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addition, students will be able to access lessons from home via the
Internet.
According to Plano Superintendent Dr.

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About Destination Success(TM)

Destination Success is a critically needed solution for bringing a
diverse student population to the same high level of academic
achievement -- in as little as 90 days. The program begins with assessments based on
state standards, and then delivers sequenced, prescriptive instruction
targeting each student's individual needs.
Destination Reading(R) is a comprehensive program for grades PreK
through 12, featuring standards-based coursework, assessment and
reporting materials, and a broad range of both online and on-site
educator support resources.

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Jim Hirsch, Associate Superintendent for Technology Services,
agreed."
Hirsch added that Plano liked the way Destination Success could be
adapted to meet the needs of all kinds of learners. Destination Success
provides teachers with the tools they need to effectively
individualize instruction in a real-world classroom.

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ATLANTA----Promethean, manufacturer
of the ACTIV board Collaborative Classroom System, today announces the
establishment of the Promethean Enrichment Program.
For the rest of the world, Promethean International works together
with a chain of over forty partners , providing ACTIV solutions to
every continent in the world.

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About Riverdeep(R)

Riverdeep Inc.

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As part of the implementation, the district will make Riverdeep's
Destination Reading(R) and Destination Math(R) courseware available in
all of its 42 elementary schools and anticipates it will be used by
special-needs students in many of its middle schools as well. Riverdeep's rich portfolio of interactive
award-winning products feature such well-known brands as the
Destination Success(TM) solution, which includes Destination Math(R)
and Destination Reading(R); The Print Shop (R); Reader Rabbit(R) and
Kid Pix(R).

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Promethean Establishes Grant Program; 80 Interactive Whiteboard Systems to be Awarded to K-12 Educators

The system includes: the ACTIV board, an
interactive whiteboard for Macintosh and Windows; and ACTIVstudio2
software, which offers teachers an extensive library of images,
background and annotation resources to present powerful, engaging
curriculum to the entire class.

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Plano ISD Adopts Destination Success; Texas District Chooses Riverdeep's Award-Winning Courseware to Help Battle the Achievement Gap

Teachers and administrators will also have use of the Destination
Success Learning Management System which will allow them to assess
students and automatically prescribe student lessons based on
individual needs, and view how students are progressing toward mastery
of Texas' academic standards. "Along with that, we thought the way the
product put learning in context was clearly outstanding. The Promethean systems are the most widely used
interactive whiteboard systems in schools around the globe.com

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Recipients must also
agree to write a report identifying the differences in both teaching
and learning which have resulted from the integration of the
Promethean system in their classroom. Additional system components include
the ACTIVslateXR, an accessory which promotes real-time interaction by
allowing teachers and students to direct and control the whiteboard
from anywhere in the room, and ACTIVote student response system , a
radio frequency student hand-held peripheral that provides teachers
with instant student feedback during instruction.

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The district is integrating Destination Success into its on-line
Curriculum Planner, so teachers doing lesson planning will be able to
directly incorporate units from Destination Reading and Destination
Math.

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The
systems awarded in the grant program are valued at $4,000 each .com,
must include a detailed description of how the educator would use the
Promethean ACTIV board system to enhance the teaching and learning
process in his or her classroom., Promethean, Inc.

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"It 's a quality piece of software that our
students and teachers will enjoy using.net

The deadline for applications is
March 15, 2005.
Promethean will share the lessons with other educators via its
resource-rich section of the company's website.

About the Promethean Collaborative Classroom System

Designed exclusively for the education market, the Promethean
Collaborative Classroom System is the next generation of group
learning environments for whole group teaching, interactive learning,
and real-time assessment.

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And they do a wonderful job of
teaching vocabulary in each content area. Promethean will also provide
comprehensive on-line training to the winners .

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really do look for those 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week links. Destination Success empowers educators with
both the tools and the training necessary to provide effective,
standards-based instruction as well as assessment. Applications, available
online at Promethean's Web site at http: //www.

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Their lessons
are more real-world, more engaging.

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SAN FRANCISCO + PLANO, Texas----The
Plano Independent School District has adopted Riverdeep's
award-winning Destination Success(TM) to help close the achievement
gap among at-risk students. All lessons and creative activities are
student-adaptive, making it easy for teachers to respond to the
individual needs of every child within in a diverse classroom. Promethean also has a
special application for the ACTIV board called ACTIVprimary, an
exclusive, award-winning design for teaching young learners. The
company sells complete solutions including its innovative
Collaborative Classroom, featuring the ACTIVstudio2 and ACTIVprimary
software, and interactive learning devices such as ACTIVote and
ACTIVslateXR .

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The fact that Destination Success is web-based will
enable students to extend their learning outside the school day. "These are educators who know what they're
doing, so we're especially proud they 've selected Destination Success
to support their curriculum. It
specializes in supplying interactive whiteboard systems to K-12 and
Higher Education, and sells through a channel of re-sellers.), France and Germany.

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"We're always trying to extend our learning day," Hirsch said. Validation studies from
around the nation have proven Destination Math's ability to rapidly
boost student achievement .riverdeep.
Each winning applicant will receive a Promethean Collaborative
Classroom system complete with a wall-mount ACTIV board, the
award-winning ACTIVstudio software, and a case of 32 ACTIVotes , the
hand-held student response system.
The company's headquarters are based in Blackburn, UK; and there
are overseas offices in the USA (Atlanta, Ga.

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"Our district is
trying to target specific strategies that can be employed at all of
our schools that can narrow those gaps," Otto said. The fact that
Destination Success courseware is so engaging -- and that Destination
Math is available in Spanish -- made it particularly appropriate for
the district's students. The Destination Success
solution consists of Riverdeep's award winning courseware, Destination
Math(R) and Destination Reading(R), learning management system and
professional services.
Destination Math(R) is a scientifically proven educational series
for grades K through 12.

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Doug Otto, the adoption is
part of the district 's drive to close the achievement gap for its
Limited English Proficiency and low-income students . They'll be able to use it at
home and use it at school -- we think it's going to go a long way in
helping us close those achievement gaps," Otto said.
Entrants to the Promethean Enrichment Program must be private or
public school classroom teachers, media specialists or other
school-based educators whose primary purpose is to teach and work with
students from pre-kindergarten to grade 12. Topics for discussion should include,
but are not limited to; enhanced pedagogy, student engagement,
classroom management, and assessment. This
will result in special recognition under a "new user" category.

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Considered by many educators to be the top of its class for
group-learning tools, the ACTIV board interactive whiteboard system is
a novel set of hardware and software tools designed specifically for
the K-12 education market, to enhance both the teaching and learning
environment. It also provides a comprehensive support service,
through its professional training programs.

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"One of the real
enticing parts of the program is that it allows for differentiated
instruction, both for students who are at-risk and those who are ready
to accelerate," he said. Plano educators will be training on the system over the summer
months, and will be ready to begin using Destination Success with
students in fall 2005.

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"Plano ISD has consistently won national and state-wide attention
for its commitment to student achievement, and for its innovative use
of information technology ," said Gail Elizabeth Pierson, Riverdeep's
Chief Education Officer. This newly created
program will award 80 of the company's interactive whiteboard systems
to K-12 educators who provide a winning description of how they would
use the Promethean system to enhance learning in the classroom.,
is a systems integration company, which specializes in the use of
information technology to support learning and knowledge transfer.

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, A Limited Liability Company, with offices in San
Francisco, California , Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dublin (Ireland) and
Manchester (United Kingdom) is a leading publisher of interactive
products focusing on education and personal productivity for the
consumer and school markets.

Entries will be judged on a three-point scale in nine categories
including content, enhanced pedagogy , student engagement, classroom
management, innovation, assessment, organization, mechanics - standard
English conventions, feasibility and overall evaluation.
As part of the Promethean Enrichment Program, grant recipients are
encouraged to enter Promethean's Activating Achievement contest.

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"We've placed computer systems in apartment complexes and community
centers in the district, and of course many students have Internet
access at home.prometheanworld. In addition the
Promethean Collaborative Classroom System includes the ACTIVtablet,
giving teachers the flexibility to develop their lesson plans and flip
charts when away from the board, or at home.prometheanworld.

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For more information, call toll free 888-242-6747 or visit
www.

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

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