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  1.                                       éÄîÅöôäæ ïäÇæìêìå àÄöìâÇôêÄì ╬╠╧╧╬╠╬╠╡
  2.                                    
  3.                                    │     The      Computer     Learning
  4.                                    │  foundation  announced  today  the
  5. ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄█▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄  │  release  of   'COMPUTER  LEARNING
  6. █   █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █  █  █▄█ █    │  1993-94', the Foundation's annual
  7. █▄▄ █▄█ █ █ █ █▄█ █▄█  █▄ █▄▄ █    │  publication.   Computer  Learning
  8.               █                    │  1993-93  includes  information on
  9. ▄                 ▄                │  the       Computer       Learning
  10. █ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄        │  Foundation's     programs     and
  11. █ █▄█ ▄▄█ █   █ █ █ █ █ █ █        │  materials,  articles   to  assist
  12. █ █▄▄ █▄█ █   █ █ █ █ █ █▄█        │  schools in  using technology more
  13.                         ▄▄█        │  effectively  with  children,  and
  14.                                    │  complete  information  and  rules
  15.  ▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄    ▄▄▄ ▄           │  for   the   very   popular  North
  16.   █ █▄█ █▄█ ▄▄█ ▄▄ █▄█ █ ▄         │  American contests  hosted  by the
  17.   █ ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄▄█    ▄▄█ █▄█         │  Foundation     during    Computer
  18.                          ▀         │  Learning Month in October.
  19.                                    │
  20.      ß√ ≥αδδ√ ßε÷∞αφ αδπΣφ         │     ≤ε εß≤αΦφ  α Γε∩√  εσ Γε∞∩⌠≤Σ±
  21.      Executive Director            │  δΣα±φΦφµ,   ÷±Φ≤Σ   ≤ε:  Γε∞∩⌠≤Σ±
  22.                                    │  δΣα±φΦφµ     σε⌠φπα≤Φεφ,    πΣ∩≤.
  23.                                 
  24.  
  25. ΣπΓδú¥,  ∩.ε.   ßε≈  áÜÜÜí,  ∩αδε  │  Dollars(TM), a multiple corporate
  26. αδ≤ε,  Γα  ú₧¥Üá-ÜÜÜí.  (Computer  │  partner   program    to   provide
  27. Learning is mailed  by bulk mail.  │  schools  with  a  new  source  of
  28. To receive a  copy by first class  │  funding for technology products.
  29. mail,  submit   a  self-addressed  │     In addition, Computer Learning
  30. envelope with 75c postage.)        │  contains information  on Computer
  31.                                    │  Learning    Foundation   resource
  32.    Computer    Learning   1993-94  │  guides for parents, educators and
  33. includes the  grand prize winning  │  computer      learning      event
  34. adult and student essays from the  │  coordinators     and     Computer
  35. Computer   Learning   Month  1992  │  Learning Month 1993 Noth American
  36. contest, "How can we dramatically  │  Competitions      for     adults,
  37. improve the  quality of education  │  students,   educators,  community
  38. through the  use  of technology?"  │  organizations and schools.
  39. and information  on  two projects  │
  40. funded   by    Sega   Foundation.  │     The      Computer     Learning
  41. Computer  Learning  also includes  │  Foundation, based  in  Palo Alto,
  42. information   on   the   Computer  │  California,  is  an international
  43. Learning    Foundation's   newest  │  non-profit educational foundation
  44. project,     Computer    Learning  │  dedicated to the  improvement  of
  45.  
  46.  
  47. education   and   preparation  of  │  Foundation to  distribute 250,000
  48. youth for  the  workplace through  │  copies of  Computer learning free
  49. the use of technology. Foundation  │  of charge to it's mailing list of
  50. programs   provide   parents  and  │  80,000+  parents,  educators  and
  51. educators  with  the information,  │  other  interested  adults  and to
  52. resources  and   assistance  they  │  most schools in the United States
  53. need     to     use    technology  │  and Canada through their state of
  54. effecticely with children.         │  ministry department of educationñ
  55.    The foundation is the official  │
  56. host  each  October  of  Computer  │
  57. Learning   Month,   a  month-long  │
  58. focus  on   the   important  role  │
  59. technology plays in our lives and  │
  60. a  major   national  grass  roots  │
  61. educational effort.                │
  62.                                    │
  63.    Computer  Learning  is  funded  │
  64. again this year  by a major grant  │
  65. from the  Sega  Youth Foundation,  │
  66. enabling  the  Computer  Learning  │
  67.