nschool.com Gives Teachers Credit.

Business Editors, High-Tech Writers

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2000

WebED offers credit for nschool.com's online Teacher

Training Course

nschool.com, a free, Web-based, teacher-driven, education system providing a new level of communication

among administrators, teachers and families, announced that beginning today, nschool.com teachers will have online access to nschool.com's free Teacher Training Course hosted by WebED, Inc., a leading provider of online continuing education and professional development credits for K-12 educators.

"This training course is part of our commitment to get our teachers online and using nschool.com with as little time and effort as possible," said Lindsey Cook, chief executive officer of nschool.com. "Continuing education units are a hot button in the teaching profession with over $600 million a year being spent on CEU programs. The nschool.com Teacher Training Course provides our teachers with credit for learning how to use our product."

The nschool.com Teacher Training Course provides nschool.com teachers with an online tutorial on the basics of using nschool.com through a 10-lesson course. Written under the direction of Dr. Lynne Schrum, associate professor of instructional technology at the University of Georgia, the course qualifies for CEU credit and includes a detailed overview of how to use each nschool.com module. In addition, the course gives teacher multiple usage ideas and highlights how nschool.com can simplify teachers' everyday tasks.

nschool.com teachers will also have access to a broad portfolio of WebED courses that support national and state standards, integration of technology, and professional growth. WebED organizes educational content, instructional strategies, visual and interactive education components, and information resources from the Internet into its courses. The courses are developed by institutions, universities, and noted practitioners. Teachers also can earn undergraduate and graduate credit for approved WebED courses.

"The nschool.com tutorial is WebED's first offering in a planned Technology Product Training series," said David E. Parker, president of WebED. "Teaming up with nschool.com on this project was a natural fit for us because of our mutual commitment to enhance the quality of life for educators, and to help them integrate technology into not only the classroom, but into their entire work environment. The ultimate goal of the nschool.com training course is to enhance communication among students, parents, and teachers."

WebED will be present throughout the nschool.com Web site including the "Resources" section in the Teacher Training Course folder, and is one of nschool.com's Preferred Partners. nschool.com's Preferred Partners offer an array of quality educational services, teaching resources and professional development products to the nschool.com online community. Each nschool.com Preferred Partner is chosen because they have a commitment to the education and parenting communities. The Preferred Partners are companies and organizations that provide support for, or products and services that benefit, students, parents and schools.

About nschool.com

nschool.com is a leading K-12, teacher-driven communications service that brings together administrators, teachers and families through the power of the Internet. The company provides schools with free, secure and highly customizable Web-based systems, which include a suite of tools that improve communication and enhance the learning process, usually at the state or district level. nschool.com community members enjoy a calendar of events and activities; an e-mail service that links all members; a managed discussion area for school-wide or group-specific topics; a resource center with research and information tools; instant messaging; an individual or group home page service and more. Teachers and administrators also enjoy free product training and support.

Implemented in its first school in August 1999, nschool.com has more than 600 schools in more than 30 states under contract. For more information, please visit the nschool.com Web site at www.nschool.com or call 1-877-218-8700.

About WebED

WebED, Inc. (www.WebED.com) is a leading provider of online professional development courses to K-12 educators, administrators, and school personnel across the United States. Harnessing the Internet as a contemporary vehicle for real-time, asynchronous learning, WebED provides highly interactive, information-rich content that it develops or acquires from prestigious sources. Incorporated in 1998 and based in Hampton, N.H., WebED was founded to provide professionals in numerous industries with high-quality continuing education courses through the speed, efficiency, and convenience of the Internet.