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PRESS RELEASE 10/3/00

USA TODAY NAMES EDUCATING.NET ‘BEST BET' WEBSITE

TULSA, OK - October 3, 2000 - According to well-respected futurist author, Gerald Celente, "Interactive online learning will revolutionize education and will have as profound and as far-reaching an effect upon the world as the invention of printing." (TRENDS, p.249, 1997). Finding educational opportunities on the Internet was a mighty challenge, until Educating.net stepped in to fill a need. And now, USA Today has selected Educating.net as one of the best educational sites in the world. The top-rated USA Today Education site is spotlighting the award-winning portal as a "Best Bet" education site during the week of October 1-7 on its homepage at:  http://www.usatoday.com/educate/home.htm.

This makes the eighteenth award for Educating.net (www.educating.net), which previously won two elite World Top Awards (WeB Pix Award and the Medaille d'Or) for its outstanding distance education website. Unlike any other website, Educating.net offers educational opportunities for everyone from preschoolers to corporate executives and everyone in between. Whether you are a grade school student in search of help with math or an adult seeking an online high school or college degree, an abundance of resources are now available to you via the Internet, bringing new meaning to the phrase "Back to school." Educating.net uses real human intelligence to seek out only the very best educational sites and then presents them in a searchable, easy to use format. "Getting information off the Internet is like trying to get a drink from a fire hydrant," said Educating.net founder and CEO Dr. Patrick Quillin. The goal of his service is to "reduce the fire hydrant to a manageable drinking fountain of just what the customer wants." Studies indicate that education brings health, longevity, prosperity, peace, and tolerance to a region or country. Through Internet distance learning, Educating.net can bring the benefits of education to anyone on earth at his or her convenience, making this planet a better place to live.

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PRESS RELEASE - 6/21/00

WEBSITE BRINGS ACCOUNTABILITY TO EDUCATION

TULSA, OK - JUNE 21, 2000 - The single mom waitress at Denny's is about to have the opportunity of her dreams: a chance to get that training she needs to advance her career and develop her potential –- without quitting her job -- by studying online through Educating.net

"Interactive, on-line learning will revolutionize education...The education revolution will have as profound and as far-reaching an effect upon the world as the invention of printing." Gerald Celente, TRENDS 2000, Warner Books, 1997, p.249

For centuries, the fundamental concept behind the success of capitalism around the world has been "What does your customer want?" Unfortunately, education, which comprises an $800 billion per year industry in America alone, has seldom asked this important question. Now, one of the web's most highly decorated websites, Educating.net, has created the world's first "customer review" section for a search engine portal. People who use an educational site that is listed through Educating.net can come back to Educating.net and rate the services offered by that educational institution.

-How well did you like the classes or degree program?
-Were your teachers available for help?
-Did this program meet your needs?
-Was it a good value?
-Would you recommend this educational institution to other people?

What this "customer review" feature brings to the educational arena is nothing short of astounding: accountability from the providers of educational services. For instance, if there are 37 companies offering continuing education over the web for financial professionals, and 5 of these companies keep getting favorable reviews from their previous customers, while 5 other sites keep getting poor reviews, then guess which companies will prosper and which will fade. That is the essence of capitalism: the best thrive. Education has rarely been subjected to this level of consumer-driven scrutiny. Educating.net is bringing quality education to the world's Internet-savvy masses through several exclusive features: 

-Hand Indexed. Using human intelligence rather than the artificial intelligence of web crawlers, Educating.net visits websites under the arena of education, then categorizes these sites appropriately in its award-winning user-friendly search engine.

-Global educational portal. While other educational websites organize niches within education, such as homeschooling or college textbooks, Educating.net has brought organization to the entire educational world of the Internet: from kindergarten through graduate school, from traditional college virtual tours to online MBAs, from continuing education to corporate training courses, from Christian and Jewish studies to learning how to play a musical instrument.

There are over 100 million Americans in need of post-secondary training with only 15 million seats in traditional universities. The remaining 85 million people will begin exploiting the incredible life-altering educational opportunities available on the Internet. And now that users of services can provide customer feedback on institutions offering educational courses, Educating.net will be blazing a trail to make the course provider/seller more accountable to the student/customer. The outcome, as we have seen for 200+ years of business competition in America, is a better product at a better price. Studies have shown that education brings better health, longer life, more peace, more wealth, and greater tolerance for other lifestyles. What this means is: the world is about to enter a new golden era through the Internet portal of Educating.net.

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PRESS RELEASE - 2/22/00

EDUCATING.NET BRINGS HOME EDUCATION ON THE INTERNET

TULSA, OK - FEBRUARY 21, 2000 - Since America has entered the information age, education is no longer achieved with a degree, but has become a lifelong quest for continuous improvement. Over 100 million Americans need post-high school training, yet there are only 15 million seats in traditional universities and colleges. The remaining 85 million Americans cannot quit their jobs and go back to college full time, but they can improve their job skills on the Internet.

One firm that has taken a leadership role in the field of online education is Educating.net (www.educating.net), a vertical portal on the Internet that allows the web surfer to find an expansive collection of education related websites. "Getting information off the Internet is like trying to get a drink from a fire hydrant," says Educating.net founder and CEO, Patrick Quillin. "We reduce the fire hydrant to a manageable drinking fountain of just what the customer wants." The strategy seems to be working since Educating.net has won 15 web awards in its first year of operation, equivalent to winning the Oscar, Grammy, and Pulitzer prizes all in the same year.

Education is an $800 billion business annually in America with above normal growth projected for the coming years, since much of what America sells is "intellectual properties" and services, all of which require constant training to maintain that competitive edge in our emerging global economy. Over 1600 corporate universities with annual budgets of $11 million are bringing their courses to the Internet for other companies to purchase. "Why should every company in America try to reinvent the wheel when some other mega-corporation probably already has developed the exact course that Company Z is looking for?" says Quillin of Educating.net.

There are $56 billion annually in college scholarship funds now available online, some of which go unclaimed because students do not know that they qualify for custom-designed grants and loans. After incidents like the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado, homeschooling is growing at a rate of 40% per year with 1.2 million American children already being homeschooled. Prestige and accreditation are no longer limiting issues in education on the Net as schools like Duke, Notre Dame, Stanford, and Harvard now offer courses and degree programs on the Internet.

And for anyone who isn't looking for continuing education or a degree, there is always the option of learning for the fun of it. With 75 million baby boomers getting ready to retire, there is a wealth of information on the web just waiting for that person with some free time and an inquisitive mind. The web can help anyone learn how to cook exotic dishes, make a banjo, play the piano, study the Christian or Jewish faith more intensely, improve photography skills, or take a virtual tour of the Galapagos Islands--all online.

If education is the fuel that propels the information age and America into prosperity, then education on the Net is likely to grow by leaps and bounds. According to well respected futurist Gerald Celente in his popular book TRENDS 2000, "Interactive online learning will revolutionize education. The education revolution will have as profound and as far-reaching an effect upon the world as the invention of printing."

What if anyone could have access to any course, the best teacher of any subject at any age level, any reference book, anytime of the day, anywhere in the world? That ideal world of educating on the Net is coming soon to a computer near you, brought to you by visionary companies like Educating.net. 

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