The campus-wide, industrial-strength wireless network
enables teachers and students to access the HotChalk Learning Environment from
anywhere on campus and eliminates the need for schools to spend scarce
educational funds on networking infrastructure .

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Kate Spilde
Contreras, the Managing Director at the Center. Six faculty members from five
academic departments participated in the research project. The solution is funded by online advertising, which schools can
control by using the patent-pending HotChalk Community Standards Engine(TM). HotChalk harnesses the
power of enterprise-class computing and online advertising to address the
demands that financially squeezed schools face to meet the No Child Left
Behind (NCLB) mandate of the US government. By moving the HotChalk
application out of the local schools and into a data center, it becomes
economically possible to provide the necessary tools for ensuring 99.

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The nearly year-long study by the Center for California Native Nations at
the University of California Riverside was coordinated by Dr. It is provided to
participating schools as a hosted service, along with a campus-wide wireless
network and up to ten laptop computers for teachers -- all at no cost to the
school. The patent-pending HotChalk Community Standards
Engine allows secondary schools to choose which companies can advertise, what
advertisements are acceptable, and who can see them. For example , history teacher Adam Goad reports that his classes
never made it to the Civil War before Christmas . "We
are excited by the enthusiastic response to the HotChalk Learning Environment
from our early school users.S.

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It acts as a planning and coordinating agency for legislative, policy, legal
and communications efforts on behalf of its members and serves as an industry
forum for information and resources.novatris.

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subsidiaries: London-based HI Europe (http://www.

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HotChalk Learning Environment Is Funded by School-Approved Online Advertising,
Bridges Growing Divide Between Educational Demands and Shrinking Budgets

CAMPBELL, Calif.

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Censuses for a "before
and after" snapshot of conditions in California during Indian gaming's initial
growth phase. Using the HotChalk Learning
Environment, this year's class reached the Civil War before Thanksgiving, and
in the process our students brought a new level of enthusiasm and effort to
their studies.9 percent
uptime, including redundant servers and network connections, backup power
systems, and enterprise -class network security.S.-based
global research company that blends premier strategic consulting with
innovative and efficient methods of investigation, analysis and application.
Harris Interactive combines its intellectual capital, databases and
technology to advance market leadership through U.

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In the survey conducted earlier this month, 76 percent of U. "With HotChalk, we've seen significant gains in student
productivity.

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"This is truly ground-breaking research by respected and independent
scholars that will be helpful to tribal, local and state government as Indian
gaming continues to mature as a powerful economic force in California," said
Anthony Miranda, chair of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association
(CNIGA), sponsor of the conference.

About CNIGA
Representing 63 member tribes, CNIGA is the largest association of
California federally recognized tribal governments.
Meanwhile parents benefit from knowing what is expected from students in the
days and months ahead, and can easily stay in touch through private, secure
email with teachers about their children's progress. HotChalk gives 10 percent of advertising revenues back
to participating schools in the form of technology grants and offers
fundraising programs for schools.
"As a parent, it's easy to appreciate that teachers face an uphill battle
in their efforts to optimize students' learning experience, engage parents,
and deliver on the promise of No Child Left Behind -- all in the midst of
budget cuts," said Edward Fields, president, CEO and founder of HotChalk.

To make the application, as well as
supporting computers and wireless networking, available to qualified schools
at no cost, HotChalk has adopted an advertising model in which schools can use
the patent -pending HotChalk Community Standards Engine(TM) to select which ads
students see and when they see them.Y.

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The study analyzed data in the 1990 and 2000 U.S."

HotChalk Brings Enterprise -Class Performance and Security to Schools
The HotChalk Learning Environment is provided as a hosted service; the
application and all of its data reside on secure servers that are accessed by
its users through a standard Internet Web browser. adult population had been polled with complete accuracy.

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, HotChalk today introduced the
HotChalk Learning Environment(TM), a new Web-based collaborative software
solution for secondary school teachers, students and parents. If they log on during class time, they simply see online public
service announcements. between February 4 and 7, 2005 among a nationally representative
sample of 1,028 adults aged 18 and older.com.

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HotChalk Introduces First Wireless Web-based Collaborative Software for Secondary School Teachers Students and Parents

The software
automates much of the time-consuming administrative work for teachers by
offering curriculum management; lesson plan development; secure email; and
automated assignment distribution , collection, and grading. By contrast, only 22 percent think that it is acceptable to
show advertising inside the classroom.S.

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"Our teachers are finding that the HotChalk Learning
Environment is both a huge time saver and is greatly improving their ability
to communicate with parents.

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Landmark Study on Economic and Social Impacts of Indian Gaming to Be Released at Western Indian Gaming Conference

, The first state-wide study of
the social and economic impacts of tribal government gaming within California
will be released at a 1:30 p. The collaborative environment makes it
easy for teachers to add supporting materials so that all students have access
to the resources they need, and teachers can share lesson plans and other
information in order to get more done in less time.

Schools and Teachers Praise Early HotChalk Benefits
"With easy installation and training, HotChalk has made it fast and easy
to bring powerful Web-based collaboration and administration to our school ,"
said Gary Adams, technical coordinator for the Palisades School District in
Kintnersville, PA . The HotChalk Learning Environment(TM) automates much of the work
involved in lesson planning; assignment distribution, collection and grading;
and communicating progress to parents.
Known for The Harris Poll(R) and for pioneering Internet-based research
methods, Harris Interactive conducts proprietary and public research to help
its clients achieve clear, material and enduring results.

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All that is required for a school to participate is for a teacher
to complete ten hours of free online training in order to become HotChalk-
certified."
"For school administrators, a top priority is ensuring that students have
a strong command of the technology skills required to get ahead in today's
business environment," said Derrick Leasure, dean of the Army and Navy Academy
in Carlsbad, CA. To learn more about HotChalk, visit
http://www.hotchalk.harrisinteractive. EOE M/F/D/V

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CNIGA is dedicated to
protecting the sovereign right of Indian tribes to have gaming on their land. We 're very excited about HotChalk, and we are
expanding our use throughout the school district."

Methodology
Harris Interactive(R) conducted the telephone survey on behalf of HotChalk
in the U.com), Paris-based Novatris
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Teachers can set up assignments so
students receive reminders about their homework every time they log in. It highlights the power of partnering with
corporate sponsors to offer best-in-class technology and help schools deliver
measurable academic results.

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Indian gaming impacts since 2000, when California's principal
tribal-state compacts went into effect, were analyzed through surveys of
tribal and local governments and in-depth case studies of individual tribal
governments. To date, school-approved categories of
advertising on the HotChalk Learning Environment include print and online
media; retailers of clothing, books , music, groceries, and electronics; travel
and financial services.

Sites geared toward social studies teachers will not be listed here.

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About Harris Interactive(R)
Harris Interactive Inc.

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It includes curriculum management,
lesson plan development, and secure email, as well as automated assignment
distribution, collection and grading. For example, schools can
determine that students will only see ads if they log on during non-school
hours.

About HotChalk
Headquartered in Campbell, CA, HotChalk is dedicated to helping secondary
school teachers, their students and parents work together as a team to create
a more productive learning environment and produce measurable academic
results.hieurope.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Reporters wishing to attend the briefing in Smoke Room F of the Palm
Springs Convention Center should first register at the press counter at the
conference 's Registration Center in the adjacent Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel,
888 Tahquitz Canyon Way. Moreover , more than half of adults think that advertising in
the classroom is acceptable if schools and local officials determine which ads
are displayed (54 percent) and ads are restricted to after-school hours only
(53 percent).com), Tokyo-based Harris Interactive Japan, through newly
acquired WirthlinWorldwide , a Reston, Virginia-based research and consultancy
firm ranked 25th largest in the world, and through an independent global
network of affiliate market research companies.

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press briefing January, 11 at the Western
Indian Gaming Conference in Palm Springs.

Educational Collaboration Supports NCLB
The HotChalk Learning Environment is a comprehensive application that
enables secondary schools to create a productive learning environment and
produce measurable academic results. No prior technical experience is
necessary.

HotChalk WalkAbout Wireless(TM) Network
Participating schools are provided with the HotChalk WalkAbout Wireless
Network(TM), unlocking the benefits of wireless Internet access for the entire
school community. With a simple two-day
installation, the wireless network is up and running. Figures for age, sex, race,
education, number of adults, number of voice/telephone lines in the household,
region and size of place were weighted where necessary to align them with
their actual proportions in the population. (http://www.com), the 15th largest and
fastest-growing market research firm in the world, is a Rochester, N.

This category lists sites that deal with the way people work and live in communities.

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A recent consumer survey commissioned by HotChalk and conducted by Harris
Interactive(R) suggests that the debate is not whether corporate sponsorship
of schools should be allowed, but rather how corporate sponsorship should be
managed.S.
adults agreed that corporations have a responsibility to support public
schools because they depend on employees having the education and skills that
schools teach.
The benefits to schools also extend to students and their parents. Since
the HotChalk Learning Environment is a Web-based application, it is accessible
through any standard Web browser from any computer -- whether at home, the
library or local community center.

School-Controlled Advertising and No Strings Attached Technology Grants
With HotChalk, schools and the local community can benefit from the online
marketing budgets of corporations and local businesses while gaining access to
enterprise -class software, wireless networking and security while controlling
the advertising at all times.

Equally important, by hosting
the application, HotChalk manages all ongoing administration and eliminates
the need for the school technology coordinator to be a database administrator,
developer, or integrator . In theory, with a probability
sample of this size, one can say with 95 percent certainty that the results
have a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points of what they would
be if the entire U.

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