Interactive whiteboards are accelerating instructional goals including
project-based learning
4. 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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22-23. Few
districts have elected to take this electronic deep dive district-wide, let
alone in this many classrooms at once. Thornburg's keynote
presentation was made at the new Georgia Aquarium, the world's largest.

About Practical Money Skills for Life
The Practical Money Skills for Life curriculum is teacher tested and
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Best practices and preliminary findings included:

1. He
believes that students learn best when they interact and collaborate in their
search for knowledge.

About Promethean
Promethean is a global leader in interactive learning technology helping
to empower teachers to engage, educate, assess and motivate students.
"When it comes to financial literacy, knowledge is truly power," said
Rosetta Jones, vice president, Visa USA.
A fiscally smart young adult becomes a savvy consumer -- and that is good for
business, the economy, and for personal growth and success.

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Beyond the
classroom, Promethean offers comprehensive training and support services to
ensure maximum results and realization on investment.5
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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.
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."
Mitchell, along with other district officials, presented best practices
and some preliminary findings from this cutting-edge, district-wide
implementation .
"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
curriculum currently reaches 2. For more information about Visa,
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1 trillion in annual transaction volume.

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David Thornburg , a Senior Fellow of the Congressional Institute
for the Future, author and monthly PBS commentator on technology and learning. With complete
lesson plans, the curriculum includes presentation materials , in-class
activities, quizzes and more. 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. Nearly 21,000 financial institutions
worldwide rely on Visa's processing system, VisaNet , to facilitate $2. Visa offers a
trusted, reliable and convenient way to access and mobilize financial
resources -- anytime, anywhere, any way.

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Practical Money Skills for Life gives educators the tools they need to
teach practical money management lessons in their classrooms . 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. "Research shows that personal finance curriculums
improve the financial literacy of students. At the 2001 National Education Association Expo, teachers
graded and evaluated the program.

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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. "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.
When students are taught money management lessons, they become more
financially literate. This contest awards teachers who creatively incorporate
money management education in the classroom.
Consumers in more than 150 countries carry more than 1 billion Visa-branded
cards , accepted at millions of locations worldwide.visa.

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State testing will be conducted
in spring , with results available next summer.
Thornburg discussed ways that established and emerging technologies will
change the landscape of learning, both at home and in the classroom.
Promethean Activclassroom solutions are helping educators teach and
students learn worldwide. Collaboration is enhanced through
the wireless Activslate which permits instructional mobility in the classroom
while enhancing student engagement and reducing disciplinary issues. 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.
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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District representatives included Paula Gault, Forsyth
superintendent; Terri North, principal, Riverwatch Middle School; and Alyssa
Degliumberto , instructional technology specialist. "One of the greatest things we can
do is arm young adults with the skills necessary for a financially fit life.

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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. Interactive whiteboard training and use increases collaboration between
teachers, subjects and grade levels within a school
5. 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. Visa
is continuing this program in 2005 by donating computer labs to 10 high
schools across the United States .

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Standards-based instruction provides a sound foundation on which to
integrate interactive whiteboards into the classroom
2.
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. Teachers who integrate lessons on
financial management into the classroom are making a significant contribution
toward their students' futures."
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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For more information,
please visit http: //www.com/n-america .), France, Germany and China. 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.

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Bailey Mitchell, Forsyth's chief technology and information officer, said,
"The results and response from teachers and students so far has been most
encouraging.)
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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. To
further increase class interactivity and formatively assess individual student
or group progress, students can use the wireless Activote device. Winners will be announced
later this month.

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

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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.

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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. 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 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.

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* A program that bridges the digital divide by donating computer
equipment to schools in need and providing training for teachers. To date, Visa has donated more than
45 computer labs nationwide.

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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 .

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S. 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.
"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.practicalmoneyskills.

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

Education Summit here Feb.
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. Local standards assessments confirm improved scholastic performance
(ITB tests were administered in the fall, too early for the
implementation to yet have an impact.5 million teachers, 37 million students, and
100,000 schools. 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.