09-25-2007 07:03 PM CET - Science & Education
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I Support Learning partners with EMBARQ and the Boys and Girls Club of Wyandotte County

Press release from: I Support Learning, Inc.
(openPR) - This summer, EMBARQ™, a telecommunications company, partnered with I Support Learning, the developer and leader in story-centered curricula, to provide the Boys & Girls Club of Wyandotte County with a one of a kind learning experience. The students at the Boys & Girls Club were taught Video Game Design using I Support Learning’s reality-learning curricula. Each student designs their own video game, which they can take home and play on their computer. EMBARQ™ is testing the program for other Boys & Girls Club tech centers across the country.

“We are excited about being able to offer these students our Video Game Design curriculum through the Technology and Innovation centers EMBARQ™ has provided the Boys & Girls clubs,” stated Steve Waddell, I Support Learning’s founder and lead developer. “We feel that EMBARQ’s partnership is a good fit for our goals and overall mission.”

I Support Learning, Inc (ISL) is the leader in revolutionizing learning through engaging real world interaction. ISL provides educators and administrators a new and exciting concept of personal experience curricula. Math, science, and language are woven into the fabric of this creative endeavor that allows students the opportunity to utilize their passions and interests to make learning fun and rewarding.

EMBARQ™ actively seeks ways to invest in their communities, and one method is through the sponsorship of causes and organizations that benefit the communities. They support a wide range of activities that are strategically focused on education-related opportunities. The goal is to improve the quality of life of our youth in the markets they live and serve. EMBARQ™ facilitates practical educational and environmental solutions in partnership with organizations by offering financial, technological and human-power resources.

As part of their National Education Initiative, EMBARQ™ has launched seven technology and innovation centers for Boys & Girls Clubs including: Las Vegas, NV, Louisburg, N.C., Ft. Myers, FL, and Franklin, IN, and Kansas City, KS. EMBARQ™ has provided new computer hardware equipment, educational software and innovative EMBARQ™ products and services, including EMBARQ™ High-Speed Internet, to the four centers. Lisa Strawn- Adams is the Director of Education for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City.

“The curriculum worked well teaching the students how to use a computer programming language. I think the students who completed the program show the initiative to pursue a career in programming or technology,” stated Adams.

I Support Learning, Inc.
Travis Coffey
PO Box 396
Olathe KS 66051
www.isupportlearning.com

ISL (www.isupportlearning.com) is a dedicated team of developers whose goal is to revolutionize learning through engaging the learner in real world interaction. The personal experience curricula are designed to create and support life-long learners and make education relevant and engaging. Taking the passion and interests of students and allowing them to explore and develop new ideas and skills is how we make learning fun – still challenging and rewarding – but fun. I Support Learning, Inc. creates their unique reality learning on-line experiences for educational, government and corporate institutions world wide.
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