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Please share the information below.  The US Deparment of Education would
like to have wide dissemination of this teleconference, including "live"
turnaround of the signal for sites with special digital equipment.  The
teleconference is copyright free and ask for all your help in
disseminating the information and teleconference!

US Department of Education
Technology and Learning Beyond the Schoolhouse
Free, Live Teleconference
September 18, 1998, 3pm ET

On September 18, 1998, at 3 p.m. Eastern Time, the US Department of
Education will sponsor a free, live teleconference on the application of
distance learning and other technologies in places other than the
traditional schoolhouse or classroom.  The teleconference, Technology
and Learning Beyond the Schoolhouse, will highlight activities in early
childhood education settings, correctional facilities, and
community-based learning centers for adults.

Five expert panelists - one each from the arena of early childhood
education, correctional facilities programming, and community learning
centers for adults, and a researcher and a policymaker - will describe
the programs, technologies, and impact of these educational
opportunities.  The teleconference will be moderated.  The viewing
audience will be able to interact with the panelists through telephone
call in and fax in.

The panelists include:

o Dr. Chris Dede, Professor of Education and Information Technology,
George Mason University; Fairfax, VA;

o Ann Kulinsky, Distance Education Instructor/Corrections, Education
Service District 101, Spokane, WA

o Dr. Dorothy Singer, Co-Director of the Yale University Family
Television Research and Consultation Center.  New Haven, CT;

o Antonia (Toni) Stone, Founder, Community Technology Centers' Network,
Newton, MA;

o Wayne Curry, Prince Georges' County Executive, Upper Marlboro, MD;

o Andrea Johnson, Esq., Professor of Telecommunications Law, California
Western School of Law, San Diego, CA. (moderator)

Downlink satellite coordinates
Ku-Band, Telstar 5
97 degrees west
Transponder 25

Ask the experts your questions, phone or fax::
Phone-in number: 1-800-733-9205
Fax-in number: 1-800-267-3718


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