curriculum across
Tennessee's high schools
will bring them into the existing statewide articulation agreement,
which
was finalized at the university level in April 2004. Five institutions have signed
up for this
program so far and their e-Learning programs are already up and
running.
These forward-looking
statements should not be relied upon as representing
the Company's views as of any date subsequent
to September 13, 2005.advance instructors
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