The Amiga Education Network Announced

DATE: February 1997

The (Australian-based) Amiga Education Network (TAEN) was established in response to Commodore Australia's demise (which preceded Commodore International's demise by a few months) as a means of supporting the Amiga platform in the schools that were using it, in the hope that there would be a speedy resolution to the survival of the Amiga and, as a consequence, to its survival in the critically important education market.

This message is being posted in the hope that:

The purpose of The Amiga Education Network is to provide an Amiga-based global facility open to all persons or organizations with an interest in the Amiga in the field of education in any country (through national representatives) - through which information about the Amiga, relevant to that country's education, can be disseminated and exchanged.

• Matters covered by The Amiga Education Network include - Offering advice on the latest Amiga software (including upgrades) and hardware (including peripherals);
• Offering advice on the use of any Amiga hardware or software, or on any Amiga matter appropriate to the enquirer's needs;
• Supplying names of appropriate contacts;
• Arranging for suitable demonstration(s) of, and training in, Amiga education product;
• Publication of regular TAEN newsletters;
• Identifying areas of need, and advising developers and publishers about them; and, most importantly,
• Promoting direct interaction (including an interchange of ideas on how to use the Amiga) among educational institutions and between individuals, teachers/lecturers/educationalists).

Each country that participates in TAEN will have its own National Representative, whose role will include all of the above, as well as the following:

• To act as a point of referral, within their own country, as appropriate;
• To assist in developing and expanding The Amiga Education Network both nationally, and - through the Convener (whose role includes that of global coordinator) - internationally, so as to increase TAEN's usefulness to those using it and to those developing product for it;
• To promote, and arrange for the assessment of, suitable Amiga education product for that country;
• To arrange for the production of a regular Amiga-specific education publication in that country;
• To liaise with the Convener so as to benefit the Amiga in education globally; in particular, to advise the Convener of the special education needs for that country.

Basil Flinter

(Convener)

taen - the amiga education information highway

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