World's Largest Online Library Joins ISTE in Promoting Technology in Education - Questia Online Library and Research Service Joins ISTE 100
Questia, world's largest online library and research service joins ISTE 100 to promote effective use of technology in the classroom.
HOUSTON, TX (PRWEB) June 14, 2004 -- Questia Media Inc., the world's largest
online library and research service is proud to join the International Society
for Technology in Education (ISTE) as an ISTE 100 Partner member. ISTE's stated
goal of improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of
technology in the classroom is a goal shared by Questia.
Integrating
technology in the classroom is recognized as a critical mission by ISTE, leaders
in education, and the companies that provide the educational products and
solutions that support the teaching objectives of these leaders. Recognizing
that today’s education system is filled with resource shortages (including book
shortages), outdated technology products and services, a lack of professional
development training, and consistent budget shortfalls, forward-thinking
educators are partnering with companies like Questia and other ISTE members to
find cost-efficient and effective education technology solutions to help them
achieve their teaching goals.
Questia, the world's largest online library
and research service, represents a new model for gathering information for
academic research and study. Each user of the Questia service has a personal
copy of a college-level library of more than 49,000 complete books, more than
390,000 journal, magazine, and newspaper articles and a research toolkit that
enables them to interact with the books and articles like they would in the
physical world, but far more efficiently and conveniently. The tools include a
feature that automatically creates citations and bibliographies in seven formal
citation styles, a highlighter and notation tool, and project folders to easily
organize multiple research projects. Questia's unlimited, simultaneous access
model enables each student to read any book or article regardless of how many
other students are also accessing that title at the same time. This enables
educators to expand technology resources economically and exponentially across
multiple classrooms and institutions.
"Our teachers like Questia for many
reasons – one being that there is no limit on how many people can use the same
publication at the same time. Teachers can assign a book or article to multiple
classes and all their students can read the book or article simultaneously with
no problem," stated Catherine J. Greene, Director of Library Services, Miami
Country Day School.
"Digital tools and resources offer solutions today to
states plagued by serious budget shortfalls," said Dr. Don Knezek, CEO of ISTE.
"As state and federal education funds continue to be slashed, educators are
seeking education technology services that are affordable, cost effective, and
can benefit as many students as possible -- from an individual school level,
district level, and state level," continued Knezek.
"Questia is proud to
join the ISTE 100 organization. ISTE is recognized as the leading organization
in the advocacy of technology in education. Questia was founded on the belief
that every student should have access to the best library possible regardless of
which school they attend. The Internet provides the universal conduit for
electronic access to scholarly information and educational solutions like
Questia provide the necessary content. Questia offers each student a personal
copy of an extensive, scholarly library of more than 49,000 complete books and
390,000 articles. In addition to being able to do full-text searches of the
library, Questia enables each student to interact with the text by using a
personalized toolset and workspace that fosters rigorous academic research and
learning," said Troy L. Williams, founder, president and CEO of Questia Media,
Inc.
To learn more about Questia and how the Questia online library and
research service can help your school or institution achieve its learning goals,
please visit Questia at booth #665 at NECC, June 20-23, 2004 at the Ernest N.
Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
About the International
Society for Technology in Education
The International Society for Technology
(ISTE) is the trusted source in education technology for professional
development, knowledge generation, and advocacy. A nonprofit membership
organization, ISTE provides leadership and service to improve teaching and
learning by advancing the effective use of technology in K-12 and teacher
education. Home of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), the
Center for Applied Research in Education Technology (CARET), and National
Educational Computing Conference (NECC), ISTE represents more than 85,000
leaders and potential leaders in educational technology. ISTE supports its
members with information, networking opportunities, and guidance as they face
the challenge of incorporating technology into schools.
Recent ISTE
initiatives include the ISTE Institute: Leading with NETS, a professional
development program for educators based on ISTE's NETS; and the ISTE Futures
Project, which includes a new formal and academic Delphi Study that will
forecast likelihoods for the future of education.
Visit www.iste.org or call 1-800-336-5191
to learn more about ISTE.
About Questia
Founded in 1998, Questia
Media, Inc., launched its revolutionary online library in January 2001, with
powerful search and writing tools created specifically to help students do
better research and write better papers. Questia provides unlimited access to
the full content of an extensive collection of books and journal articles, as
well as a wide range of tools, including highlighter, markup, automatic
footnotes and bibliography builder. For millions of students and researchers,
the Questia SM service enables them to efficiently research and compose papers
at any time, from virtually every connected corner of the world. Based in
Houston, Questia is delivering on the true promise of the Internet by providing
access to a wealth of human knowledge.
Visit www.questia.com for more
information.
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