CABLEVISION'S POWER TO LEARN AND MAYOR CHRIS BOLLWAGE TEAM UP TO KEEP KIDS SAFE IN CYBERSPACE
Special Event To Educate Parents, Students and Teachers on Safe Online Behavior December 16 at St. Mary Assumption Elementary Schools
Elizabeth, NJ - December 8, 2004 - Cablevision Systems Corporation's Power to Learn, a multi-faceted initiative dedicated to integrating technology into education, will host an interactive, practical and educational event with Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage on safe and responsible Internet use for children. The event will take place at Saint Mary Assumption Elementary School in Elizabeth on December 16.
"We all have to play a role in teaching children appropriate online behavior
and safe Internet usage," said Mayor Chris Bollwage. "The Cablevision Internet
Smarts program will give students, teachers, and parents the knowledge to safely navigate the World Wide Web. With grammar school children spending an average of 15 hours a week using screen media this initiative is vital in keeping our children out of harms way and focused on the educational benefits of the Web."
Power to Learn's Internet Smarts program provides a forum for teachers and parents to work with children on appropriate and safe Internet use. Online, interactive case studies explore important topics in Internet use at school and at home, allowing students to examine issues affecting schoolwork, class papers, entertainment activities and online safety. Additionally, students, classes and schools can become certified "Internet Smart" and "Internet Smarts: Safeguarding your Children in Cyberspace," a family resource booklet, provides parents with quick, but important, tips and suggestions.
"As the ISP provider to nearly 2000 schools in Cablevision's service area, we know that the Internet is indispensable to education," said Trent Anderson, Cablevision's vice president of education. "We designed Internet Smarts to provide students with guidance and guidelines to be safe, responsible and ethical Internet users, and we are extremely excited and proud to be a part of this event."
The event will be held at the Saint Mary Assumption Elementary School library at 10:00 a.m.
Power to Learn, Cablevision's nationally recognized education initiative, empowers K-12 learning in the tri-state area by making technology in the classroom useful and by facilitating the home-school connection. By the end of 2004, more than 2,100 schools and libraries throughout Cablevision's New York metropolitan service area will receive high-speed Internet access and more than 85 percent of schools in Cablevision's service area will receive free cable television service as a result of this initiative. Information about Power to Learn is available at www.powertolearn.com.
About Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. Its cable television operations serve more than 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area. The company's advanced telecommunications offerings include its iO: Interactive Optimum digital television offering, Optimum Online high-speed Internet service, Optimum Voice digital voice-over-cable service, and its Lightpath integrated business communications services. Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings LLC operates several successful programming businesses, including AMC, IFC, WE and other national and regional networks. Rainbow also is a 50 percent partner in Fox Sports Net. In 2003, Cablevision's Rainbow DBS launched its VOOM satellite service, the first service to offer a comprehensive array of high-definition (HD) television programming. In addition to its telecommunications and programming businesses, Cablevision is the controlling owner of Madison Square Garden and its sports teams, the New York Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. The company also operates New York's famed Radio City Music Hall, and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas. Additional information about Cablevision Systems Corporation is available on the Web at www.cablevision.com.
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