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- Contact:
- Stacey Byrnes
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- (408) 974-6076
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- Apple Gives Educators Easy On-Ramp to Information Superhighway
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- New Internet Bundle for Educators Announced at Internet World
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- INTERNET WORLD, San Jose, California--April 10, 1995--Apple
- Computer, Inc., today brought school districts, school librarians
- and individual teachers within arm's reach of the Internet with
- the introduction of the Apple Education Series: Personal Internet
- Solution Bundle. The new product is the latest addition to the
- Apple Education Series, a suite of products and programs that help
- educators effectively use and integrate technology into their
- learning environments.
- Announced at Internet World `95, the Apple Education Series:
- Personal Internet Solution Bundle offers individual educators and
- schools a simple way to access the Internet, explore its
- resources, and share information, expertise and interests with
- others on the Information Superhighway. The bundle contains all
- the elements to make it easy for schools to connect to the
- Internet and access the popular Worldwide Web--including software,
- an external modem, a step-by-step guide, and a trial offer from a
- national
- Internet service provider.
- "Educators today recognize the need to prepare students for the
- 21st century," says Terry Crane, Ed.D, vice president and general
- manager of Apple USA's Education Division. "Access to the vast
- resources, and repositories of information that exist on the
- Internet has enormous implications to education as it's challenged
- to help students build the skills necessary for learning and
- working in a global marketplace. The Apple Education Series:
- Personal Internet Bundle is part of Apple's ongoing commitment to
- provide educators with dynamic, leading-edge solutions that make
- it easy to use the latest technology available to them."
- The first thing educators will see after connecting to the program
- is Apple's new Learning Community Home Page, which gives users
- direct access to a range of general education information
- available on the World Wide Web.
- The Apple Education Series: Personal Internet Solution Bundle
- combines all the components necessary for schools to easily
- connect Macintosh computers to the Internet, and is available for
- a fraction of what it would cost schools to assemble all the
- components individually. The bundle includes:
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- -- Internet Software Package. The software includes Netscape
- Navigator, a Worldwide Web Browser from Netscape, Eudora by
- Qualcomm Internet Mail, and an Internet serial line connection
- package.
- -- Local Reference CD Pack. Educators can use CD-ROM research
- tools such as encyclopedias in preparation for venturing onto the
- Internet for additional information. The CD Pack includes Time
- Almanac: Reference Edition from Compact Publishing, Inc., Grolier
- Multimedia Encyclopedia from Future Vision Multimedia, Inc.,
- INFOPEDIA from Mindscape, Inc., and Electronic Arts 3D Atlas from
- Electronic Arts.
- -- Internet provider connection. The first three months of
- maintenance fees are waived with the connection to Portal
- Information Network, a national Internet provider. Subsequent
- months of connection can be purchased by the customer directly
- from Portal Information Network. The company provides over 1,500
- local access numbers in the United States, allowing most educators
- and schools to avoid costly 800 number surcharges or long distance
- charges.
- -- Modem. The bundles and the stand-alone kit include an external
- Global Village 14.4 modem.
- -- Getting Started Guide. Included is an easy-to-follow guide
- describing in both pictures and text how to set up the modem,
- install the software, and create an Internet account.
- -- Discount coupons for education reference materials:
- - A discount on the National School Board Association's Special
- Report "Telecommunications and Education: Surfing and the Art of
- Change."
- - A discount to purchase "Education on the Internet," a book by
- Jill H. Ellsworh from SAMS Publishing detailing the use of the
- Internet in the classroom. It includes resources by curriculum
- areas, and directions on how to find information on the Internet.
- - Three months free subscription to "Classroom CONNECT," a monthly
- guide to using the Internet and commercial on-line services in
- education, published by Wentworth Publishing, Inc.
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- Pricing and Availability
- The Apple Education Series: Personal Internet Bundle is available
- for the Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC, the Macintosh LC 580, or as a
- stand-alone kit that educators can use to connect their existing
- Macintosh computers to the Internet.
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- -- Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC and the Macintosh LC 580 bundles
- includes an external Global Village 14.4 modem, Internet Software
- Package, Internet Access, Getting Started Guide, discounts on
- education reference material, and the Local Reference CD Pack.
- The Power Macintosh 5200/75 is priced at $1899, and the Macintosh
- LC 580 at $1549. Both configurations will be available in mid-
- May.
- -- Stand-alone Kit includes an external Global Village 14.4
- modem, Internet Software Package, Internet Access, Getting Started
- Guide, discounts on education reference materials, and the Local
- Reference CD Pack. The stand-alone kit is priced at $299 and will
- be available in mid-May.
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- Other Apple Education Series products include: Business
- Education, the High School Biology Bundle, Elementary and
- Secondary Reference Bundles, Communications Bundle, Early
- Language Connections, Spanish Language Connections, Early
- Childhood Connections, Math Bundle: Grades 5-8, Education
- Advantage Bundles, Teacher Solution Bundle, Collaborative Learning
- Products, the Network Assistance Kit, Teaching and Learning
- Technology-a Planning Guide, and Staff Development Workshops. For
- more information on the Apple Education Series call Apple at
- 1-800-800-AAPL.
- Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized pioneer and innovator in the
- information industry, creates powerful solutions based on easy-to-
- use personal computers, servers, peripherals, software, on-line
- services and personal digital assistants. Headquartered in
- Cupertino, California, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) develops,
- manufactures, licenses and markets products, technologies and
- services for the business, education, consumer, scientific &
- engineering and government markets in over 140 countries.
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- Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks, and
- Power Macintosh and Early Language Connections are trademarks of
- Apple Computer, Inc.
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