Herndon, Va. (Feb. 25, 2008) – ePals, Inc., announces it will provide the first educational applications dedicated to creating a safe online environment on the Intel-powered classmate PC, including the ePals’ Global Learning Community™, SchoolMail™ and SchoolBlog™.

The Intel-powered classmate PC is an affordable fully-functional laptop designed to support collaborative learning environments for students in emerging markets. It is part of the Intel World Ahead Program that aims to connect the next billion people to uncompromised technology around the world.

Students and teachers can join the ePals’ Global Learning Community, the largest network of interconnected classrooms in the world, by selecting the ePals icon on the classmate PC’s desktop. By doing so, they enter a safe environment for building and exchanging knowledge, using protected email, blog, translation tools, evidence-based curricula, and authentic, collaborative learning experiences. International in scope, ePals safely connects more than 350,000 teachers from 200 countries and territories around the world.

“Intel and ePals share a common goal of bringing high quality educational solutions to classrooms, students and families around the globe,” said Ed Fish, President and CEO of ePals. “We are working together to foster students’ 21st century skills by using the Internet in a safe and protected context to develop global awareness, master critical thinking and experience project-based collaboration.”

“The collaboration between Intel and ePals will take students’ learning experience beyond the walls of the classrooms to different corners of the world. ePals’ applications complement the collaboration features on the Intel-powered classmate PC – enabling students and teachers to collaborate and learn together in a secure environment to develop skills for the global economy,” said Lila Ibrahim, general manager of the Emerging Markets Platform Group of Intel. “Bringing technology to children in emerging markets is a huge task. We are excited to work with leading service providers such as ePals in delivering opportunities for students.”

This announcement also comes on the heels of an agreement between ePals and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Council to provide African students and educators with the opportunity to connect with classrooms worldwide through ePals’ Global Community. ePals also recently announced a strategic partnership with National Geographic that will, among other things, enhance the ePals user experience with premier, digital learning content.

More Information

For more information on ePals and its tools, please visit www.epals.com or the corporate site www.epalscorp.com.

About ePals

Founded in 1996 and merged with In2Books in 2006, ePals offers K-12 students and teachers around the world a safe environment for building and exchanging knowledge based on protected connectivity tools, evidence-based curricula and authentic, collaborative learning experiences. The ePals Global Learning Community™ (www.ePals.com) is the largest online community of K-12 learners, enabling more than 325,000 educators and 129,000 classrooms across 200 countries and territories to safely connect, exchange ideas, and work together. The company’s mission is to support lifelong learning through collaborative experiences that empower and inspire.

Contacts

ePals, Inc.
Rebecca Kilduff
703-885-3400
rkilduff at corp.epals dot com
www.epalscorp.com

C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
Sandy Fash
608-839-9800
sandy at cblohm dot com
www.cblohm.com

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