Highwired.Net
(http://www.highwired.net),
the world,s largest network of online high
school newspapers, has signed on its 1,000th school. "This
has been an incredible
year for education technology and student empowerment," said
Mark Johnson,
vice president of marketing and a co-founder of Highwired.Net.
"When we
launched almost a year ago, there were barely a hundred schools
that had
their school newspapers online. Less than a year later Highwired.Net
has
launched more than 1,000 that says a lot about how unique and
valuable the
Highwired.Net service is to the high school community. We made
it easy for
a school to harness the Internet for positive, productive use
and schools
have responded by joining Highwired.Net in droves.
Recently, Highwired.Net announced it was building upon its
early success to
launch a collection of similar services for other areas of high
school life,
including the Student Activities Site Builder and the Classroom
Site
Builder. As well, the company has announced deep relationships
with The New
York Times Learning Network, Lycos, the Family Education Network
and The
Learning Company. Highwired.Net also co-sponsors the Student
Online
Journalism Awards with the EdPress Association.
Highwired.Net is the first online service that helps high schools
create and
publish their student newspapers on the Internet. This award-winning
service
allows educators to provide students with an online publishing
endeavor
without the need to know HTML, receive training or read manuals.
Highwired.Net is free to schools across the U.S. and abroad.
Growing
primarily through word-of-mouth recommendations, Highwired.Net,s
network
includes schools in all 50 states and 18 foreign countries.
The company,s Web site includes a free demo, an online
registration form for schools, answers to frequently asked questions,
and
the ability to view Highwired.Net schools on the Web.
Contact: Kati Elliott
KEH Communications Highwired.Net
612-553-1844 617-577-1500, ext. 221
kati@kehcomm.com