1997 was a great year for education on the Internet. The Internet
community has grown to nearly 49 million users. There are now close to 2
million unique Web sites on the Net. Electronic commerce is beginning to
take hold. And the White House Educational Internet Initiative is bearing
fruit at schools across our country. We are excited to have been a part of
such a groundbreaking year.
Education World went through many changes in 1997. In May, Education World
went through its biggest facelift since its birth date in August of 1996.
In November the technical development team redesigned the servers and
software that makes up Education World. We used the fastest hardware and
most advanced database and search engine technologies available to deliver
a world class site for our dedicated users. Education World now is faster
and more rich than ever!
1998 is going to be a great year! Our editorial staff is gearing up to
deliver another year of fantastic original articles. We are excited to
deliver even better weekly editions of the fastest growing electronic
education newsletter. Our technical staff has prepared our site to support
ten times the traffic we had in 1997. Our research staff will be hard at
work delivering regular reviews and updates to the database.
A few of the additions to Education World in 1998 include:
- The education World database will be expanded to 100,000 educational
resources in the first two quarters of 1998.
- The "Educator's Forum" will be revamped to include "context sensitive"
forums. This will allow more specific discussions on articles and issues
that are "hot spots" for educators.
- Our Jobs database will be expanded and will include more listings and
user interaction.
- Education World will be kept FREE for all through the continued support
of wonderful sponsors such as: IBM World Book, Gateway 2000, Cisco Systems,
and American Fidelity.
- We will expand our site questionnaire to include timely and event
specific questions that our users can review to keep track of the changing
views and positions of their colleagues.
- Our Cool School Program will expand with the help of our "News/Eye on
School" sponsor - Cisco Systems.
These are a few of the new features and additions that you will see in
1998. We will be listening to our users for other features, additions, and
changes. Remember that YOU help us build Education World. We listen and
react to your feedback and questionnaire responses. Help us to keep
Education World the number one place "Where Educators Go To Learn".
Jon Koerber
Director of Development
Education World®
