CoSN and nGenera Corporation Announce Partnership to Strengthen Web 2.0 and Social...

CoSN and nGenera Corporation Announce Partnership to Strengthen Web 2.0 and
Social Network Resources for K-12 School Technology Leaders

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WASHINGTON and AUSTIN, Texas, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today at the
National Educational Computing Conference, the Consortium for School
Networking (or CoSN) and nGenera Corporation, led by Don Tapscott - chairman
of its nGenera Insight thought leadership group and best-selling author of
Wikinomics and Grown Up Digital - announced a partnership between their
organizations, based on common interests in aligning the power of Web 2.0 with
the enterprise needs of school districts and their communities. Through the
partnership, CoSN and its members will participate in thought leadership
webinars, join original research projects, and receive Web 2.0 and
collaborative advisory services from nGenera. For its part, nGenera will
participate in CoSN conferences, CTO Clinics, and Forums; join key CoSN
leadership initiatives; and contribute to CoSN professional development
resources such as its EdTechNext mini-reports series.

"We are thrilled to have Don Tapscott and nGenera join CoSN as a major sponsor
through this partnership," said Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN. "Our mission is
to empower K-12 school district technology leaders to use technology
strategically to improve teaching and learning. Clearly, Web 2.0 technologies
and tools have transformative potential in and outside of the classroom. With
its deep background in collaborative initiatives and Web 2.0 working with the
world's largest enterprises, we look forward to having an organization like
nGenera lending its experience and resources to our membership."

Among the first collaborations between the organizations under the partnership
will be joint work on "Web 2.0 Success and Failure Factors," a research
project being conducted by nGenera's Insight group. Likewise, the
organizations will collaborate on a CoSN-exclusive webinar for CIOs/CTOs led
by Don Tapscott and sharing early research going into his next major book, for
release in 2010, not yet titled.

"In my research and writing of Grown Up Digital, I spoke with educational
leaders around the world," said Don Tapscott, chairman of nGenera Insight.
"They see the profound impact of digital technologies in the private sector,
and want to be equally innovative in their schools. They want to move away
from a one-size-fits-all broadcast model of education with the teacher being
seen as the 'sage on the stage.' Instead, much of the curriculum could be
built around Web 2.0 technologies that would let students develop at their own
pace. Teachers could then spend more one-on-one time with each student and
focus on their specific needs. There is tremendous pent-up demand for such
creativity. I look forward to working with the Consortium in bringing the
digital classroom to life."

CoSN has made a strong commitment to the effective use of Web 2.0 in schools
through its "Participatory Culture in Schools: Overcoming Policy and
Organizational Barriers" project, which is sponsored by the John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The project began in July 2008 and focuses
on identifying the district level organizational and policy barriers that
impede the adoption of new media in schools and, in collaboration with other
national and state organizations, implementing an action plan to overcome
them. On May 1, CoSN released a comprehensive survey of district leaders'
perspectives on Web 2.0 in their schools, which is available at
http://www.cosn.org/web20/.

With regard to the nGenera and CoSN partnership, James Bosco, the
CoSN/MacArthur project principal investigator said, "I am delighted that CoSN
and nGenera will be working together to make more and better use of the
wonderful resources that Web 2.0 provides for learning in our schools. The
partnership with nGenera will expand and enrich our efforts."

About nGenera
nGenera drives productivity and velocity by deploying on-demand Collaborative
Enterprise Management (CEM) solutions in the world's leading private and
public sector organizations. These innovative solutions combine nGenera's
collaborative applications, executive insight, advisory services, and
education to deliver critical business outcomes in marketing, sales, IT, HR
and operations. nGen Collaboration and nGenera's CEM Solutions are available
from nGenera today. The company has hundreds of customers in the Global 2000,
including Accenture, Best Buy, Cisco, Daimler, Disney, EMC, Fed Ex, Johnson &
Johnson, Merck, Owens Corning, Pfizer, and Verizon, among many others. For
more information, visit www.ngenera.com.

About CoSN
Founded in 1992, the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) is the premier
professional association for school district technology leaders. CoSN is
committed to providing the leadership, community and advocacy tools essential
for the success of these leaders. Its mission is to empower K-12 school
district technology leaders to use technology strategically to improve
teaching and learning. For more information, visit www.cosn.org.

SOURCE Consortium for School Networking

Jennifer Cummings, +1-202-822-9491, jcummings@fratelli.com, for CoSN; or Ann
Reichert of nGenera Corporation, +1-858-254-3676, areichert@ngenera.com