July 6, 2009

Swine Flu Epidemic - Can We Keep Our Schools Open?

The Center for Disease Control announced a potential fall flu immunization campaign that may involve making an unprecedented 600 million doses of the Swine Flu vaccine available to the public.  “This new infectious disease is not going away,” said Schuchat, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.  A national outbreak of the Swine Flu could have a tremendous impact on our nation’s schools. Just days after this report, President Obama reminded us that “Solutions to America’s challenges are being developed every day at the grassroots”.

The H1N1 (Swine flu) epidemic may have an impact this fall on our nation’s K-12 schools.  This has one small company in Las Vegas concerned to step forward to make a difference. An online educational alternative is being made available to our K-12 school districts. Distance Edu Learning, Inc. located in Las Vegas, Nevada and developer of the premier distance learning software, Fintelo, is generously offering the use of the software at no charge for the nation’s K-12 (public and private) schools forced to close due to the H1N1 flu epidemic.

The Company, developed by educators whose values are deeply rooted in education will offer free access to a limited number of schools (K-12, public and private) facing closure.  Schools or districts interested in participating in this free program will find detailed information regarding the software and this program at www.fintelo.com or they may call the office at (702) 240-2877.

Jim Pulliam, President and CEO, of Distance Edu Learning, Inc. said of the program, “we believe in our educational system and want to do everything we can to support educators and students during what some are predicting to be possible epidemic. Fintelo is intuitive and easy to use while incorporating learning and teaching theory. Fintelo is a practical solution even if for only a few weeks until the schools reopen; students may continue their studies rather than falling behind in their school work”.

If schools want to explore the possibility of continuing to use Fintelo after the immediate need has passed the Company provides the software at an affordable rate for school districts. With outstanding technical and customer support, the software offers a full learning management system.

When asked why the Company is willing to provide Fintelo for free, Jim Pulliam said, “It is not about the money for us.  Our organizational culture is centered on the way students and teachers connect with the focus on student learning.”

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In order to qualify to receive a free install of Fintelo, all eligible k-12 schools must:

• Be closed for two weeks or more due to the H1N1 flu epidemic
• Be an accredited public or private K-12 school in the United States and must provide appropriate documentation to prove this status.
• Have a primary purpose and published mission statement that are non-religious.
• Have a primary purpose that is not political
• Not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin, religious affiliation, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, physical appearance, language, educational background, or veteran status

If your school meets these requirements, send an email to info@fintelo.com with the name of your school, the address, website, phone and fax number. Include the name, title and phone number of your schools contact with Fintelo (this should be a person who has the authority to accept this gift on behalf of your school).   A limited number of installs will be provided free of charge. If hosting is required, approved schools may need to contract with a third party.

We look forward to working with our schools. Fintelo, with its easy to use features and intuitive graphic interface will appeal to students and teachers. This is a small company started by a handful of people who value education and want to make a difference. Fintelo is uniquely situated to provide their online learning system to schools at a very affordable price.

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January 2009

Innovative Online Solution to Training and Development

Company of Experts, Inc., an international network of people with outstanding expertise in consulting, development, facilitating and training, and Distance Edu Learning, Inc., developer of the ground breaking platform for online learning and development, Fintelo, announce that they have teamed up to create a new system for organizations and individuals to, within their budget and time, continue in further growth and advancement with online programs.

“We saw the need for organizations to have access to high quality training while keeping their budget low and keeping productivity high, and knew that we could work together to make this possibility a reality.”

Company of Experts Online Programs provide individuals and organizations with an easy-to-use online solution for change and growth. Company of Experts has received 5 Star Ratings for their on-site trainings and programs, and with the introduction of their high quality programs available online, without the cost or time of travel, more individuals will have the opportunity to engage in positive change. Many companies are also trying to go green, using fewer resources for employees to drive to locations for training. By using Fintelo, a Learning Centered Framework developed by Distance Edu Learning, users will experience the ease of not having to focus on how to work the technology, but rather how the technology works for them. Users will feel at home with state of the art graphics depicting their own “virtual office” that manages their announcements, tasks, calendar, assessments and more. Fintelo’s collaborative learning allows learners and trainers to communicate like never before, utilizing real-time chat, discussion boards, forums, and private email. Using assessments, organizations can track the use and progress of their associates.

Company of Experts Online will begin to offer their programs for organizations and individuals with the inauguration of their trainings in February 2009.

Company of Experts, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, has experience in consulting, organizational developement, facilitating, keynoting and training and developement in colleges, schools, universities, corporations, governmental, and nonprofit organizations. They have a variey of service offerings that help move from conflist to opportunity including the Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Training, The Department Chair Institute, Instructional Skils Workshops, and the Creative Change Institute.

For more information visit the Company of Experts, Inc. website.

Distance Edu Learning, also located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is an innovative software company that just released the Fintelo online learning platform in 2008. Distance Edu Learning have seen the positive results Fintelo lends to online learning with their clients in the education and corporate markets.

For more information visit Distance Edu Learning, Inc.