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From Project Inkwell
Contact: Sally Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
Strategic News Service
Tel.: 206/634-2719
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Email: sally@stratnews.com
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MARK ANDERSON TAKES CEO ROLE AT SNS PROJECT INKWELL
FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington, January 28, 2008 - Mark Anderson, CEO and
publisher of Strategic News Service™ (SNS), has been named CEO of SNS
Project Inkwell. The goal of Project Inkwell is to accelerate the
deployment of appropriate technologies onto K-12 desktops worldwide.
The Project Inkwell consortium includes IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat, IDEO,
Gateway, Clearwire, Promethean, QED, Steljes, Inspiration Software, and
many other educational technology and content companies.
Project Inkwell was the first international industry group
organized to (re)design appropriate K-12 technology, the result of
years of planning with vendors, teachers, administrators, and students;
and it remains the leading multi-vendor effort in this industry.
Anderson, an internationally renowned technology-industry CEO
who has served as Chair since founding Project Inkwell in 2004,
believes that "implementing one-to-one in pre-university classrooms is
the most important single step a state or nation can take in improving
economic performance."
In support of both "super learners" and less-advantaged
students, Project Inkwell's mission is to provide students and teachers
with access to global digitized knowledge, and to take the risk out of
implementing this change as states and countries progress along this
inevitable path. This includes improving test scores, as well as less
tangible metrics: keeping children in school, reducing absenteeism,
reducing teacher churn, removing inequities in education, and promoting
more active engagement among students and teachers.
Project Inkwell has strong governmental support, from the U.S.
Departments of Education and Commerce and the World Bank to an
expanding list of U.S. governors. It has met all of its scheduled goals
to date, including the design of a new teaching and learning device.
For more information, or to schedule an interview with Mark
Anderson, please call Sally at 206/634-2719, email sally@stratnews.com,
or fax: 206/675-8456.
SNS Project Inkwell is an international consortium of vendors
whose goal is to accelerate the deployment of appropriate technologies
in pre-University classrooms. SNS is a global news service in the
technology industry focused on providing information 3-5 years in
advance for leaders in technology and finance.
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