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Reading and Literacy Advocates,
Education Community
and Corporate Leaders Launch Free Online Reading Program
Tune in to see the nation's leading reading and literacy advocates
join the Sylvan Learning Foundation, Congressman Major Owens,
the only librarian ever elected to Congress, and Dr. Linda Roberts,
Director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of
Education to launch Book Adventure™, an unprecedented FREE
online reading program that uses interactive, made-for-kids technology
to motivate millions of students nationwide to read!
This dynamic Web-based incentive program
is designed to encourage students in grades K-8 to read more
often, for longer periods of time and with greater understanding.
The webcast of the Book Adventure National
Launch features:
· Douglas Becker, president of the non-profit Sylvan Learning
Foundation
· Education community leaders including International
Reading Association and Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
· Corporate leaders including Lycos, barnesandnoble.com,
Houghton Mifflin and R.R. Bowker
· School children and live hands-on demonstrations of
Book Adventure
· Book Adventure characters, Bailey Bookmark and Rex Reader,
the book-crazed canine and dinosaur |
