Summary
The AT&T Learning Network represents a $150 million commitment from AT&T to help put all the nation's 110,000 public and private elementary and secondary schools on the information superhighway by the year 2000.
Building on a legacy of more than $500 million in support of education since 1984, the AT&T Learning Network represents the single largest commitment AT&T has made to education.
The AT&T Learning Network makes available at no charge some of AT&T's newest services and extensive education support to every school in the United States. The AT&T Learning Network features:
By connecting to the Internet, students and teachers can reach beyond the classroom to people, places and information anywhere in the world. Now it will be possible for a student at any school in America to access the world's great libraries or have an electronic conference with students thousands of miles away.
Through AT&T's new network-based voice messaging mailbox service, schools can broadcast messages to individuals or entire communities with one simple phone call. Schools can notify families of school closings or important meetings; teachers can leave messages for students and families about homework assignments.
Selected schools can now enjoy the freedom and mobility of wireless communications. Like other busy professionals, teachers will have access to phones when they need them -- to take or make important phone calls without leaving their classrooms unattended; to reach a child's parents in an emergency; to find the services they need quickly and easily.
Teachers now have access to the help they need to understand how to use technology effectively to help students learn. More than technical assistance, this commitment to America 's teachers provides ongoing support from outstanding teachers already successfully using technology.
Community leaders will be able to obtain useful information including effective working models, lists of products, services and resource materials to extend education beyond traditional school buildings, to integrate technology into libraries, community centers, parent organizations and social service agencies, to create new learning communities.
To underscore AT&T's long-term commitment, the AT&T Foundation will extend its support for the effective and innovative use of technology to encourage family involvement in education; provide professional development opportunities for teachers; aid in the preparation of new teachers; and link families, schools and communities in interactive collaboration to promote lifelong learning
Now every one of AT&T's 80 million long-distance consumer customers in the U.S. can help teachers and students get the tools they need to use technology in the classroom. To register for the Learning Points Program and obtain a catalog, schools should call 1-800-354-8800.
Technology is not a panacea for education, but it can be a powerful tool, offering access to information connecting teachers and students across time and location, building new learning communities The new AT&T is committed to investing its services, people and financial resources to make teaching and lifelong learning possible -- anytime, anywhere.
Schools can register for the AT&T Learning Network by calling 1-800-809-1097. For general information, send an e-mail message to learningnet@attmail.com, or visit our website at http://www.att.com/learning_network.
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