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LearningStation and SchoolKit.com Announce Partnership
*LearningStation and SchoolKiT Partner to offer K-12 curriculum-focused activities and Professional Development Tools. *LearningStation and SchoolKiT.com today announced they will partner to deliver SchoolKiT.com’s learning activity software and Professional Development courses to LearningStation subscribers.
LearningStation is leading the charge in using the Internet to provide the latest in educational programs and tools for educators. LearningStation enables subscribing schools and educators to rent a variety of today’s leading educational software through the Internet with any web-enabled PC.
The partnership will provide LearningStation subscribers access to hundreds of SchoolKiT.com’s meaningful classroom-ready computer activities. Students and teachers will have the opportunity to learn in new and powerful ways. Each SchoolKiT activity presents a curriculum-based challenge and is designed to work with Microsoft Office® products such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This model provides the support educators need to be successful and enjoy using technology in the classroom.
“We are excited to be working closely with LearningStation to provide our best practice content and professional development courses to their subscribers,” said Bob von Wolffradt, President and CEO of SchoolKiT.com. “We see this partnership as the logical next step in providing educators the high quality resources they deserve within LearningStation’s innovative and cost-effective delivery system.” LearningStation subscribers will have access to hundreds of sound learning activities that can be used immediately. In addition, SchoolKiT.com will provide access to their leading professional development courses and support systems designed by teachers for teachers. As a result, integrating technology in the classroom just became easier. “Being able to offer teachers and students an on-line application that actually illustrates how to use technology in the classroom through easy-to-use and non-intimidating activities is critical in the evolution of the e-education industry. We are proud to offer SchoolKiT.com’s offerings in our ASP delivery model to schools across the nation,” states Jim Kirchner, President of LearningStation.
SchoolKiT.com is committed to helping students, parents and teachers learn and grow with technology. The variety of quality learning activities smoothly integrate technology with curriculum, providing teachers with the right mix of teaching ideas, models, and classroom-ready curriculum.
About LearningStation
LearningStation, a leading provider of customized portal solutions, focuses on helping schools authentically engage students in learning through innovative applications and web-based learning tools. LearningStation has been honored as a 2005 and 2006 SIIA Codie Award finalist, a 2003 Media & Methods Magazine Awards Portfolio recipient and a recipient of the EdNET 2002 Pioneer Award for significant contributions to the growth of education technology.
About SchoolKiT.com
SchoolKiT.com is a privately held educational software company, with over 1 million subscribed users in over 2,000 schools in the U.S., United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. SchoolKiT.com’s learning activities complement teachers’ curriculum planning and classroom practice, helping teachers bridge curriculum and technology. The activities set a challenge for students, and then launch them into Microsoft Office ® templates where students interactively learn about math, science, social studies and language arts, among other subjects. When teachers use SchoolKiT, students are immediately engaged in meaningful learning activities without the technology hurdles. SchoolKiT.com’s Intouch Professional Development suite of services provides ongoing support for teachers at the school and district level with online and face-to-face workshops and resources. For additional information, visit www.schoolkit.com or call (425) 454-3373.