National Partnerships--Nortel Networks Kidz Online

Nortel Networks Kidz Online is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission, vision, and values are dedicated to preparing K-12 students and teachers to live and work in the information age through innovative peer-to-peer technology training distributed using advanced digital technologies. Kidz Online began their national partnership with Neighborhood Networks in June 2003 by Web casting the Neighborhood Networks Week kickoff event, held at Edgewood Terrace in Washington, D.C., for all centers across the country. Kidz Online staff trained young Edgewood residents to film and monitor the Web cast, and then posted the Web cast on the Neighborhood Networks Web site so that interested NN centers could access the archive throughout NN Week. In August and October 2003, Kidz Online invited several NN centers to serve as the studio audience for live Web casts held at their Digital Studio in Herndon, Virginia. Kidz Online also supported NN Week in 2004 by once again Web casting the opening event, and hosting other live Web events for NN centers, including an NN Week preview and a "Connecting Kids with Careers" Web cast. Visit the Kidz Online Web site for more information.