ePals™ Partners with Kindoma to Provide Award-Winning Children’s Content in Innovative App
WASHINGTON, DC - March 11, 2014 - ePals Corporation (TSVX:SLN), an education media and social learning company, today announces a joint product offering with Kindoma, a recognized creator of mobile apps that combine shared reading experiences with video chat for families. The pertnership integrates content from ePals award-winning Cricket Magazine Group with Kindoma's popular social learning application.
March 11, 2014
ePals™ Announces Partnership with Pearson’s Online Learning Exchange™ (OLE)
WASHINGTON, DC - February 18, 2014 - ePals Corporation (TSVX:SLN), an education media and social learning company, today announces a partnership with Pearson Online Learning Exchange (OLE) to license for use content from the ePals' digital content library to the OLE platform. ePals is known for its award-winning and educational children's content and a global community connecting over 200 countries and territories. This licensing arrangement for the OLE platform is the latest extension of Pearson's use of ePals content in its products and services.
February 18, 2014
Smithsonian and ePals Challenge Kids Globally to Solve Real-World Problems in Third Annual Invention Competition.
WASHINGTON, DC - Janurary 17, 2014 - ePals Corporation, an education media company and Global Learning Network, today announced the launch of its third annual Spark! Lab Invent It Challenge in partnership with the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. The Challenge honors K12 student winners whose creative inventions best demonstrate the Spark!Lab process of invention, with a patent filing and Camp Invention scholarship among the prizes. The Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge is open to students globally, with age-group categories from five to 18 and both individual and group submissions accepted.
Janurary 17, 2014
ePals Announces Elevation of Katya Andresen to CEO
WASHINGTON, DC - Janurary 16, 2014 - ePals Corporation (TSXV:SLN) ("ePals" or the "Company") announces that in accordance with the Company's previously announced CEO transition plan, Katya Andresen formally assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2014. Ms. Andresen joined the Company in June 2013 and served as the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer during the transition period. Ms. Andresen succeeds Miles Gilburne as CEO. Mr. Gilburne will remain as Chairman of the Company's board of directors.
Janurary 16, 2014
31st Annual Awards of Excellence Winners Announced by Tech & Learning Magazine
SAN BRUNO, CA (October 30, 2013) - Tech & Learning magazine today named 72 education technology products as winners in its prestigious 31-year-old recognition program. Honored software, hardware, network, web products include innovative applications that break new ground as well as those that added significant enhancements to proven education tools. A panel of more than 30 educators, who tested more than 150 entries, chose the winners.
October 30 2013
ePals® Announces Offering of Free and Low-Cost Resources to Help Support Teachers for The New School Year
WASHINGTON, DC - August 27, 2013. ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading Global Learning Network, today announced it is supporting teachers in the fall 2013 back to school window across the US, Asia, and Europe with a host of free and low-cost resources.
August 27, 2013
ePals® Launches Publishing Services in Partnership with McGraw Hill Education, Smithsonian Institution and Leading Publishers Globally
WASHINGTON, DC - June 25, 2013 From the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in San Antonio, ePals Corporation today announced the launch of enhanced services for educational publishers worldwide. These end-to-end services enable providers of curriculum, quality resources and learning activities to distribute their content into classrooms, schools and homes globally.
June 25, 2013
Katya Andresen to Join ePals® as New CEO
WASHINGTON, DC - May 16, 2013 -- ePals Corporation ("ePals" or "the Company") (TSXV: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading global learning network, is pleased to announce that Katya Andresen will succeed Miles Gilburne as the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2014 and will report directly to Miles Gilburne, who will transition from his role as CEO over the next six months while continuing to serve as Chairman. During the transition, Ms. Andresen will serve as President and Chief Operating Officer. Current President, Ed Fish and current Chief Operating Officer, J. Michael Kelly will continue reporting to Miles Gilburne in the office of the Chairman, focused on major strategic partnerships, international joint ventures and corporate finance.
May 16, 2013
McGraw-Hill Education and ePals® Join Forces to Expand Global Collaborative Learning Opportunities for K-12 Students
NEW YORK - April 16, 2013 - McGraw-Hill Education today announced that it has formed a collaboration with ePals Corporation, an education media company and the world's leading global learning network. The partnership pairs world-class content from McGraw-Hill Networks, McGraw-Hill Education's award-winning digital social studies learning program for Grades 6-12, with ePals' global community and social learning platform.
April 16, 2013
ePals® Launches Learning Platform and Media Business in China
WASHINGTON, DC - March 26, 2013 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading Global Learning Network, today announced that it has commenced operations of its Platform and Media businesses in China through its NeuPals joint venture and in collaboration with Neusoft Publishing. The launch of both Platform and Media businesses comes after fourth quarter approval of business licenses by Chinese authorities, followed by successful completion of initial technology transfer, product adaptation and localization, and establishment of facilities in Dalian, Shanghai and Shenyang. NeuPals technical operations have been successfully established within China in collaboration with NeuEdu Co. , Ltd. NeuPals has been capitalized by its partners, ePals and NeuEdu, and a seasoned management team is on board, led by CEO Tao Wang, who brings 15 years of experience working with international and language learning companies, as well as a Masters in Computer Science from University of Massachusetts and a Bachelors from WuHan University.
March 26, 2013
ePals® Media Sweeps 2013 Parents’ Choice Awards
WASHINGTON, DC - March 12, 2013 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading Global Learning Network, today announced that its media division, formerly Carus Publishing, was honored with 14 recognitions in the 2013 Parents' Choice Awards. The awards recognize the top children's magazines as voted upon by the Parents' Choice Foundation's panel of educators, scientists, performing artists, librarians, parents and even kids themselves.
March 12, 2013
Winners in Smithsonian-ePals® Global Kids Invention Challenge Include Young Innovators From Around the World
WASHINGTON, DC - August 29, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading Global Education Network, and the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation's Spark!Lab, are happy to announce today the 26 student winners and runners up in the 2012 Invent It! Challenge contest.
February 05, 2013
ePals Receives Regulatory Approval for Chinese Joint Venture and Expands Relationship with NeuSoft to Include Content Publishing
WASHINGTON, DC - November 28, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading safe social learning network, today announced that its joint venture with NeuEdu for the creation of ePals China under the name NeuPals has received its Chinese business license and has begun formal operations, bringing ePals' safe and secure social learning network into China in partnership with one of China's premiere technology and education companies.
November 28, 2012
ePals® Launches News Now Journalism Center
WASHINGTON, DC - November 14, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading safe social learning network, today announced the launch of News Now, a new learning center on www.ePals.com/journalism dedicated to helping high school students learn professional news and editorial reporting skills. The center provides resources aligned with "real world" journalism practices and communications standards such as the Common Core Standards in the United States, and encourages students to develop and showcase their own reporting and journalism skills.
November 14, 2012
ePals® Announces New Common Core Implementation Center
WASHINGTON, DC - November 09, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading safe social learning network, today announced its new free Common Core Implementation Center (CCIC). In a time when school districts are cash-strapped, the CCIC is designed to meet educators' needs with a broad range of flexible online communication tools and rigorous project-based learning resources that will enable teachers to teach and students to learn the new Common Core English Language Arts State Standards.
November 09, 2012
ePals® and Curriki Partner to Strengthen and Expand Open Educational Resources for Students and Teachers
WASHINGTON, DC - September 18, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading safe social learning network, today announced a partnership with Curriki.org, an online education community empowering educators, parents, and students through a vast collection of free Open Education Resources. With ePals connecting 800,000 classrooms across 200 countries, and Curriki reaching more than seven million users in 192 countries with upwards of 45,000 digital learning objects, together the two provide educators and learners around the world with unprecedented scope and access to rigorous and engaging global online content.
September 18, 2012
ePals Launches Fun New Way for Kids to Access Educational Content from Cobblestone & Cricket®
WASHINGTON, DC - August 29, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading safe social learning network, today announced the release of new interactive magazine apps from its children's media division, offering kids an exciting new way to interact with content from award-winning, teacher- and parent-recommended Cobblestone & Cricket magazines.
August 29, 2012
The All-New ePals® Debuts at ISTE 2012
SAN DIEGO, CA - June 25, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and the world's leading safe social learning network, today announced the launch of the all-new ePals, significantly enhancing its online collaborative capabilities. ePals provides a one-stop learning solution, combining access to local, national and international classroom matching, standards-aligned projects, and private customizable group workspaces. ePals connects more than 800,000 classrooms across 200 countries and reaches over 27 million students, teachers and parents for engaging and rigorous authentic learning experiences. Projects feature top-quality content that address 21st century skills, collaboration, digital literacy, critical thinking and writing aligned to state, national and international standards, including the Common Core ELA State Standards.
June 25, 2012
ePals’ In2Books Program Wins SIIA CODiE Award for Best Reading/English Instructional Solution
WASHINGTON, DC - May 21, 2012 - ePals Corporation (TSX-V: SLN), an education media company and leading safe social learning network, today announced that the In2Books program won an SIIA CODiE Award for Best Reading/English Instructional Solution.
June 13, 2012
Top Five Tips To Keep Your Young Kids Engaged in Safe Social Networks and Summer Learning
WASHINGTON, DC - June 13, 2012 - News that Facebook may allow children under 13 to join the social networking site raises important questions about online safety for our youngest Internet users and purposes of learning. All over the world, new learning standards are emerging that focus on communication and collaboration as an important means to provide the writing and media creation, critical thinking and problem solving skills essential to the 21st century work place. Proper use of social media tools in furtherance of learning has the potential to motivate and empower students in ways that traditional home and school learning methods cannot match.
June 13, 2012
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